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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich vyĕˌchĭsläfˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch môˈlətəf [key], 1890–1986, Soviet political leader. A Communist from 1906, he changed his name from Skriabin to Molotov [the ...Molotov
(Encyclopedia)Molotov: see Perm, Russia.Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
(Encyclopedia)Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich vyĕˌchĭsläfˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch plyĕˈvyĭ [key], 1846–1904, Russian public official. As director of the police (1881–84), vice minister of the interi...Mikhailovich, Draja
(Encyclopedia)Mikhailovich, Draja: see Mihajlović, Draža. ...Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich syĭrgāˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch īˈzənshtīn [key], 1898–1948, Russian film director. An architect and engineer, he became interested in a theatrical career and worked...Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich fyôˈdər mēkhīˈləvĭch dəstəyĕfˈskē [key], 1821–81, Russian novelist, one of the towering figures of world literature. Notes from the Unde...Frank, Ilya Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Frank, Ilya Mikhailovich, 1908–90, Soviet physicist, Ph.D. Moscow State Univ., 1935. He was a professor at Moscow State Univ. from 1944 until his death in 1990. Mikhailovich and Igor Y. Tamm won the...Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich vəsēˈlyē mēkhīˈləvĭch gələvnyēnˈ [key], 1776–1831, Russian explorer and writer. Sent in 1807 to make a geographical survey of Kamchatka and the Russian pos...Gordin, Jacob Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Gordin, Jacob Mikhailovich yäˈkôb mĭkhīˈləvyĭch gôrˈdĭn [key], 1853–1909, American writer of Yiddish plays, b. Russia. He was for some years a teacher and a newspaper writer in St. Peters...Garshin, Vsevolod Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Garshin, Vsevolod Mikhailovich fəsyĕˈvələt mēkhīˈləvĭch gärˈshĭn [key], 1855–88, Russian short-story writer. “Four Days” (1877), his story of a wounded soldier's ordeal in battle, f...Browse by Subject
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