List of most popular given names — The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends, or else be… … Wikipedia
Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries — This article gives the general understanding of naming conventions in the Russian language as well as in languages affected by Russian linguistic tradition. This regards modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. For exact rules, differences and… … Wikipedia
Eastern Slavic naming customs — The Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditions for determining a person s name in countries influenced by East Slavic linguistic tradition. This relates to modern Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan. For exact rules,… … Wikipedia
P. Jurgenson — Jurgenson redirects here. For people with the surname Jurgenson, see Jurgenson (surname). P. Jurgenson (in Russian: П. Юргенсон) was, in the early 1900s, the largest publisher of classical sheet music in Russia. History Founded in 1861, the firm… … Wikipedia
Nadezhda Suslova — Born September 1, 1843(1843 09 01)[1] Panino, Nizhny Novgorod guberniya … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
Marina Raskova — Marina Mikhailovna Raskova (Russian: Раскова Марина Михайловна; March 28, 1912 – January 4, 1943) was a famous Russian navigator. She later became one of over 800,000 women in the military service, founding three female air regiments which would… … Wikipedia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet … Universalium
RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
