baldachin
baldachin (or baldacchino). A canopy over an altar or other hallowed object; it may be portable for use in processions or fixed (either supported on columns or suspended from the ceiling). The most famous baldacchino is
Bernini's huge bronze structure (1624–33) in St Peter's, Rome. This type, with twisted columns and fringed canopy, became popular in
Baroque churches. See also
ciborium.
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Bloody Saturday in the Soviet Union: Novocherkassk, 1962.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Bloody Saturday in the Soviet Union: Novocherkassk, 1962.By Samuel H. Baron. (Stanford...occurred in the southern Russian town of Novocherkassk in response to price rises announced...leading factory) to what happened in Novocherkassk on 1-2 June 1962, those events themselves...
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Bloody Saturday in the Soviet Union: Novocherkassk, 1962. (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Bloody Saturday in the Soviet Union: Novocherkassk, 1962 Stanford: Stanford University...years ago. He compares the events at Novocherkassk in 1962 to the "Bloody Sunday" massacre...by which knowledge of the events at Novocherkassk slowly, and sometimes incompletely...
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Bloody Saturday in the Soviet Union: Novocherkassk, 1962
Magazine article from: Canadian Slavonic Papers; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Bloody Saturday in the Soviet Union: Novocherkassk, 1962. Stanford: Stanford University...serious. In 1962, the workers of Novocherkassk suddenly faced an upward revision of...was like for the average resident of Novocherkassk. By pointing out the hardships of...
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RUSSIA: EDITOR'S HOME BOMBED IN NOVOCHERKASSK.(editor of newspaper)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/1/2002; 534 words
; ...apartment of A. Yasenik, editor-in-chief of the paper "Vecherniy Novocherkassk." No one was injured. Before this incident, the paper and the mayor of Novocherkassk filed numerous court cases against each other. According to the newspaper...
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Novocherkassk Locomotive Works, a subsidiary of Transmash Holding, has awarded a 22 million [euro] contract to Bombardier Transportation to supply electrical and traction equipment for nine dual-voltage asynchronous EP10 electric passenger locomotives.(Russia)
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 1/1/2004; 625 words
; Novocherkassk Locomotive Works, a subsidiary of Transmash Holding, has awarded a 22 million [euro] contract to Bombardier Transportation...
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RUSSIA: PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLASS CONTAINERS LAUNCHED IN NOVOCHERKASSK.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 10/5/2000; 330 words
; The trading and production company "Aktis" has launched a new plant in Novocherkassk, in the Rostov region, that produces glass containers with a volume of 0.3-1.5 liters. The plant, in which $11.6 million...
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Cossacks Converge on the Quiet Don, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia); 8/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...rider jumping over a human hurdle. NOVOCHERKASSK, Southern Russia -- An invading French...Tuzlovka River, a few kilometers outside Novocherkassk, the historic capital of the Don Cossacks...the highlights of the final day of Novocherkassk's four-day festival commemorating...
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Massacre in Workers Paradise; The Fatal 1962 Protest in the Soviet Union and the General Who Refused to Shoot
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/18/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...location of the dead, the story of the Novocherkassk rebellion has long been a secret of...Within three days, all mention of Novocherkassk disappeared from the state-controlled...is the Soviet public learning about Novocherkassk, and there is an eerie feel to it...
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Rostov Electrosvyaz, Nortel Networks Bring Fixed CDMA Service to Southern Russia.
PR Newswire; 10/13/1998; 700+ words
; ...Russia to provide the residents of Novocherkassk with voice communications in areas...1997 contract with Nortel Networks. Novocherkassk, a historic Southern Russian town...said Michael Domchenko, director, Novocherkassk branch, Rostov Electrosvyaz...
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-NORTEL NETWORKS: Rostov Electrosvyaz, Nortel Networks bring fixed CDMA service to Southern Russia.
M2 Presswire; 10/14/1998; 700+ words
; ...Russia to provide the residents of Novocherkassk with voice communications in areas...1997 contract with Nortel Networks. Novocherkassk, a historic Southern Russian town...said Michael Domchenko, director, Novocherkassk branch, Rostov Electrosvyaz. "Nortel...
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Novocherkassk Uprising
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
NOVOCHERKASSK UPRISING On June 1, 1962, in response...and meat, a strike erupted at the Novocherkassk Electric-Locomotive Works, which...Soviet media for the first time. The Novocherkassk events, which became known as "Bloody...
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Novocherkassk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Novocherkassk , city (1989 pop. 188,000), SE European Russia, on the Aksai...remained the administrative center of the Don Cossacks until 1920. Novocherkassk was the site of the hetman's palace and has a Don Cossack historical...
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Mushketov Ivan Vasilievich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...modest means. After the death of his father, Vasily Kuzmich, in 1864, he continued his education at the Gymnasium at Novocherkassk, supporting himself by tutoring children of wealthy parents. While attending the Gymnasium he acquired an interest in...
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Glushkov, Victor M
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...on August 24, 1923, in Rostov on the river Don. He attended and graduated from Rostov University (1947 to 1948) and Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute (1943 to 1948). He started his career as a teacher at the Ural Timber-Technology Institute...
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Don Cossacks
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the virtually independent republic of the Don Cossacks on the fertile steppes along the lower course of the Don River. Novocherkassk was their chief town. The host of the Don Cossacks was governed by a popular council, the Rada, and by an elected chief...
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