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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich poosh´kn, Rus. lyksän´dr syrg´yvch poosh´kn [key], 1799–1837, Russian poet and prose writer, among the foremost figures in Russian literatur...

Dargomijsky, Aleksandr Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Dargomijsky, Aleksandr Sergeyevich lyksän´dr syrg´vch därgm´sk [key], 1813–69, Russian composer. He and Glinka brought nationalism to Russian music, strongly influencing the...

Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich lyksän´dr srg´vch grby´df [key], 1795–1829, Russian playwright and diplomat. His fame rests upon his finest play, Wit Works Woe (1825; tr....

Pushkin

(Encyclopedia)Pushkin poosh´kn, Rus. poosh´kn [key], city (1989 pop. 95,000), NW European Russia, a residential and resort suburb of St. Petersburg. It produces road-building equipment and has an importan...

Aksakov, Konstantin Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Aksakov, Konstantin Sergeyevich knstntn´ sergy´vch äksä´kôf [key], 1817–60, Russian critic and writer, son of Sergei Timofeyevich Aksakov. Like his brother Ivan, he was an ardent...

Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Sergeyevich dm´tr syrg´yvch mârshkôf´sk [key], 1865–1941, Russian critic and novelist. His principal critical study is Tolstoi as Man and Artist; with an ...

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich vän´ syrg´vch toorg´nyf [key], 1818–83, Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer, considered one of the foremost Russian writers. He came fr...

Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevich vldy´mr srg´vch slvyôf´ [key], 1853–1900, Russian religious philosopher and poet; son of Sergei Mikhailovich Soloviev. Soloviev believed in the i...

Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich syrg´ syrg´vch prkôf´f [key], 1891–1953, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Prokofiev achieved wide popularity with his lively music, in wh...

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia)Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich nyk´t syrg´yvch khroschôf´ [key], 1894–1971, Soviet Communist leader, premier of the USSR (1958–64), and first secretary of the Communist party ...