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1976 Olympic Figure Skating Results

Event   Points Men John Curry, GBR 192.74 Women Dorothy Hamill, USA 193.80 Pairs Irina Rodnina & Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR 140.54 Dance Lyudmila Pakhomova…

Pairs—Olympic Figure Skating

Multiple gold medals: MEN–Pierre Brunet, Artur Dmitriev, Sergei Grinkov, Oleg Protopopov and Aleksandr Zaitsev (2). WOMEN–Irina Rodnina (3); Ludmila Belousova, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Andree…

Bely, Andrei

(Encyclopedia) Bely, AndreiBely, Andreiəndrāˈ byĕˈlē [key], pseud. of Boris Nikolayevich BugayevBoris Nikolayevich Bugayevbûryēsˈ nyĭkəlīˈəvyĭchˌ b&oomacr;gīˈĭf [key], 1880–1934, Russian writer.…

Slavophiles and Westernizers

(Encyclopedia) Slavophiles and Westernizers, designation for two groups of intellectuals in mid-19th-century Russia that represented opposing schools of thought concerning the nature of Russian…

March 2006

WorldIndia and the U.S. Agree on Nuclear Pact (March 2): Controversial deal allows India to buy nuclear fuel and components. In exchange, India will separate its nuclear energy program from…

2002 Deaths: M - Q

John MabeeHarold (Mush) MarchPrincess MargaretStanley MarcusNed MartinHarvey MatusowLee MayeNobu McCarthyKathleen McGrathBill McCutcheonArthur MelinCésar MilsteinJoshua MinerPatsy MinkReggie…

1996 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists

50-meter Freestyle     Time 1 Aleksandr Popov, RUS 22.13 2 Gary Hall Jr., USA 22.26 3 Fernando Scherer, BRA 22.29 100-meter Freestyle     Time 1…

1996 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Light-Flyweight (–1051/2 lbs) Sim Kwon-Ho, S. Kor   Aleksandr Pavlov, BLR   Zafar Gulyov, RUS Flyweight (1141/2) Arman Nazaryan, ARM   Brandon Paulson, USA…

Bolshoi Ballet

(Encyclopedia) Bolshoi BalletBolshoi Balletbōlˈshoi, bôlˈ– [key], one of the principal ballet companies of Russia; part of the Bolshoi Theatre, which also includes Russia's premier opera company. The…