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Tchelitchew, Pavel

(Encyclopedia) Tchelitchew, PavelTchelitchew, Pavelpäˈvĕl chālēˈchĕf [key], 1898–1957, Russian-American painter. His first commissions, ballet designs, were given him while he was living in Berlin (…

Šafařik, Pavel Josef

(Encyclopedia) Šafařik, Pavel JosefŠafařik, Pavel Josefpäˈvĕl yôˈzĕf shäˈfär-zhēk [key], 1795–1861, Czech philologist and archaeologist; his name is also spelled Schafarik and Schafřík. Šafařik…

Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevich

(Encyclopedia) Cherenkov, Pavel AlekseyevichCherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevichpäˈvĭl əlyĭksyāˈyəvĭch chərĕngˈkəf [key], 1904–90, Soviet physicist. He shared with the Soviet physicists I. M. Frank and I. Y…

Milyukov, Pavel Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Milyukov or Miliukov, Pavel NikolayevichMilyukov or Miliukov, Pavel Nikolayevichboth: päˈvĭl nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch mēly&oomacr;kôfˈ [key], 1859–1943, Russian political leader and historian…

Garshin, Vsevolod Mikhailovich

(Encyclopedia) Garshin, Vsevolod MikhailovichGarshin, Vsevolod Mikhailovichfəsyĕˈvələt mēkhīˈləvĭch gärˈshĭn [key], 1855–88, Russian short-story writer. “Four Days” (1877), his story of a wounded…

French Open, 2007

(Paris, France, May 27-June. 10, 2007) Men's singles—Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Women's singles—Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats…