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Adrianople, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Adrianople, Treaty of, also called Treaty of Edirne, 1829, peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (see Russo-Turkish Wars). Turkey gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and additi...

Ruthenia

(Encyclopedia)Ruthenia ro͞othēˈnēə [key], Latinized form of the word Russia. The term was applied to Ukraine in the Middle Ages when the princes of Halych briefly assumed the title kings of Ruthenia. Later, in...

RSFSR

(Encyclopedia)RSFSR: see Russia.

Decembrists

(Encyclopedia)Decembrists dĭsĕmˈbrĭsts [key], in Russian history, members of secret revolutionary societies whose activities led to the uprising of Dec., 1825, against Czar Nicholas I. Formed after the Napoleon...

Kautsky, Karl Johann

(Encyclopedia)Kautsky, Karl Johann kärl yōˈhän koutˈskē [key], 1854–1938, German-Austrian socialist, b. Prague. A leading figure in the effort to spread Marxist doctrine in Germany, he was the principal dev...

Russian Federation

(Encyclopedia)Russian Federation: see Russia.

Petergof

(Encyclopedia)Petergof, Russia: see Peterhof.

Petrodvorets

(Encyclopedia)Petrodvorets, Russia: see Peterhof. ...

Dnepr

(Encyclopedia)Dnepr, river, Russia: see Dneiper. ...

Kuzbas

(Encyclopedia)Kuzbas, Russia: see Kuznetsk Basin. ...