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Dmitri Donskoi
Dmitri Donskoi , 1350-89, Russian hero, grand duke of Moscow (1359-89). He successfully resisted Lithuanian attempts to invade Moscow, and was the first Russian prince since the Mongol conquest who dared to wage open war on the Tatars . His great victory at Kulikovo (1380) made him a popular Russ... Read more
Russian literature
Russian literature literary works mainly produced in the historic area of Russia, written in its earliest days in Church Slavonic and after the 17th cent. in the Russian language. Early Literature Russian literature was first produced after the introduction of Christianity from Byzantium ... Read more
Russia
Russia officially the Russian Federation, Rus. Rossiya, republic (2005 est. pop. 143,420,000), 6,591,100 sq mi (17,070,949 sq km). The country is bounded by Norway and Finland in the northwest; by Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, and Ukraine in the west; by Georgia and Azerbaijan in the southwest; a... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Kulikovo,"

battle of Kulikovo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition battle of Kulikovo , 1380, victory of Grand Duke Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow over Khan Mamai of the Golden Horde . The battle was fought on a plain...
Kulikovo Field, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History KULIKOVO FIELD, BATTLE OF On September 8, 1380, Rus forces led by Grand Prince...Alan, Circassian, Genoese, and Rus) army led by the Emir Mamai on Kulikovo Pole (Snipe's Field) at the Nepryadva River, a tributary of the Don...
Zadonshchina
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...the historically important Battle of Kulikovo Field (1380). Written some years after...response to it, treating the victory at Kulikovo as revenge for the defeat of Igor at...of the Russian-Tatar Battle on the Kulikovo Field. The Hague: Mouton. Zenkovsky...
Donskoy, Dmitry Ivanovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...his victory over the armies of Emir Mamai at the Battle of Kulikovo Field near the Don River (September 8,1380). He is remembered...combined armies of Mamai clashed with Dmitry Donskoy's army on Kulikovo field between the Don River and a tributary called the Nepryadva...
Belarus and Belarusians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...divide between the Nieman and Dnieper watersheds. The Orthodox Lithuanian prince Andrei of Polotsk (d. 1399) fought at Kulikovo against Mamai in 1380. The 1385 Polish-Lithuanian dynastic Union of Krevo (in western Belarus) privileged nobles who converted...
Sergius, St.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...was Dmitry's confessor. Sergius is most famous as intercessor for Dmitry's Russian army that defeated the Mongols on Kulikovo Field near the Don River in 1380. It was the first Russian victory over the Mongols, and Sergius's intercession was taken...
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...longing for the Russian past and for a vital connection between the intelligentsia and the people. In "Russia" and "On Kulikovo Field" (both 1908), he searched for a way to bring national history to bear on the present. Despite his feelings of personal...
Russian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...15th cent. the priest Sophonia of Ryazan wrote the epic Beyond the River Don to commemorate the victory over the Tatars at Kulikovo (1380). Athanasy Nikitin (d. 1472) wrote a distinguished account of his Journey beyond Three Seas to distant lands...
Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...family history as an allegory of Russia's eventual spiritual resurrection; the cycle Na pole Kulikovom (On the field of kulikovo, 1908), celebrates Russia's victory in 1380 over the Mongol Tatars. Yet, despite the spiritual optimism of both works...
Cathedral of the Archangel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...the warrior Archangel Mikhail, keeper of the gates of heaven. His icon was commissioned to celebrate the Russian victory at Kulikovo Pole in 1380. The cycle celebrates Moscow's rulers as successors to the kings of Israel, as God's representatives fighting...

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RUSSIA: TATAR PARTY PROTESTS PLANS TO MARK KULIKOVO BATTLE.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 3/21/2001; 393 words ; ...victory of Russian forces over the Mongol-Tatar armies at Kulikovo in 1380." Such a celebration, the Vatan party said in a...are descended from the Tatars. The statement added that the Kulikovo battle should be marked only as a conflict between the Moscow...
Recent findings from S.A. Sycheva and co-authors highlight research in soil science.
Newspaper article from: Agriculture Week; 3/19/2009; 700+ words ; ...floodplains of the Nepryadva River in the Kulikovo field area. It is shown that the soils...studied area can be referred to as the Kulikovo sequence," wrote S.A. Sycheva and...floodplain soils and landscapes in the Kulikovo field area. Eurasian Soil Science...
Operational concealment or deception of the enemy?
Magazine article from: Military Thought; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...intolerable as importance of the problem grows. Let's turn to history to get a better idea of the controversy. In the battle on Kulikovo Field, Grand Prince Dmitry, subsequently honored with the surname Donskoy ("of the Don"), had created a strong reserve...
Implications for Military and Strategic Thought
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...of tanks, at Prokhorovka field on 12 July, one of just three historic 'fields' in Russian military history, along with Kulikovo (1380) and Borodino (1812). But it was so much more. The battle, overall, involved huge ground and air forces in an...
TIME OUT.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 11/6/2008; 587 words ; ...impressionist who painted Les Parapluies? WHAT is a hornbeam? WHERE was the Russian river on whose banks the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo was fought? WHEN did Jacques Chirac first become prime minister of France? remember when ... 1 Scent of Mystery was the...
AP AP Weekly News Calendar
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/16/2005; 687 words ; ...to read Bible in entirety. Kurkino, Russia _ Russian state and church dignitaries celebrate 625th anniversary of Battle of Kulikovo, Russians' first victory over Mongols. Tehran, Iran _ Military parades mark 25th anniversary of Iraqi invasion in 1980...
'Iron Felix' Statue Replacement Eyed
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/30/2000; ; 541 words ; ...rivals, then rebelled against them because he was upset about their heavy taxes. He defeated a Mongol horde in the battle of Kulikovo Field on the Don River south of Moscow in 1380. The bloody fight became known as a watershed in Russia's long struggle against...
Monday, September 8
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...September 8, the 251st day of 2003. There are 114 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1380 - At Kulikovo, Russian troops led by Moscow Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy for the first time win a battle over the Tartars. 1494 - France...
RUSSIA: COMMUNISTS TO CELEBRATE VICTORY OVER HORDE.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 9/26/2000; 349 words ; ...Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) has appealed to "all patriots" to celebrate the 620th anniversary of the battle of Kulikovo field, in which Russian forces defeated the Mongol hordes. In a 16 September letter carried on http://www.kprf.ru...
Sunday, September 8
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...September 8, the 251st day of 2002. There are 114 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1380 - At Kulikovo, Russian troops led by Moscow Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy for the first time win a battle over the Tartars. 1494 - France...