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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich nykl´ vs´lyvch gô´gl [key], 1809–52, Russian short-story writer, novelist, and playwright, sometimes considered the father of Russian realism. Of Ukrai...Tschaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Tschaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich: see Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich.Chaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Chaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich: see Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich.Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich nykl´ vs´lyvch chkôf´sk [key], 1850–1926, Russian socialist. As a student in St. Petersburg he joined (1869) a utopian socialist student group (...Krilenko, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Krilenko, Nikolai Vasilyevich: see Krylenko.Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Krylenko or Krilenko, Nikolai Vasilyevich both: nykl´ vs´lyvch krlyn´k [key], 1885–1938, Russian revolutionary and Soviet jurist. In Nov., 1917, Trotsky promoted him from ensi...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...Gallitzin
(Encyclopedia)Gallitzin glt´sn [key], Rus. Golytsingly´tsn [key], Russian princely family. Among many alternate spellings are Galitzin, Galytzin, and Galitsin. Vasily Vasilyevich Gallitzin, d. 1619, h...Poltava
(Encyclopedia)Poltava pltä´v [key], city (1989 pop. 315,000), capital of Poltava region, E Ukraine, on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway and on the Vorskla River, a tributary of the Dnieper. It is an industrial center...Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich vs´ly vsl´yvch vyrshchä´gn [key], 1842–1904, Russian painter, soldier, and traveler. He is best known for his military pictures, which portra...Browse by Subject
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