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Sergei Shchukin Sergei Shchukin
Shchukin, Sergei (1854–1936). Russian collector and patron, born in Moscow. He was a member of a large merchant family with diverse business interests, and he had four brothers who also were enthusiastic art collectors. His serious collecting career began in 1897 when he bought a Monet... Read more
Pavel Nikolayevich Miliukov Pavel Nikolayevich Miliukov
Pavel Nikolayevich Miliukov The Russian historian and statesman Pavel Nikolayevich Miliukov (1859-1943) supported the Westernization and modernization of Russia while criticizing the ruthlessness and authoritarianism of its government. Pavel Miliukov was born on Jan. 27, 1859, into a... Read more
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
POBEDONOSTSEV, KONSTANTIN (1827–1907), conservative statesman, professor and chair of civil law at Moscow University (1860–1865), senator, chief procurator of the Holy Synod (1880 Read more
Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin
KARAMZIN, NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH (1766–1826), writer, historian, and journalist. Born in the Simbirsk province and educated in Moscow, Nikolai Karamzin served only briefly in the military before retiring to devote himself to intellectual pursuits. In 1789 he undertook a journey to western... Read more
Alexander Gerasimov Alexander Gerasimov
Gerasimov, Alexander (1881–1963). Russian painter, stage designer, architect, and administrator, a dominant figure in Soviet art. He was born in Kozlov (later renamed Michurinsk), the son of a cattle dealer, and studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture,... Read more
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich (b. Moscow, Russia, 9 December 1842; d. Dmitrov, Moscow oblast, U.S.S.R., 8 February 1921) geography. Kropotkin... Read more
Rurik Rurik
Rurik , d. 879, semilegendary Varangian warrior, regarded as the founder of the princely dynasty of Kievan Rus . Rurik and his two brothers, at the head of an armed band, apparently seized Novgorod and nearby districts (c.862). According to unreliable early accounts, they had been invited by the... Read more
Jim Wright Jim Wright
Jim Wright (James Claud Wright, Jr.), 1922-, U.S. congressman, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987-89), b. Fort Worth, Tex. Following service in the U.S. army during World War II, Wright was a Texas state representative (1947-49) and mayor of Weatherford, Tex. (1950-54). He was... Read more
Moscow University Moscow University
MOSCOW UNIVERSITY [Moscow University] at Moscow, Russia; founded 1755 by the Russian scientist M. V. Lomonosov. It has faculties of physics, computing mathematics and cybernetics, chemistry, mechanics and mathematics, biology and soil science, geography, geology, history, philology, law,... Read more
Moscow State University Moscow State University
Moscow State University at Moscow, Russia, officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.; founded 1755 as Moscow Univ. by the Russian scientist M. V. Lomonosov , renamed Moscow State Univ. after the Russian Revolution, and renamed after its founder in 1940. It has faculties of physics,... Read more

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