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Serkin, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Serkin, Peter: see under Serkin, Rudolf.Opie, Peter Mason
(Encyclopedia) Opie, Peter Mason: see Opie, Iona.Hunt Lieberson, Helen
(Encyclopedia) Hunt Lieberson, Helen: see under Lieberson, Peter.Townshend, Peter Dennis Blanford
(Encyclopedia) Townshend, Peter Dennis Blanford : see WHO, THE .Patrimony of Saint Peter
(Encyclopedia) Patrimony of Saint Peter: see Papal States.Mazepa, Ivan
(Encyclopedia) Mazepa, IvanMazepa, Ivanēvänˈ məzyāˈpə [key], c.1640–1709, Cossack hetman [leader] in the Russian Ukraine. He was made hetman (1687) on the insistence of Prince Gallitzin, adviser to…Montfort, Simon de
(Encyclopedia) Montfort, Simon deMontfort, Simon demŏntˈfərt, Fr. môNfôrˈ [key], c.1160–1218, count of Montfort and earl of Leicester. A participant in the Fourth Crusade (1202–4), he did not join in…Ustinov, Sir Peter
(Encyclopedia) Ustinov, Sir Peter (Alexander)Ustinov, Sir Peter (Alexander)y&oomacr;sˈtənôf [key], 1921–2004, English writer, director, and actor, b. London. A witty, charming, and cosmopolitan…Bering, Vitus Jonassen
(Encyclopedia) Bering, Vitus JonassenBering, Vitus Jonassenvēˈt&oobreve;s yōˈnäsən bārˈĭng [key], 1681–1741, Danish explorer in Russian employ. In 1725 he was selected by Peter I to explore far…Sicilian Vespers
(Encyclopedia) Sicilian Vespers, in Italian history, name given the rebellion staged by the Sicilians against the Angevin French domination of Sicily; the rebellion broke out at Palermo at the start…Trending
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