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Debs, Eugene Victor

(Encyclopedia)Debs, Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, American Socialist leader, b. Terre Haute, Ind. Leaving high school to work in the railroad shops in Terre Haute, he became a railroad fireman (1871) and organized (1...

Sampaio, Jorge Fernando Branco de

(Encyclopedia)Sampaio, Jorge Fernando Branco de zhôrˈzhə fərnäNˈdo͞o bräNˈko͞o dā säNpīˈo͞o [key], 1939–, Portuguese politician, president of Portugal (1996–2006), b. Lisbon. Sampaio, who comes f...

Stanishev, Sergei Dmitrievich

(Encyclopedia)Stanishev, Sergei Dmitrievich, 1966–, Bulgarian political leader and political scientist. Born in Ukraine, he studied at Moscow State Univ. (B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1994), and taught in Moscow (1998) and...

Dollfuss, Engelbert

(Encyclopedia)Dollfuss, Engelbert ĕngˈəlbĕrt dôlˈfo͝os [key], 1892–1934, Austrian chancellor. A Christian Socialist, he rose to prominence as leader of the Lower Austrian Farmers' League and became ministe...

Lafargue, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Lafargue, Paul pôl läfärgˈ [key], 1842–1911, French socialist, b. Cuba; son-in-law of Karl Marx. With Jules Guesde he helped found a Marxist socialist party in France. His many writings, which w...

Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mordovia, Russia. ...

Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mari El. ...

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Komi Republic. ...

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic: see Karelia, Russia. ...

Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia. ...