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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Biography
Russian authorDied: August 3, 2008Best Known as: Nobel Prize-winning Russian author who struggled against Soviet Communism Deathplace: Moscow, Russia…Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich
(Encyclopedia) Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr IsayevichSolzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevichəlyĭksänˈdər ēsīˈəvĭch sôlˌzhənētˈsĭn [key], 1918–2008, Russian writer widely regarded as one of the greatest and most…Samsonov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia) Samsonov, Aleksandr VasilyevichSamsonov, Aleksandr Vasilyevichəlyĭksänˈdər vəsēˈlyəvĭch səmsôˈnəf [key], 1859–1914, Russian general. Early in World War I, when his army advanced into…Tannenberg
(Encyclopedia) TannenbergTannenbergtäˈnənbĕrkˌ [key], Pol. Stębark, village, Warmińsko-Mazurskie prov., NE Poland, near Olsztyn. Formerly in East Prussia, it was transferred (1945) by the Potsdam…Rostropovich, Mstislav
(Encyclopedia) Rostropovich, MstislavRostropovich, Mstislavmĭsˈtĭslävˌ rŏsˌtrəpôˈvyĭch [key], 1927–2007, Russian cellist, pianist, and conductor. He made his cello debut in 1940 and his conducting…Gulag
(Encyclopedia) Gulag, system of forced-labor prison camps in the USSR, from the Russian acronym [GULag] for the Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Camps, a department of the Soviet secret police (…Timeline: Russian Culture, Part IV
Part IV: The Soviet Period 1920 1935 1958 1974 2000 Back: Rise of Russia 1918 Greatest Russian symbolist poet, Aleksandr Blok, writes…Natalya Reshetovskaya 2003 Deaths
Natalya ReshetovskayaAge: 84 Russian pianist and chemist who was married two times to dissident author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Died: Moscow, May 28, 2003Donald ReganR - ZLeni Riefenstahl…Thomas P. Whitney Biography
Russian translatorDied: Dec. 2, 2007 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: former diplomat, writer, and Russian translator A former diplomat and writer on…Biographies: Deaths of 2008
Deaths of 2008 See also 2007 Deaths 2006 Deaths 2005 Deaths 2004 Deaths 2003 Deaths 2002 Deaths 2001 Deaths 2000…Trending
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