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Mir, Soviet and Russian space station
(Encyclopedia) Mir, Soviet and Russian space station: see space exploration; space station.Kosygin, Alexei Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia) Kosygin, Alexei NikolayevichKosygin, Alexei Nikolayevichəlyĭksyāˈ nyĭkə līˈəvĭch kəsēˈgĭn [key], 1904–80, Soviet political leader. A member of the Communist party from 1927, he joined…Alliluyeva, Svetlana
(Encyclopedia) Alliluyeva, SvetlanaAlliluyeva, Svetlanasvyĕtläˈnä äl-lĕl&oomacr;ˈyəvə [key], 1926–2011, only daughter of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva…Jewish Autonomous Region
(Encyclopedia) Jewish Autonomous Region or BirobidzhanBirobidzhanbērōbējänˈ [key], autonomous region (1995 pop. 211,900), c.13,800 sq mi (35,700 sq km), Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Far East, in the…Baikonur Cosmodrome
(Encyclopedia) Baikonur or Baykonur CosmodromeBaikonur or Baykonur Cosmodromeboth: bīˌkən&oomacr;rˈ [key], formerly secret aerospace launch complex, Qyzylorda prov., S central Kazakhstan, near…Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich
(Encyclopedia) Voroshilov, Kliment YefremovichVoroshilov, Kliment Yefremovichvôrəshēˈlŏf, Rus. klyĭmyĕntˈ yəfrĕmˈəvĭch vərəshēˈləf [key], 1881–1969, Soviet military leader and public official. A…Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich
(Encyclopedia) Zhdanov, Andrei AleksandrovichZhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovichəndrāˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch zhdäˈnôf [key], 1896–1948, Soviet Communist leader. A loyal supporter of Stalin, he was made (1934)…Brest, city, Belarus
(Encyclopedia) Brest Brest brĕst [key], formerly Brest-Litovsk Brest-Litovsk…Sugihara, Chiune
(Encyclopedia) Sugihara, Chiune, 1900–1986, Japanese diplomat who saved several thousand European Jews during World War II. He served (1920–22) in the army, then joined the Japanese foreign ministry…Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosiyevich
(Encyclopedia) Shevardnadze, Eduard AmvrosiyevichShevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosiyevichĕdˈwärd shəvˈärdnädˈzyə [key], 1928–2014, Georgian politician and diplomat. Known for pragmatism rather than…Trending
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