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(Encyclopedia) bylinybylinybĭlēˈnē [key] [Rus.,=what has happened], Russian scholarly term first applied in the 1840s to a great body of narrative and heroic poems. They are called by the folk…Brewer's: Great
(The). ABBAS I., Shah of Persia. (1557, 1585-1628.) ALBERTUS MAGNUS, the schoolman. (1193-1280.) ALFONSO III., King of Asturias and Leon. (848, 866-912.) ALFRED, of England. (849, 871-901…Correa Delgado, Rafael Vicente
(Encyclopedia) Correa Delgado, Rafael VicenteCorrea Delgado, Rafael Vicenteräfäālˈ vēsānˈtā kōrāˈä delgäˈᵺō [key], 1963–, Ecuadorian economist and political leader, president of Ecuador (2007–2017),…Lissitzky, El
(Encyclopedia) Lissitzky, El (Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky)Lissitzky, Ellyĭsyētsˈkē [key], 1890–1941, Russian painter, designer, teacher, and architect. Lissitzky studied at Darmstadt and later taught…Kamenev, Lev Borisovich
(Encyclopedia) Kamenev, Lev BorisovichKamenev, Lev Borisovichlyĕf bərēˈsəvĭch käˈmĭnyĭf [key], 1883–1936, Soviet Communist leader. His original name was Rosenfeld. He joined (1901) the Social…Alfred I. duPont — Columbia University Awards in Television and Radio Journalism
2007 Alfred I. duPont — Columbia University Awards in Television and Radio Journalism…Anand, Viswanathan
(Encyclopedia) Anand, Viswanathan, 1969–, Indian chess player. India's youngest national champion at the age of 16, he won the world junior championship and earned the title of grandmaster in 1987.…Alexy II
(Encyclopedia) Alexy II or Aleksy IIAleksy IIəlyĕkˈsē [key], 1929–2008, 15th patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1990–2008), b. Estonia, as Aleksey Mikhailovich Ridiger. He spent 11 years as a…Simeon I
(Encyclopedia) Simeon I, c.863–927, ruler (893–927) and later first czar of Bulgaria. He was placed on the throne by his father, Boris I, who had returned from a monastery to depose his first son,…Nemtsov, Boris Yefimovich
(Encyclopedia) Nemtsov, Boris Yefimovich, 1959–2015, Russian physicist and politician. He worked at the Gorky Radiophysics Research Institute (1981–90) before he was elected to the Soviet Congress of…Trending
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