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Milyukov, Pavel Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia)Milyukov or Miliukov, Pavel Nikolayevich both: päˈvĭl nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch mēlyo͞okôfˈ [key], 1859–1943, Russian political leader and historian. An advocate of parliamentary democracy, he was ...Miliukov, Pavel Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia)Miliukov, Pavel Nikolayevich: see Milyukov. ...Tchelitchew, Pavel
(Encyclopedia)Tchelitchew, Pavel päˈvĕl chālēˈchĕf [key], 1898–1957, Russian-American painter. His first commissions, ballet designs, were given him while he was living in Berlin (1921–23), whence he had...Constantine Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia)Constantine Nikolayevich kənˌstəntyēnˈ nēkôläyāˈvĭch [key], 1827–92, grand duke of Russia; brother of Czar Alexander II. Constantine supported all the reforms instituted by his brother, w...Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevich
(Encyclopedia)Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevich päˈvĭl əlyĭksyāˈyəvĭch chərĕngˈkəf [key], 1904–90, Soviet physicist. He shared with the Soviet physicists I. M. Frank and I. Y. Tamm the 1958 Nobel Prize i...Schafarik, Pavel Josef
(Encyclopedia)Schafarik, Pavel Josef: see Šafařik, Pavel Josef. ...Schafřík, Pavel Josef
(Encyclopedia)Schafřík, Pavel Josef: see Šafařik, Pavel Josef. ...Šafařik, Pavel Josef
(Encyclopedia)Šafařik, Pavel Josef päˈvĕl yôˈzĕf shäˈfär-zhēk [key], 1795–1861, Czech philologist and archaeologist; his name is also spelled Schafarik and Schafřík. Šafařik advanced the theory th...Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia)Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich lyāənyētˈ nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch əndrāˈyəf [key], 1871–1919, Russian writer. Andreyev's early stories were realistic studies of everyday life. Gorky was attracted ...Kosygin, Alexei Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia)Kosygin, Alexei Nikolayevich əlyĭksyāˈ nyĭkə līˈəvĭch kəsēˈgĭn [key], 1904–80, Soviet political leader. A member of the Communist party from 1927, he joined its central committee in 19...Browse by Subject
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