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• Russian alphabet — The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet. It was introduced into Kievan Rus at the time of Vladimir the Great s conversion to Christianity (988), or, if certain archeological finds are correctly dated, at a slightly… …   Wikipedia

• Russian Alsos — The Russian Alsos was an operation which took place in early 1945 in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, and whose objectives were the exploitation of German atomic related facilities, intellectual materials, materiel resources, and scientific… …   Wikipedia

• Russian roulette — 1) N UNCOUNT If you say that someone is playing Russian roulette, or that what they are doing is like playing Russian roulette, you mean that what they are doing is very dangerous because it involves unpredictable risks. You are playing Russian… …   English dictionary

• Russian roulette — noun a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger • Hypernyms: ↑stunt * * * noun [noncount] : a dangerous game in which people fire a gun with …   Useful english dictionary

• Dreams of My Russian Summers —   Author(s) Andrei Mak …   Wikipedia

• List of Russian explorers — The Russian Empire at its peak in 1866, including the spheres of influence; this territorial expansion largely corresponds to the extent of contiguous exploration by Russians. This is a list of explorers from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union …   Wikipedia

• Dark Skies (Russian Novel) — Dark Skies is a Russian science fiction novel [Tiomnyie Nebesa, Тёмные Небеса (Russian)] , the fourth of the Arrivals from the Dark pentalogy by Mihail Ahmanov, preceded by Invasion , Retaliation , and Fighters of Danveyt .Plot summaryAt the… …   Wikipedia

• Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic — Молдавская Советская Социалистическая Республика Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească ← …   Wikipedia

• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich — ▪ Russian author Introduction born May 26 [June 6, New Style], 1799, Moscow, Russia died Jan. 29 [Feb. 10], 1837, St. Petersburg  Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and short story writer; he has often been considered his country s greatest poet… …   Universalium

• Tolstoy, Leo — Russian Lev Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy born Sept. 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire died Nov. 20, 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province Russian writer, one of the world s greatest novelists. The scion of prominent aristocrats,… …   Universalium

• Gogol, Nikolay — ▪ Russian writer Introduction born March 19 [March 31, New Style], 1809, Sorochintsy, near Poltava, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine] died Feb. 21 [March 4], 1852, Moscow, Russia       Ukrainian born Russian humorist, dramatist, and… …   Universalium