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Engels, Friedrich

(Encyclopedia) Engels, FriedrichEngels, Friedrichfrēˈdrĭkh ĕngˈəls [key], 1820–95, German socialist; with Karl Marx, one of the founders of modern Communism (see communism). The son of a wealthy…

Russian Revolution: The October Revolution

The October Revolution Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky Related Links Russian Revolution: OriginsRussian Revolution: 1905 RevolutionRussian Revolution: February RevolutionWhy is the…

Lunacharsky, Anatoli Vasilyevich

(Encyclopedia) Lunacharsky, Anatoli VasilyevichLunacharsky, Anatoli Vasilyevichənətôˈlyē vəsēˈlyəvĭch l&oomacr;nəchärˈskē [key], 1875–1933, Russian revolutionary, dramatist, and critic. He began…

Krupskaya, Nadezhda Konstantinovna

(Encyclopedia) Krupskaya, Nadezhda KonstantinovnaKrupskaya, Nadezhda Konstantinovnanŭdyĕˈzhdə kənstŭntyēˈnəvnə kr&oomacr;pˈskəyə [key], 1869–1939, Russian revolutionary and educator, wife of…

Vladimir Sokoloff Biography

Vladimir Sokoloffpianist accompanied many famous singers and instrumentalists during his 70-year careerBorn: 1913Died: 1997Shannon Smith1997 DeathsWalter Sorell

Vladimir Kondrashin Biography

Vladimir KondrashinAge: 70 coach of the Soviet Union men's basketball team that won a disputed gold medal victory over the United States team in 1972; coached the U.S.S.R. to a world…

Vladimir Kryuchkov Biography

diplomatDied: Nov. 23, 2007 (Moscow, Russia) Best Known as: former Russian diplomat and chief of the K.G.B. Former Russian diplomat and chief of the K.G.B.…

Vladimir Kosma Zworykin

Vladimir Kosma Zworykin Born: 1889Birthplace: Murom, Russia Cathode ray tube—Zworykin invented the iconoscope, a television transmitting tube and the kinescope, a cathode ray tube that…

Pachmann, Vladimir de

(Encyclopedia) Pachmann, Vladimir dePachmann, Vladimir devlədyēˈmĭr də päkhˈmän [key], 1848–1933, Russian pianist, studied with his father, a violinist, and at the Vienna Conservatory. He devoted…