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Karpinsky, Alexander Petrovich
(Encyclopedia) Karpinsky, Alexander PetrovichKarpinsky, Alexander Petrovichəlyĭksänˈdər pētrôˈvĭch kärpēnˈskē [key], 1846–1936, Soviet geologist. From 1869 to 1885 he was at the Mining Institute, St…Landau, Lev Davidovich
(Encyclopedia) Landau, Lev DavidovichLandau, Lev Davidovichlyĕf dəvēˈdəvĭch ləndouˈ [key], 1908–68, Soviet physicist, b. Baku, Azerbaijan. A child prodigy in mathematics, he entered Baku Univ. at 14…Petlyura, Simon
(Encyclopedia) Petlyura, SimonPetlyura, Simonsĭmyōnˈ pyətly&oomacr;ˈrə [key], 1879–1926, Ukrainian nationalist politician. In Jan., 1919, he became leader of the independent Ukrainian republic…Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav Emil
(Encyclopedia) Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav EmilMannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav Emilkärl gŭˈstäv āˈmĭl mäˈnərhām [key], 1867–1951, Finnish field marshal and president of Finland (1944–46). Of a…Zhivkov, Todor
(Encyclopedia) Zhivkov, TodorZhivkov, Todortôˈdôr zhĭvkôfˈ [key], 1911–98, Bulgarian political leader. A printer, and a Communist party member from 1932, he rose to prominence as a partisan leader…Zoshchenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia) Zoshchenko, Mikhail MikhailovichZoshchenko, Mikhail Mikhailovichmēkhəyēl mēkhīˈləvĭch zôˈshchənkô [key], 1895–1958, Soviet humorist. Zoshchenko was born in Poltava, but spent most of…perestroika
(Encyclopedia) perestroikaperestroikapərˈĕstroyˈkə [key], Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s. Perestroika [restructuring] was the term attached to the attempts (1985–91) by Mikhail…Rákosi, Mátyás
(Encyclopedia) Rákosi, MátyásRákosi, Mátyásmäˈtyäs räˈkōshē [key], 1892–1971, Hungarian Communist politician. An associate of Bela Kun and later a disciple of Joseph Stalin, Rákosi was one of the…Rokossovsky, Konstantin
(Encyclopedia) Rokossovsky, KonstantinRokossovsky, Konstantinkənstəntyēnˈ rŏkŏs-sôfˈskē [key], 1896–1968, Soviet general, b. Warsaw. He entered the czarist army and in 1917 joined the Bolshevik…cold war
(Encyclopedia) cold war, term used to describe the shifting struggle for power and prestige between the Western powers and the Communist bloc from the end of World War II until 1989. Of worldwide…Trending
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