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Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich
(Encyclopedia)Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich sĭkôrˈskē [key], 1889–1972, American aeronautical engineer, b. Kiev, Russia. He immigrated to the United States in 1919 and was naturalized in 1928. Sikorsky built and f...Hiller, Stanley, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Hiller, Stanley, Jr., 1924–2006, American aeronautical engineer and business executive, b. San Francisco. At 12 years old, he designed and produced gas-propelled toy cars, a business that led to the...Lukšić, Igor
(Encyclopedia)Lukšić, Igor, 1976–, Montenegrin politician. An economist and member of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), he was first elected to Montenegro's parliament in 2001. He also served (2003–6)...Matovič, Igor
(Encyclopedia)Matovič, Igor, 1973–, Slovakian political leader. A businessman before he entered politics, he founded a publishing house that acquired control of a number of regional newspapers and also invested ...Youskevitch, Igor
(Encyclopedia)Youskevitch, Igor ēˈgər yo͝oskēˈvĭch [key], 1912–94, Russian-American ballet dancer. He joined (1938) the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and became premier danseur. Youskevitch danced with the B...helicopter
(Encyclopedia)helicopter, type of aircraft in which lift is obtained by means of one or more power-driven horizontal propellers called rotors. When the rotor of a helicopter turns it produces reaction torque which ...Moiseyev, Igor Alexsandrovich
(Encyclopedia)Moiseyev, Igor Alexsandrovich ēˈgər əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch moisāˈyĕv [key], 1906–2007, Russian dancer and choreographer. He studied at the Bolshoi Ballet School and was later a soloist with th...Stravinsky, Igor Fedorovich
(Encyclopedia)Stravinsky, Igor Fedorovich ēˈgər fyôˈdərôˌvyĭch strəvĭnˈskē [key], 1882–1971, Russian-American composer. Considered by many the greatest and most versatile composer of the 20th cent., ...Tamm, Igor Yevgenyevich
(Encyclopedia)Tamm, Igor Yevgenyevich, 1895–1971, Soviet physicist, Ph.D. Moscow State Univ., 1933. He was a researcher at the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow from 1934 until his death in 1971. Tamm an...Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich
(Encyclopedia)Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich əlyĭksänˈdər ēväˈnəvĭch ko͞oˈprĭn [key], 1870–1938, Russian novelist and short-story writer. Kuprin was an army officer for several years before he resigned ...Browse by Subject
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