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Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich

(Encyclopedia) Mayakovsky, Vladimir VladimirovichMayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovichvlədyēˈmĭr vlədyēˈmĭrəvĭch mīˌəkôfˈskē [key], 1893–1930, Russian poet and dramatist. Mayakovsky was a leader of the…

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich

(Encyclopedia) Putin, Vladimir VladimirovichPutin, Vladimir Vladimirovichvlŭdēmˈyĭr vlŭdēmˌyĭrˈəvyĭch p&oomacr;ˈtyĭn [key], 1952–, Russian government official and political leader, b. Leningrad (…

Stürmer, Boris Vladimirovich

(Encyclopedia) Stürmer, Boris VladimirovichStürmer, Boris Vladimirovichbərēsˈ vlədyēˈmĭrəvĭch shty&oomacr;rˈmĭr [key], 1848–1917, Russian public official. He became premier early in 1916 and…

2008 News of the World - Russia

2008 news of the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe Vladimir Putin Related Links 2008 Year in Review 2008 News of the Nation 2008 People in the News 2008…

Vladimir Putin

Prime Minister and President of Russia by Beth Rowen This article was posted in January 4, 2000. Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin. (Source/AP) Related Links…

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin was elected president of the Russian Federation in 2012, beginning his third full term as president of Russia since taking over as the hand-picked successor of Boris Yeltsin in 1999.…

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita was so controversial that it went unpublished in America for three years after it was first presented in France in 1955. Nabokov left his native Russia after the 1917…

Vladimir

(Encyclopedia) VladimirVladimirvlədyēˈmĭr [key], city (1989 pop. 350,000), capital of Vladimir region, W central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. A rail junction, it has industries producing…

Rutskoi, Aleksandr Vladimirovich

(Encyclopedia) Rutskoi or Rutskoy, Aleksandr VladimirovichRutskoi or Rutskoy, Aleksandr Vladimirovichŭlˌyĭksänˈdər vlŭdˌyĭmĭrˈəvyĭchˌ r&oomacr;tskoiˈ [key], 1947–, Russian politician, b. Ukraine…

Poetry Month | Notable Poets

// Cite   Auden, Byron, Chaucer, and more     A-B | C-D | E-H | J-M | N-R | S-T | U-Z   Amiri Baraka   Abu Nuwas Addison, Joseph Aidoo, Ama Ata Aiken, Conrad…