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Yalta

(Encyclopedia)Yalta yŏlˈtə [key], city (1989 pop. 89,000), in S Crimea, on the Black Sea. Picturesquely situated near the seashore, Yalta is on the site of an ancient Greek colony. It is the largest resort in Cr...

Krasnoye Selo

(Encyclopedia)Krasnoye Selo kräsˈnəyə syĭlôˈ [key], district, NW European Russia. It is a rail terminus and has industries producing paper and plastics. Krasnoye Selo was a favorite summer resort of Saint Pe...

Ivanovo

(Encyclopedia)Ivanovo ēväˈnəvə [key], city, capital of Ivanovo region, central European Russia, in the ...

Stürmer, Boris Vladimirovich

(Encyclopedia)Stürmer, Boris Vladimirovich bərēsˈ vlədyēˈmĭrəvĭch shtyo͞orˈmĭr [key], 1848–1917, Russian public official. He became premier early in 1916 and shortly afterward replaced Sazonov as for...

Yudenich, Nikolai Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia)Yudenich, Nikolai Nikolayevich nyĭkəlīˈ nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch yo͝odyāˈnyĭch [key], 1862–1933, Russian general. He served in the Russo-Japanese War and in World War I and after the Bolshevik Re...

Radek, Karl

(Encyclopedia)Radek, Karl kärl räˈdyĭk [key], 1885–1939?, international Communist leader and journalist, b. Lviv (then in Austrian Poland); his original name was Sobelsohn. Radek participated in the 1905 revo...

Chaliapin, Feodor Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Chaliapin, Feodor Ivanovich fyôˈdər ēväˈnəvĭch shəlyäˈpyĭn [key], 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass. His powerful and supple voice, together with his tremendous physique, his gusto, and h...

Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich

(Encyclopedia)Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich vlədyēˈmĭr vlədyēˈmĭrəvĭch mīˌəkôfˈskē [key], 1893–1930, Russian poet and dramatist. Mayakovsky was a leader of the futurist school in 1912, and he...

Tuva Republic

(Encyclopedia)Tuva Republic or Tyva Republic both: to͞oˈvə, Rus. to͞oväˈ, Tuvan to͞owäˈ [key], constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 366,000), 65,830 sq mi (170,500 sq km), extreme S Siberian Russia, on the...

Krupskaya, Nadezhda Konstantinovna

(Encyclopedia)Krupskaya, Nadezhda Konstantinovna nŭdyĕˈzhdə kənstŭntyēˈnəvnə kro͞opˈskəyə [key], 1869–1939, Russian revolutionary and educator, wife of Lenin. Krupskaya was a Marxist agitator for 25...