Only show
results for:

Topics related to "Russias struggle President Clinton travels to Moscow this week to offer US help"

Relations with Austria Relations with Austria
AUSTRIA, RELATIONS WITH As they gained control of the Russian lands during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the princes of Moscow became a factor in international relations. An Austrian nobleman, Sigismund von Herber-stein, twice led embassies from the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor to Basil III... Read more
Orville Hickman Browning Orville Hickman Browning
Orville Hickman Browning 1806-81, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1866-69), b. Harrison co., Ky. One of the organizers of the Republican party in Illinois, Browning helped secure his friend Lincoln's nomination (1860) for President, but later, as U.S. Senator from Illinois (1861-63), he opposed... Read more
Newt Gingrich Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich (Newton Leroy Gingrich) , 1943-, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995-98), b. Harrisburg, Pa., as Newton Leroy McPherson. A history professor, he was first elected as a Republican from Georgia in 1978 and became the leader of those House conservatives... Read more
Battle of Santiago Battle of Santiago
Santiago, Battle of (1898).Early in the Spanish‐American War, President William McKinley on 26 May 1898 dispatched an army force to help the U.S. Fleet under Rear Adm. William Sampson destroy Spain's Atlantic Battle Squadron, which had taken refuge in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, and... Read more
Henry Dilworth Gilpin Henry Dilworth Gilpin
GILPIN, HENRY DILWORTH Henry Dilworth Gilpin served as attorney general of the United States from 1840 to 1841 under President martin van buren. He was born April 14, 1801, in Lancaster, England. He and his parents, Joshua Gilpin and Mary Dil-worth Gilpin, boarded a ship for the United States in... Read more
John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams 1767-1848, 6th President of the United States (1825-29), b. Quincy (then in Braintree), Mass.; son of John Adams and Abigail Adams and father of Charles Francis Adams (1807-86). He accompanied his father on missions to Europe, gaining broad knowledge from study and... Read more
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin , 1931-2007, Soviet and Russian politician, president of Russia (1991-99). Born in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) and educated at the Urals Polytechnic Institute, Yeltsin began his career as a construction worker (1953-68). He joined the Communist party in 1961, becoming... Read more
Underground Railroad Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad in U.S. history, loosely organized system for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada or to areas of safety in free states. It was run by local groups of Northern abolitionists , both white and free blacks. The metaphor first appeared in print in the early 1840s, and other... Read more
self-help group self-help group
self-help group nonprofessional organization formed by people with a common problem or situation, for the purpose of pooling resources, gathering information, and offering mutual support, services, or care. Self-help groups began to spread in the United States following World War II and... Read more
Saint Felix Saint Felix
Felix, St (d. 648). A Burgundian bishop, Felix offered himself to Honorius, archbishop of Canterbury, for missionary work in England. He was sent to help King Sigeberht establish the church in East Anglia c.631, exemplifying the important partnership between kings and bishops in the evangelization... Read more

Sorry, no results were found on Encyclopedia.com

No reference documents or articles match the search term Russias struggle President Clinton travels to Moscow this week to offer US help


Suggestions:

  • Check the spelling of your search term
  • Try using fewer keywords
  • Try using more general keywords