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Nicholas I, czar of Russia
(Encyclopedia) Nicholas I, 1796–1855, czar of Russia (1825–55), third son of Paul I. His brother and predecessor, Alexander I, died childless (1825). Constantine, Paul's second son, was next in…Biographies: Deaths of 2008
Deaths of 2008 See also 2007 Deaths 2006 Deaths 2005 Deaths 2004 Deaths 2003 Deaths 2002 Deaths 2001 Deaths 2000…1980 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists
Event Time 100m Free Jörg Woithe, E. Ger 50.40 Per Alvar Holmertz, SWE 50.91 Per Johansson, SWE 51.29 200m Free Sergei Kopliakov, USSR…1996 Olympics Swimming Medalists: Men
Event Time 50m Free Aleksandr Popov, RUS22.13 Gary Hall jun., USA22.26 Fernando Scherer, BRA22.29 100m Free Aleksandr Popov, UT 48.74 Gary Hall jun., USA48.81 Gustavo Borges, BRA49.02…Berlin, Congress of
(Encyclopedia) Berlin, Congress of, 1878, called by the signers of the Treaty of Paris of 1856 (see Paris, Congress of) to reconsider the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which Russia had forced…1994 Men's Olympic Speed Skating Medalists
Long Track Event Time 500m Aleksandr Golubev, RUS 36.33 OR 1000m Dan Jansen, USA 1:12.43 WR 1500m Johann Olav Koss, NOR 1:51.29 WR 5000m Johann…Russian Revolution: The February Revolution
The February Revolution Related Links Russian Revolution: OriginsRussian Revolution: 1905 RevolutionCommunist PartyMoscowFabergé Eggs By March, 1917 (the end of Feb., 1917, O.S…1980 Olympics
MoscowTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…Men's Olympic 400-Meter Individual Medley
1964 Dick Roth, United States 4:45.40 1968 Charles Hickox, United States 4:48.40 1972 Gunnar Larsson, Sweden 4:31.98 1976 Rod Strachan, United States 4:…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 (…Trending
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