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Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilyevich syĭrgāˈ vəsēˈlyĭvĭch räkhmäˈnēnôf [key], 1873–1943, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor. He became known as one of the greatest pianists of his gen...Chaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Chaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich: see Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich. ...Tschaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Tschaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich: see Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich. ...Koltsov, Aleksey Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Koltsov, Aleksey Vasilyevich əlyĭksyāˈ vəsēˈlyəvĭch kəltsôfˈ [key], 1809–42, Russian poet. Although he had little formal education, he studied great works of literature and became well k...Aksakov, Sergei Timofeyevich
(Encyclopedia)Aksakov, Sergei Timofeyevich äksäˈkôf [key], 1791–1859, Russian writer, known for his nostalgic descriptions of the Orenburg region. Aksakov's chief work is Family Chronicle (1856, tr. 1924), a...Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich
(Encyclopedia)Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich vəvēˈləf [key], 1891–1951, Russian physicist. In 1932 he became director of the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, which he organized around the laboratory of the Sovie...Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Krylenko or Krilenko, Nikolai Vasilyevich both: nyĭkəlīˈ vəsēˈlyəvĭch krĭlyĕnˈkō [key], 1885–1938, Russian revolutionary and Soviet jurist. In Nov., 1917, Trotsky promoted him from ensi...Gladkov, Feodor Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Gladkov, Feodor Vasilyevich fyôˈdər vəsēˈlyəvĭch glətkôfˈ [key], 1883–1958, Russian author. Born into poverty, Gladkov spent his youth wandering along the Volga and in the N Caucasus read...Frunze, Mikhail Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Frunze, Mikhail Vasilyevich mēkhəyēlˈ vəsēˈlyəvĭch fro͞onˈzĕ [key], 1885–1925, Russian general. A revolutionary, he was exiled (1914) to Siberia but returned to take part in the October ...Samsonov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Samsonov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich əlyĭksänˈdər vəsēˈlyəvĭch səmsôˈnəf [key], 1859–1914, Russian general. Early in World War I, when his army advanced into East Prussia (see Masuria) in o...Browse by Subject
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