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Poltava
Poltava , city (1989 pop. 315,000), capital of Poltava region, E Ukraine, on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway and on the Vorskla River, a tributary of the Dnieper. It is an industrial center and important rail junction in the rich black-earth agricultural region. The city has railroad shops, food- and tobac... Read more
Augustus II
Augustus II 1670-1733, king of Poland (1697-1733) and, as Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733). He commanded the imperial army against the Turks (1695-96), but had no success and was replaced by Prince Eugene of Savoy as soon as he competed for the Polish throne, left vacant by the d... Read more
Charles XII
Charles XII 1682-1718, king of Sweden (1697-1718), son and successor of Charles XI. The regency under which he succeeded was abolished in 1697 at the request of the Riksdag. At the coronation he omitted the usual oath and crowned himself. Charles's youth and inexperience invited the coalition (1699... Read more
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin , 1799-1837, Russian poet and prose writer, among the foremost figures in Russian literature. He was born in Moscow of an old noble family; his mother's grandfather was Abram Hannibal, the black general of Peter the Great. Pushkin showed promise as a poet during his yea... Read more
Northern War
Northern War 1700-1721, general European conflict, fought in N and E Europe at the same time that the War of the Spanish Succession was fought in the west and the south. It arose chiefly from the desire of the neighbors of Sweden to break Swedish supremacy in the Baltic area, and from the conflic... Read more
Zaporizhzhya
Zaporizhzhya , Rus. Zaporozhye, city (1989 pop. 884,000), capital of Zaporizhzhya region, in Ukraine, a port on the Dnieper River, opposite the island of Khortytsya. The city, founded in 1770 on the site of the Zaporizhzhya Cossack camp, consists of old Zaporizhzhya (called Aleksandrovsk before 19... Read more
Peter I
Peter I or Peter the Great, 1672-1725, czar of Russia (1682-1725), major figure in the development of imperial Russia. Early Life Peter was the youngest child of Czar Alexis, by Alexis's second wife, Natalya Naryshkin. From Alexis's first marriage (with Maria Miloslavsky) were born Fe... Read more
Ukraine
Ukraine , Ukr. Ukraina, republic (2005 est. pop. 47,425,000), 232,046 sq mi (601,000 sq km), E Europe. It borders on Poland in the northwest; on Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova in the southwest; on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the south; on Russia in the east and northeast; and on ... Read more

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Poltava, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History POLTAVA, BATTLE OF The Battle of Poltava was the defining battle of the Great Northern War (1700...along the River Vorskla to the north of the Ukrainian city of Poltava. After the rejection of a Russian peace offer in 1707, the...
Poltava
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Poltava , city (1989 pop. 315,000), capital of Poltava region, E Ukraine, on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway and...and wood products. One of the oldest Ukrainian cities, Poltava was the site of a Slavic settlement in the 8th and 9th...
Ukraine
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...they are Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad...Slobozhanshchyna, Zaporizhzhya, Steppes Ukraine, Poltava, Cherkasy, Polissya, Podillya, Volyn...developed in the eighteenth century from the Poltava and Kyiv dialects. Distinctive dialects...
Rabbinical Commission
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...law: the merchant Bernshtein (Odessa), D. Orshansky (Poltava), Shimel Merkel (Kovno province), and Dr. Cherolzon...Landau (Kiev), German Barats (Vilna), and A. Maidevsky (Poltava), Iosef Evzel Gintsburg, and two learned Jews from the Ministry...
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...plant nutrition. Trofim Lysenko was born on Sept. 30, 1898, in the Ukrainian village of Karlovka in Poltava Province. He studied at the Poltava Primary School for Horticulture and Gardening (1913-1917) and at the Uman School for Horticulture...
Russo-Ottoman Wars (1710–1711; 1736–1739; 1768–1774; 1787–1792)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...politics. Russia's overwhelming victory against the Swedes at Poltava in 1709 has been attributed to the fact that Ali Pasha kept...Russian sentiments even more. When it appeared that after their Poltava triumph the Russians were getting ready to attack the Crimea...
shuttle bombing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...bombers were allowed by the USSR to use three bases near Kiev (Poltava, Mirgorod, Pinyatin) to bomb Germany, Hungary, and Romania...plant south of Berlin, a German aircraft shadowed them to Poltava. That night the airfield, along with 58 aircraft, was destroyed...
Charles XII (Sweden) (1682–1718; Ruled 1697–1718)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the Ukraine. On 28 June 1709, he attacked the Russians at Poltava. The odds were against him. The Russians were well prepared...xE4; ldet. G ö teborg, 2002. Englund, Peter. Poltava. Ber ä ttelsen om en arm é s underg å...
Sholem Aleichem
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of Jewish life in eastern Europe and America. Sholem Aleichem was born Sholem Rabinowitz on March 3, 1859, in Freislav, Poltava district, in the Ukraine. He received a traditional Jewish education but also attended a state school. His mother died when...
Augustus II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...years in Flanders fighting under the English general Marlborough against France. When Peter I of Russia defeated Charles at Poltava in July, 1709, Swedish domination of the north collapsed. Augustus was then able to return to Poland, while Stanislas fled...

