Dmitri Anatolyevich Medvedev
Dmitri Anatolyevich Medvedev , 1965-, Russian political leader, president of Russia (2008-), b. Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). He earned a doctorate in law in 1990 and was a law professor at St. Petersburg State Univ. until 1999. At the same time, he also was chief counsel (1993-99) to Ilim Pulp, a large timber company, and he became involved in local politics, working with Vladimir Putin . Following Putin's rise to prime minister of Russia in 1999, Medvedev became Putin's deputy chief of staff; when Putin was made interim president in 2000, Medvedev became deputy head of the presidential administration and then headed Putin's successful campaign for president. After serving in several government posts, Medvedev was (2002-8) chairman of Gazprom, the state-run gas company. In 2005, he also was appointed first deputy prime minister. Putin, constitutionally barred from running for a third consecutive term in 2008, endorsed Medvedev as his successor in Dec., 2007, and Medvedev was easily elected to the office in Mar., 2008.
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Horse Racing: ROMAN STAR; Holy Empire in attempt to strike back.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/9/2006; 614 words
; Byline: Peter O'HEHIR Racing Correspondent HOLY Roman Empire will attempt to give Aidan O'Brien a remarkable eighth...months ago. Conqueror of Drayton in the Railway, Holy Roman Empire was one of 15 acceptors for the Phoenix at yesterday...
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 "Algonquin Countryside with News of Lake in the Hills (IL)")
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Holy Roman Empire takes stage by storm
Newspaper article from: Algonquin Countryside with News of Lake in the Hills (IL); 2/15/2007; ; 639 words
; ...she auditioned to become the singer for the rock band Holy Roman Empire. Holy Roman Empire, which plays Friday at Harper College...but Schambra's vocals do bring a pop sensibility to Holy Roman Empire's hard-edged rock. Schambra cites...
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The ideal of unity; Russell Chamberlin examines the origins and development of Europe's persistent vision of unity from the birth of the Holy Roman Empire to its fall.
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; NEITHER HOLY, NOR ROMAN, NOR AN EMPIRE'. Voltaire's gibe about the Holy Roman Empire was literally true but, like all such...years later, James Bryce, the great historian of the Holy Roman Empire, agreed that a vacuum had been created...
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Church Robbers and Reformers in Germany, 1525-1547: Confiscation and Religious Purpose in the Holy Roman Empire.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Confiscation and Religious Purpose in the Holy Roman Empire. Studies in Medieval and Reformation...confiscations took place across the Holy Roman Empire, and yet only a few...But it, like confiscations in the Holy Roman Empire, has been until recently...
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ROCK BAND HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE TO PERFORM
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/19/2007; 479 words
; ...release: The power pop rock band Holy Roman Empire, with roots in "a long history...says Neeraj Kane, guitarist of Holy Roman Empire. Kane is a veteran...Conspiracy and The Suicide File, but Holy Roman Empire, which includes guitarist...
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The Thirty Years War: The Holy Roman Empire and Europe, 1618-48.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Thirty Years War: The Holy Roman Empire and Europe, 1618-48, by Ronald...largely within the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1648...long? Why was it only fought in the Holy Roman Empire? Why were so many states...
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Charlemagne's church at Aachen. (church and ritual in the Holy Roman Empire)
Magazine article from: History Today; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the Great (Charlemagne) and the Holy Roman Empire. At Aachen, Charles' favourite...there were thermal springs and old Roman baths at Aachen, and Charles...the first emperor of a `renovated Roman Empire'. Swimming was surely not...
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 "Maps.com (Historical Maps)")
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The Ottoman Empire to 1672 -- Africa,Europe,Asia,Spain,France,Algiers,Tunis,Tripoli,Egypt,Arabia,Greece,Italy,Holy Roman Empire,Ottoman Empire,Bulgaria,Hungary,Bosnia,Serbia,Turkey,Safavid Empire,Russ
Map from: Maps.com (Historical Maps); 1/1/2002; 163 words
; 00-00-0000 The Ottoman Empire to 1672 -- Africa,Europe,Asia,Spain,France...Tunis,Tripoli,Egypt,Arabia,Greece,Italy,Holy Roman Empire,Ottoman Empire,Bulgaria,Hungary,Bosnia,Serbia,Turkey...
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Church Robbers and Reformers in Germany, 1525-1547: Confiscation and Religious Purpose in the Holy Roman Empire
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...1547: Confiscation and Religious Purpose in the Holy Roman Empire. By Christopher Ocker. [Studies in Medieval and...in the later years of calculated policy. For the Holy Roman Empire this has always been too simple a view. The...
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The rabbi and the Holy Roman Empire
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/21/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...reside and trade in the German empire. In his Chronicles, written in...of the Jewish community in the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. In fact...heads of the various states of the empire sided with the Protestants or remained...
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Holy Roman Empire
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne was crowned as universal...until 1254. The expression ‘holy empire’ was used from 1157 by...of the Papacy, and the term ‘Holy Roman Empire’ came to be applied...
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Frederick III (Holy Roman Empire) (1415–1493; Ruled 1440–1493)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
FREDERICK III (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1415 – 1493; ruled 1440 – 1493) FREDERICK III (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1415 – 1493; ruled 1440 – 1493), Holy Roman emperor. A scion of the Habsburg...
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Maximilian II (Holy Roman Empire) (1527–1576; Ruled 1564–1576)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
MAXIMILIAN II (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1527 – 1576...MAXIMILIAN II (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1527 –...x2013; 1576), Holy Roman emperor. Maximilian II...1576), king of the Romans (1562), and king of...
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Maximilian I (Holy Roman Empire) (1459–1519; Ruled 1493–1519)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
MAXIMILIAN I (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1459 – 1519...MAXIMILIAN I (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1459 –...x2013; 1519), Holy Roman emperor. Maximilian I...Dynasty. Elected king of Romans in 1486, he declared...
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Ferdinand II (Holy Roman Empire) (1578–1637; Holy Roman Emperor 1619–1637; king of Bohemia 1617–1619 and 1620–1627; king of Hungary 1618–1625)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
FERDINAND II (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1578 –...FERDINAND II (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1578 – 1637; Holy Roman Emperor 1619 –...1619 he was elected Holy Roman Emperor, a year after...III, as king of the Romans, which prepared the...
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