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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka , 1804-57, first of the nationalist school of Russian composers. His two operas, A Life for the Czar (1836) and Russlan and Ludmilla (1842), marked the beginning of a characteristically Russian style of music. His best symphonic work was the incidental music to the play ... Read more
Alexis (1629-76) Alexis (1629-76)
Alexis (Aleksey Mikhailovich) , 1629-76, czar of Russia (1645-76), son and successor of Michael. His reign, marked by numerous popular outbreaks, was crucial for the later development of Russia. A new code of laws was promulgated in 1648 and remained in effect until the early 19th cent.; it... Read more
Gustav Albert Lortzing Gustav Albert Lortzing
Gustav Albert Lortzing , 1801-51, German opera composer. Lortzing's first opera was written in 1824. Among his best-known works are the comic operas Zar und Zimmerman [the Czar and the carpenter] (1837), about Peter the Great, and Der Wildschütz [the poacher] (1842). He also wrote a... Read more
Anastasia Anastasia
Anastasia (Anastasia Nikolayevna) , 1901-18, youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II , last of the Russian czars. She was killed with the rest of her immediate family after the Russian Revolution, but several women later claimed to be her.... Read more
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev , 1857-1918, Russian general, chief of staff (1915-17) of Czar Nicholas II . With other officers he urged the czar to abdicate in favor of the czarevich in order to save the dynasty prior to the Russian Revolution. Alekseyev was briefly chief of staff in the... Read more
Valery Gergiev Valery Gergiev
Valery GergievConductor Valery Gergiev emerged as one of the superstar conductors of the classical music world in the late 1990s and early 2000s, molding Russia's Kirov Opera into a powerhouse undreamed of since the time of the czars. Western audiences got to know Gergiev through his high-profile... Read more
August von Kotzebue August von Kotzebue
August von Kotzebue , 1761-1819, German dramatist and politician. He wrote some 200 plays, including Menschenhass und Reue (1789, tr. The Stranger, 1798), Die Spanier in Peru; oder, Rollas Tod (1795, tr. Rolla, 1797), and Die beiden Klingsberg (1801, tr. Father and Son, 1914). His... Read more
kremlin kremlin
kremlin , Rus. kreml, citadel or walled center of several Russian cities; the most famous is in Moscow. During the Middle Ages, the kremlin served as an administrative and religious center and offered protection against military attacks. Thus a kremlin constituted a city in itself, containing... Read more
Michael (czar of Russia) Michael (czar of Russia)
Michael (Michael Romanov), 1596-1645, czar of Russia (1613-45), founder of the Romanov dynasty; grandnephew of Anastasia, first wife of Ivan IV. His election as czar, following successive appearances of false pretenders (see Dmitri ), ended the so-called Time of Troubles, a period of social and... Read more
Paul I Paul I
Paul I 1754-1801, czar of Russia (1796-1801), son and successor of Catherine II. His mother disliked him intensely and sought on several occasions to change the succession to his disadvantage. During Catherine's lifetime Paul opposed her domestic policy, which strengthened the nobility, and her... Read more

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