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Gurdjieff, George Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Gurdjieff, George Ivanovich gûrjēfˈ, –jĕfˈ [key], 1872–1949, Armenian spiritualist and author. After spending years traveling, Gurdjieff settled in Moscow (c.1913). He fled the Russian Revolu...

Guchkov, Aleksandr Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Guchkov, Aleksandr Ivanovich əlyĭksänˈdər ēväˈnəvĭch go͝ochˈkôf [key], 1862–1936, Russian political leader. A prominent businessman, during the 1905 revolution he helped found the Octob...

Novikov, Nikolai Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Novikov, Nikolai Ivanovich nyĭkəlīˈ ēväˈnəvĭch nôˈvēkəf [key], 1744–1818, Russian journalist and publisher. In 1769, with the Drone, he started the vogue of the satirical magazine model...

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich mĕndəlāˈəf, Rus. dəmēˈtrē ēväˈnəvĭch myĭndyĭlyāˈəf [key], 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of the periodic law and t...

Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich ənəstäsˈ ēväˈnəvĭch myĭkəyänˈ [key], 1895–1978, Soviet Communist leader. He joined the Communist party in 1915, became a member of the party's central committ...

Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich nyĭkəlīˈ ēväˈnəvĭch ləbəchĕfˈskē [key], 1793–1856, Russian mathematician. A pioneer in non-Euclidean geometry, he challenged Euclid's fifth postulate tha...

Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich əlyĭksänˈdər ēväˈnəvĭch ko͞oˈprĭn [key], 1870–1938, Russian novelist and short-story writer. Kuprin was an army officer for several years before he resigned ...

Tyutchev, Feodor Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Tyutchev, Feodor Ivanovich fyôˈdər ēväˈnəvĭch tyo͞oˈchĭf [key], 1803–73, Russian lyric poet and essayist. Most of Tyutchev's adult life was spent abroad in the diplomatic service. Althoug...

Yashin, Lev Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Yashin, Lev Ivanovich, 1929–90, Russian soccer player. A superb goalkeeper, perhaps the best in the history of the game, he was a Soviet sports hero. Yashin spent his playing career (1949–71) with...

Bukharin, Nikolai Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Bukharin, Nikolai Ivanovich nyĭkəlīˈ ēväˈnəvĭch bo͞okhäˈrēn [key], 1888–1938, Russian Communist leader and theoretician. A member of the Bolshevik wing of the Social Democratic party, h...