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Poltava, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Poltava, Battle of (1709) PETER THE GREAT's decisive victory over CHARLES XII of Sweden in the NORTHERN...x2013;1709) together with 5000 of his men, the Russians succeeded in defeating the Swedes at Poltava, near Kiev.
Poltava
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Poltava a city in east central Ukraine which was besieged unsuccessfully in 1709 by Charles XII's Swedish forces; they were defeated by the Russians under Peter the Great.
Ostrogradsky, Mikhail Vasilievich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...MIKHAIL VASILIEVICH ( b . Pashennaya [now in Poltava oblast], Russia, 24 September 1801; d . Poltava [now Ukrainian S.S.R.], 1 January...After he had spent several years at the Poltava Gymnasium, the question of his future arose...
Orlov, Aleksandr Yakovlevich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...at Orlov ’ s suggestion, in Poltava, to produce gravimetric maps of the Ukrainian...observatory began to conduct regular work at Poltava and gravimetric expeditions. In 1927...From 1938 to 1951 he again headed the Poltava observatory, and in 1939 he became a...
Dokuchaev, Vasily Vasilievich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...expeditions to Nizhni Novgorod (1882 – 1886), Poltava (1888 – 1896), and other places were conducted...initiative, of museums of natural history in Nizhni Novgorod and Poltava. Following a plan proposed by Dokuchaev, similar museums...
Gerasimovich, Boris Petrovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...astrophysics . Gerasimovich ’ s father, a physician, was director of a district hospital. Geresomovich attended the Poltava Gymnasium but did not graduate, having been expelled for participation in the revolutionary movement. Only in 1909, after...
Charles XII
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...series of victories, but in 1709 he embarked on an expedition deep into Russia that ended in the destruction of his army at Poltava and the internment of Charles until 1715. He resumed his military career after his return but was killed while besieging a...
Zemlya
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...and white, 35mm, silent; length: 1704 meters, 6 reels. Released 8 April 1930, Kiev. Filmed April-November 1929 in Poltava. Screenplay: Alexander Dovzhenko; photography: Danilo Demutsky; art director: Vasily Krichevsky; music for performance...
Gurvich, Aleksandr Gavrilovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Gurvich, Aleksandr Gavrilovich ( b Poltava, Russia, 27 September 1874: d . Moscow, U.S.S.R., 27 July 1954) biology Gurvich was the son of a notary, G. K...
Ben-Zvi, Yitzhak
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Ben-Zvi, Yitzhak (b. 6 Dec. 1884, d. Apr. 1963). Hebrew scholar, President of Israel 1952–63 Born in Poltava (Ukraine), he became an active Zionist . He narrowly escaped the 1906 pogroms there and left for Palestine . Exiled by the...

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Irondequoit-Poltava sister cities organization continues its mission
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 8/10/2003; ; 664 words ; ...relationship with the historic city of Poltava in 1992 and served as president of the Irondequoit-Poltava committee for 10 years. The initial membership...over $75,000 in humanitarian aid to Poltava for hospitals, sponsoring several Poltava...
Ukraine's Poltava for LSE list.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London); 8/7/2005; 629 words ; ...Richard Orange Aug. 7--Mining giant Poltava GOK, the world's largest holder of...registered firm which buys and sells the Poltava mine's output, told The Business the...company which directly owns the mine, Poltava GOK, which is already listed on Ukraine...
Community seeks to rebuild Poltava's Dormition Cathedral
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 7/18/2004; ; 685 words ; ...Society Inc. The church community of Poltava and its pastor, Father Mykola Khrapach...Ukrainians who come from the region of Poltava, whether they currently reside in Ukraine...holy shrine are lost in the twilight of Poltava's history. We know that it existed...
Town of Irondequoit hosts delegation from sister city of Poltava
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 7/24/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Irondequoit hosts delegation from sister city of Poltava. From June 5 to 9, the Irondequoit-Poltava Sister City Committee and the Ukrainian...government officials and businessmen from Poltava, Ukraine. Visiting irondequoit and the Greater...
Iron-clad agreement in Ukraine: Poltava--pre-export financing.(DEALS OF THE YEAR)
Magazine article from: Trade Finance; 9/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...Finance. Borrower:. Ferrexpo, UK/Poltava GOK, Ukraine. Amount $45 million...country. The success of this financing for Poltava GOK, the leading exporter of iron ore...and even more promising prices Ferrexpo Poltava decided late December to increase the...
UK independent produces first gas near Poltava. (Poltava Petroleum Co.)(Gas in the Former Soviet Union)
Magazine article from: Petroleum Economist; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...In November 1994, the joint-venture Poltava Petroleum Company (PPC) tested its first gas on the Ignatovskoye field, near Poltava in central Ukraine. This was the first...the production of hydrocarbons in the Poltava area. Good geology Poltava lies in the...
CCRF's humanitarian aid helps Poltava maternity hospital
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 7/2/2000; ; 634 words ; ...2000 CCRF's humanitarian aid helps Poltava maternity hospital by Olena Maslyukivska...the mortality rate of the infants at the Poltava Maternity Clinical Hospital decreased...charitable foundation that provided the Poltava maternity hospital with new and modern...
Fire destroys children's library at Poltava; arson is suspected
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 12/11/2005; 395 words ; Ukrainian Weekly, The 12-11-2005 POLTAVA, Ukraine -- The Panas Myrnyi Children's Library in Poltava fell victim to an apparent act of arson...director issued an appeal on behalf of Poltava residents to fellow Ukrainians around the...
UK independent produces first gas near Poltava.(Gas in the Former Soviet Union: A Special Report)
Magazine article from: Gas World International; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...In November 1994, the joint-venture Poltava Petroleum Company (PPC) tested its first gas on the Ignatovskoye field, near Poltava in central Ukraine. This was the first...the production of hydrocarbons in the Poltava area. Good geology Poltava lies in the...
SOC: Boavista 2 Vorskla Poltava 1 result
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 9/29/2000; 188 words ; ...09-29-2000 SOC: Boavista 2 Vorskla Poltava 1 result OPORTO, Portugal, Sept 28 Reuters - Boavista (Portugal) 2 Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine) 1 - result UEFA Cup first...Erwin Sanchez 28, Jose Rogerio 37pen Poltava - Sergiy Onopko 50 Halftime: 2-0...