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Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich nykl´ lyksän´drvch boolgä´nyn [key], 1895–1975, Soviet military and political leader. He held posts in industrial management, was mayor of Mos...

Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilianovich

(Encyclopedia)Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilianovich gôr´g mäksmlyä´nvch mlynkôf´ [key], 1902–88, Soviet Communist leader. He rose to prominence through the party secretariat and was a trusted a...

Pogodin, Nikolai

(Encyclopedia)Pogodin, Nikolai nykl´ pgô´dyn [key], pseud. of Nikolai Feodorovich Stukalovfyô´drvch stookä´lôf [key], 1900–1962, Russian dramatist. Pogodin wrote many colorful, optimisti...

Fadeyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Fadeyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich lyksän´dr lyksän´drvch fdy´f [key], 1901–56, Russian author. An active Communist, he fought in the Revolution of 1917. His first novel, Raz...

Fedin, Konstantin Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Fedin, Konstantin Aleksandrovich knstntyn´ lyksän´drvch fydyn´ [key], 1892–1977, Russian novelist. Fedin was interned in Germany during World War I and returned to Russia in 19...

Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich lyksän´dr lyksän´drvch blôk [key], 1880–1921, Russian poet, considered the greatest of the Russian symbolists. As the leading disciple of Vladimir S...

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Aleksandrovich, 1962–2017, Russian lyric baritone, b. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Known for his passionate and vocally mellifluous performances, broad repertoire, superb technique, an...

Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich syrg´ lyksän´drvch ysy´nn [key], 1895–1925, Russian poet. Yesenin was the most popular poet of the early revolution and the object of a considera...

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia)Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich yvtooshng´k, Rus. yvg´ny lyksän´drvch yvtshn´k [key], 1933–2017, Russian poet, b. Zima Junction Siberia. Along with Andrei V...

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