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Izmayil

(Encyclopedia) IzmayilIzmayilēzˌmäēlˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 93,000), extreme S Ukraine, on an arm of the Danube delta and near the Romanian border. It is a rail junction, river port, commercial…

Kuznets, Simon

(Encyclopedia) Kuznets, SimonKuznets, Simonk&oobreve;znĕtsˈ, kŭzˈnĕts [key], 1901–85, American economist, b. Kharkiv, Russia (now in Ukraine), grad. Columbia (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926…

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel

(Encyclopedia) Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, 1902–94, American rabbi, b. Nikolayev, Russia (now in Ukraine). The son of a prominent rabbi, he studied at the Univ. of Berlin and the Sorbonne,…

Shelekhov, Grigori Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia) Shelekhov, Grigori IvanovichShelekhov, Grigori Ivanovichgrĭgôˈrē ēväˈnəvĭch shĕˈlyĭkhəf [key], 1747–95, Russian fur trader in North America, b. Rylsk, Ukraine. He had built up a large…

Stern, Isaac

(Encyclopedia) Stern, Isaac, 1920–2001, American violinist, b. Kremenets, in what is now Ukraine. Brought to the United States as an infant, Stern began piano lessons at the age of six and violin…

Stanishev, Sergei Dmitrievich

(Encyclopedia) Stanishev, Sergei Dmitrievich, 1966–, Bulgarian political leader and political scientist. Born in Ukraine, he studied at Moscow State Univ. (B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1994), and taught in…

Olbia

(Encyclopedia) OlbiaOlbiaŏlˈbēə [key], Ionic Greek colony of Miletus, founded at the beginning of the 6th cent. b.c. It is on the right bank of the Buh River between Mykolayiv and Ochakiv, S central…

Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolff

(Encyclopedia) Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolff, 1860–1930, Ukrainian microbiologist, b. Odessa, Russia (now in Ukraine). After studying (1879–83) at the Univ. of Odessa with the microbiologist Ilya…

Mendele mocher sforim

(Encyclopedia) Mendele mocher sforim [Yid.,= Mendele the book peddler]Mendele mocher sforimmĕnˈdələ môkhˈər sfôˈrĭm [key], pseud. of Sholem Yakov AbramovichSholem Yakov Abramovichshōˈləm yäˈkôv…

Strasberg, Lee

(Encyclopedia) Strasberg, LeeStrasberg, Leestrăsˈbərg, sträsˈ– [key], 1901–82, American theatrical director, teacher, and actor, b. Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Budaniv, Ukraine) as Israel…