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Kuh-i-Gamo

(Encyclopedia) Kuh-i-Gamo: see Lenin Peak.

International Women's Day

March 8th commemorates women's rights and peace The United Nations' theme for International Women's Day in 2017 is "Be Bold for Change." Related Links Biographies of Notable Women…

Timeline: Russian Culture, Part III

Part III: The Golden Age       1756 1801 1852 1900 Next: Soviet Period       1756 Czarina Elizabeth allies Russia with France; cult of French…

Korolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovich

(Encyclopedia) Korolenko, Vladimir GalaktionovichKorolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovichvlədyēˈmĭr gələktyôˈnəvĭch kərəlyĕnˈkə [key], 1853–1921, Russian short-story writer and publicist. A member of a…

Kirshon, Vladimir Mikhailovich

(Encyclopedia) Kirshon, Vladimir MikhailovichKirshon, Vladimir Mikhailovichvlədyēˈmĭr mēkhīˈləvĭch kērshônˈ [key], 1902–38, Russian dramatist. He began his career with Red Dust (1927, tr. 1930), a…

Vinnichenko, Vladimir

(Encyclopedia) Vinnichenko, VladimirVinnichenko, Vladimirvlədyēˈmĭr vyĕnĭchānˈkō [key], 1880–1951, Ukrainian writer and statesman. Vinnichenko's early tales are naturalistic; his later novels concern…

Kaufmann Peak

(Encyclopedia) Kaufmann Peak: see Lenin Peak, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich

(Encyclopedia) Stalin, Joseph VissarionovichStalin, Joseph Vissarionovichstäˈlĭn, Rus. vĭsəryôˈnəvĭch stäˈlyĭn [key], 1879–1953, Soviet Communist leader and head of the USSR from the death of V. I.…

Wladimir

(Encyclopedia) Wladimir. For rulers thus named, use Vladimir.