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Zoshchenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Zoshchenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich mēkhəyēl mēkhīˈləvĭch zôˈshchənkô [key], 1895–1958, Soviet humorist. Zoshchenko was born in Poltava, but spent most of his life in St. Petersburg where h...Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitreyevich
(Encyclopedia)Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitreyevich mēkhəyĕlˈ dəmēˈtrēəvĭch skôˈbĭlyĭf [key], 1843–82, Russian general, one of the military commanders responsible for the Russian conquests in Turkistan. He...Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich
(Encyclopedia)Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich mēkhəyēlˈ əndrāˈyəvĭch so͝oslôfˈ [key], 1902–82, Soviet politician and ideologist. A Communist party member since 1921, he rose to prominence in the party hie...Tchernaiev, Mikhail Grigoryevich
(Encyclopedia)Tchernaiev or Chernyaiev, Mikhail Grigoryevich mēkhəyēlˈ grĭgôrˈyəvĭch chĭrnyīˈəf [key], 1828–98, Russian general and Pan-Slavist. Sent on a minor mission to central Asia in 1864, he ex...Toukhachevski, Mikhail Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia)Toukhachevski, Mikhail Nikolayevich: see Tukhachevsky, Mikhail Nikolayevich. ...Speranski, Mikhail Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Speranski, Mikhail Mikhailovich mēkhəyēlˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch spyĭränˈskē [key], 1772–1839, Russian public official, chief adviser to Czar Alexander I (1808–12). The son of a village priest,...Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich
(Encyclopedia)Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich mēkhəyĕlˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch shôˈləkhŏf [key], 1905–84, Russian novelist. Sholokhov won international fame for an epic novel of his native land, The Sil...Pogodin, Mikhail Petrovich
(Encyclopedia)Pogodin, Mikhail Petrovich mēkhəyēlˈ pētrôˈvĭch pəgôˈdyĭn [key], 1800–1875, Russian historian and publisher. His conservative journal The Muscovite (1841–56) defended the policies of N...Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich mēkhəyēlˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch ēpəlyēˈtəf-ēväˈnəf [key], 1859–1935, Russian composer; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov at the Moscow Conservatory. His work b...Gorchakov, Mikhail Dmitreyevich, Prince
(Encyclopedia)Gorchakov, Mikhail Dmitreyevich, Prince gərchəkôfˈ [key], 1793–1861, Russian general. He served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29, the suppression of the Polish insurrection (1830–31), an...Browse by Subject
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