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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia) Pushkin, Aleksandr SergeyevichPushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevichp&oobreve;shˈkĭn, Rus. əlyĭksänˈdər syĭrgāˈyəvĭch p&oomacr;shˈkĭn [key], 1799–1837, Russian poet and prose writer,…

Salieri, Antonio

(Encyclopedia) Salieri, AntonioSalieri, Antonioäntôˈnyō sälyāˈrē [key], 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor. He received his first training in Italy, going afterward (1766) to Vienna, where he…

Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin was a Romantic poet of the 19th century who has been called the father of Russian literature. His most famous work is the novel -- written in verse -- Eugene Onegin, a sweeping…

Pushkin

(Encyclopedia) PushkinPushkinp&oobreve;shˈkĭn, Rus. p&oomacr;shˈkĭn [key], city (1989 pop. 95,000), NW European Russia, a residential and resort suburb of St. Petersburg. It produces road-…

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Biography

Russian authorDied: August 3, 2008Best Known as: Nobel Prize-winning Russian author who struggled against Soviet Communism Deathplace: Moscow, Russia…

Novoselov, Sir Konstantin Sergeevich

(Encyclopedia) Novoselov, Sir Konstantin Sergeevich, 1974–, Russian-British physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2004. He has been a research associate at the Univ. of Manchester, England…

Timeline: Russian Culture, Part III

Part III: The Golden Age       1756 1801 1852 1900 Next: Soviet Period       1756 Czarina Elizabeth allies Russia with France; cult of French…

Aleksandr Prokhorov 2002 Deaths

Aleksandr ProkhorovAge: 85 Russian physicist who won a 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in the field of quantum electronics. Died: Moscow, Jan. 8, 2002Chaim PotokM - QHenry Quadracci…