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Rovinj

(Encyclopedia)Rovinj rôˈvēnyə [key], Ital. Rovigno d'Istria, town (2011 pop. 13,056), in Croatia, on the Istrian coast of the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport with shipbuilding and fishing industries. Rovinj belon...

military government

(Encyclopedia)military government, rule of enemy territory under military occupation. It is distinguished from martial law, which is the temporary rule by domestic armed forces over disturbed areas. The practices o...

Eisenstadt

(Encyclopedia)Eisenstadt īˈzənshtätˌ [key], town, capital of Burgenland, E Austria, at the foot of the Leitha ...

Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor

(Encyclopedia)Albert II, 1397–1439, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1438–39), duke of Austria (1404–38). He was the son-in-law of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, whom he aided against the Hussi...

Gombos, Julius

(Encyclopedia)Gombos, Julius gömˈbösh [key], Hung. Gömbös Gyula, 1886–1936, Hungarian premier and officer. He was minister of war under the premiership of Stephen Bethlen (1921–31) and of Julius Károlyi (...

Görgey, Arthur

(Encyclopedia)Görgey, Arthur görˈgĕĭ [key], 1818–1916, Hungarian revolutionary general. He fought the Austrians in 1848–49 as a commander of the Hungarian republican army and distinguished himself as a str...

Jarosław

(Encyclopedia)Jarosław yärôˈsläf [key], town (1994 est. pop. 42,500), Podkarpackie prov., SE Poland, on the San River. The town was founded by Yaroslav the Wise, duke of Kiev, in the 11th cent. It passed to Po...

Marchfeld

(Encyclopedia)Marchfeld märkhˈfĕltˌ [key], plain, NE Austria, NE of Vienna, between the Danube and the Morava (Ger. March) rivers, on the border of Slovakia. A strategic approach to Vienna, it was the site of s...

Konev, Ivan Stepanovich

(Encyclopedia)Konev, Ivan Stepanovich ēvänˈ styĭpäˈnəvĭch kôˈnyĭf [key], 1897–1973, Soviet field marshal. In World War II he reconquered (1944–45) Ukraine and S Poland from the Germans, took Silesia,...

Makart, Hans

(Encyclopedia)Makart, Hans häns mäˈkärt [key], 1840–84, Austrian history painter, studied with Karl von Piloty. His early success was phenomenal. The emperor of Austria provided him with a studio, and his sho...