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(Encyclopedia) Khoy,&sp;KhoiKhoiboth: khōˈē [key] or KhvoyKhvoykhvōˈē [key], city (1991 pop. 137,885), West Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran. It is the trade center for a fertile, irrigated farm region…Latynina, Larysa Semyonovna
(Encyclopedia) Latynina, Larysa or Larisa Semyonovna, 1934–, Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast, the dominant female gymnast of her era, b. Kherson. She was the first athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals…Tupolev, Andrei Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia) Tupolev, Andrei NikolayevichTupolev, Andrei Nikolayevichəndrāˈ nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch t&oomacr;pōˈlĕf [key], 1888–1972, Soviet aeronautical engineer, educated at the Moscow Technical…Budenny, Semyon Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia) Budenny, Semyon MikhailovichBudenny, Semyon Mikhailovichsĭmyôn mēkhīˈləvĭch b&oomacr;dyôˈnē [key], 1883–1973, Russian marshal. A sergeant major in the czarist cavalry, he joined…Cossacks
(Encyclopedia) CossacksCossackskŏsˈăks, –əks [key], Rus. Kazaki, Ukr. Kozaky, peasant-soldiers in Ukraine and in several regions of Russia who, until 1918, held certain privileges in return for…Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich
(Encyclopedia) Korchnoi, Viktor LvovichKorchnoi, Viktor Lvovichvyēkˈtər ləvôvˈyĭch kôrchˈnoi [key], 1931–2016, Russian-Swiss chess master. A long-time leading Soviet player, he lost to Anatoly Karpov…Riga, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Riga, Treaty of, either of two peace treaties signed at Riga, Latvia. By the Treaty of Riga of 1920, between the USSR and Latvia, the USSR recognized Latvian independence. The Treaty…Wirth, Karl Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Wirth, Karl JosephWirth, Karl Josephkärl yōˈzĕf vĭrt [key], 1879–1956, German statesman. A leader of the Catholic Center party, he succeeded (1920) Matthias Erzberger as minister of…USSR
(Encyclopedia) USSR: see Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.Alexievich, Svetlana Alexandrovna
(Encyclopedia) Alexievich, Svetlana Alexandrovna, 1948–, Belarusian journalist and nonfiction writer, grad. Univ. of Minsk (1972). She was a working journalist before she began writing books in the…Trending
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