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Was Feodor Kuzmich the tsar?(BOOKS)(ON BOOKS)
; ...himself as a starets, a holy man named Feodor Kuzmich, who traveled Russia for the...to believe that he became the holy man Feodor Kuzmich, it is worth noting that in 1984...Alexandrovna. She was a sister of Tsar Nicholas II, and in early 1920 she managed to escape...fourth meeting, I broached the ...
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The 19 Romanovs who ruled Russia
; ...1629-1676, ruled 1645-1676. Feodor III (Feodor Alexeyevich), 1661-1682, ruled...1684-1727, ruled 1725-1727. Peter II (Peter Alexeyevich), 1715-1730...ruled 1761-1762. Catherine II (Sophia Augusta Fredericka of...ruled 1825-1855. Alexander II (Alexander Nikolaievich), 1818-18...
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Real `Ivan the Terrible' in U.S.S.R., lawyer says
; JERUSALEM The Nazi war criminal known as "Ivan the Terrible" is Feodor Fedorenko, a former Nazi guard deported from the United States...in the Treblinka concentration camp in Poland during World War II. O'Connor said the real war criminal was living with his family...
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Faberge eggs begin, end 'Czars'
; ...Maltese crown of Paul I Helmet of Boyar Prince Feodor Ivanovich Mstislavsky By Bill Blankenship...territory ruled by the last czar, Nicholas II, in 1913. The Faberge egg crafted to mark...I as an Easter gift in 1916 to Nicholas II from his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna. This...
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DEATHS IN THE NEWS
; Feodor Chaliapin Jr., 87, an actor best known for his role as the dog-walking grandfather in the 1987 film "Moonstruck," died Sept...Gruenberg served two stints with the old Chicago Daily News, starting in 1941, with time out for Army duty during World War II. He left the paper in 1961 to work for the Washington ...
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THIS GOD PERMITS ANYTHING.(NEWS)(Column)
; ...That was the question asked by the 19th-century Russian novelist Feodor Dostoevsky in 'The Brothers Karamazov,'' as he brooded over the...White House Correspondents Dinner, and sung for Queen Elizabeth II at her recent Jubilee. Meanwhile, a new film, 'Notorious C.H...
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(book review)
; CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. By Feodor Dostoevsky. New York: W.W. Norton. 1989. Pp. 694. $12.95. Dostoevsky...the important 1864 legal reforms of Nicholas I's successor, Alexander II. Later in his career, as those legal reforms played out, his monthly...
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Records taken from Hitler's base included Jewish, Russian works.(N)
; ...taken from Adolf Hitler's headquarters at the end of World War II includes performances by Jewish musicians and works by Russian...report. The weekly Der Spiegel said the daughter of a World War II Soviet military intelligence officer showed it a collection...Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, performed by ...
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In review--International: Vienna
; Massenet's Don Quichotte, written for Feodor Chaliapin in 1910, two years before the composer's death, is pretty...powerful sound and youthful charm were at their best in his Act II tirade, "Comment peut-on penser du bien de ces coquines?" Massenet...
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`Zoya': Russian Through the Steel Mill
; ...of this tale, is a niece of Nicholas II, the Russian czar who was executed by...Rigg), the faithful family retainer Feodor and a puppy escape across the steppes...store, and then it's time for World War II. More death, an alcoholic daughter and...
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