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Tsushima

(Encyclopedia)Tsushima tso͞oˈshēmä [key], two Japanese islands in Korea Strait. The islands are rocky, and fishing is the main occupation. Nearby, in May, 1905, occurred the major naval battle of the Russo-Japa...

Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich syĭrgāˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch yĭsyāˈnĭn [key], 1895–1925, Russian poet. Yesenin was the most popular poet of the early revolution and the object of a considera...

Bohlen, Charles Eustis

(Encyclopedia)Bohlen, Charles Eustis bōˈlən [key], 1904–74, American diplomat, born Clayton, N.Y. He entered (1929) the U.S. Foreign Service and undertook several consular assignments. A specialist in Russian ...

Aehrenthal, Alois Lexa, Graf von

(Encyclopedia)Aehrenthal, Alois Lexa, Graf von äˈlōēs lākˈsä gräf fən ârˈəntäl [key], 1854–1912, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (1906–12). The chief event of his ministry was the Austrian annexa...

Blücher, Vasily Konstantinovich

(Encyclopedia)Blücher, Vasily Konstantinovich blüˈkhər [key], 1889–1937?, Russian general. An enlisted man in the czarist army, Blücher joined the Bolshevik party in 1916. He rose to high command in the civ...

Stary Krym

(Encyclopedia)Stary Krym stäˌrē krĭm [key] [Rus. and Ukr.,=Old Crimea], city, E Crimea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), it passed to Russian control in 2014 after the occupation and annexati...

Tchelitchew, Pavel

(Encyclopedia)Tchelitchew, Pavel päˈvĕl chālēˈchĕf [key], 1898–1957, Russian-American painter. His first commissions, ballet designs, were given him while he was living in Berlin (1921–23), whence he had...

Triolet, Elsa

(Encyclopedia)Triolet, Elsa (Elsa Blick) ĕlsäˈ trēôlĕˈ [key], c.1896–1970, Russian-French author, b. Moscow. In 1928 she married the French writer Louis Aragon. Her novels often combine a sweeping Russian ...

Tiraspol

(Encyclopedia)Tiraspol tyērŭˈspôl [key], city (1995 est. pop. 203,870), Trans-Dniester Region, E Moldova, on the Dniester River. It has diversified light industries, including the production of foodstuffs, furn...

Totleben, Eduard Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Totleben or Todleben, Eduard Ivanovich both: ĕdwärtˈ ēväˈnəvĭch tôtˈlyĕbyĭn [key], 1818–84, Russian general and military engineer. He won his chief renown in the Crimean War by his defen...