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Nicholas was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark). His paternal grandparents were Alexander II of Russia and his first consort Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and the Rhine. His maternal grandparents were Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse. Nicholas was seen as too soft by his hard, demanding father who, not anticipating his own premature death, did nothing to prepare his son for the crown. Nicholas fell in love with Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhi ...

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According to some historians, over 80% of the country's population was killed during the invasion. The remaining population mostly relocated to the northern areas (territories of modern Chuvashia and Tatarstan). Some autonomous duchies appeared in those areas. The steppe areas of Volga Bulgaria were settled by nomadic Kipchaks and Mongols, and the agricultural development suffered a severe decline. Over time, the cities of Volga Bulgaria were rebuilt and became trade and craft centers of the Golden Horde. Some Bulgarians, primarily ma ...

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Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria, Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria - The Mongol campaigns, Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria - Population transfer, Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria - Rebellions, Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria - Impact on the region, Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria - Ethnolinguistic impact, Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria - Aftermath, Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria - Sources

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Derzhavin is best remembered for his odes, dedicated to the Empress and other courtiers. He paid little attention to the prevailing system of genres, and many a time would fill an ode with elegiac, humorous or satiric contents. In his grand ode to the Empress, for instance, he mentions searching for fleas in his wife's hair and compares his own poetry with lemonade. Unlike other Classicist poets, Derzhavin found delight in the carefully chosen details, like a colour of wallpaper in his bedroom or a poetical inventary of his daily meal ...

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The rivers in this section are sorted east (Novaya Zemlya) to west (North Cape, Norway). In Russia: Pechora (north-east of Naryan-Mar) Usa (west of Usinsk) Kolva (near Usinsk) Northern Dvina (in Severodvinsk) Pinega (in Ust-Pinega) Yomtsa (near Bolshaya Gora) Vaga (near Bereznik) Uftyuga (near Krasnoborsk) Vychegda (in Kotlas) Vishera Yug (in Veliki Ustyug) Sukhona (in Veliki Ustyug) ...

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List of rivers of Europe, List of rivers of Europe - Barents Sea and White Sea Arctic Ocean, List of rivers of Europe - Atlantic Ocean, List of rivers of Europe - On Iceland, List of rivers of Europe - Norwegian coast, List of rivers of Europe - Scottish Irish Welsh and English coast, List of rivers of Europe - French Spanish and Portuguese coast, List of rivers of Europe - Baltic Sea, List of rivers of Europe - Black Sea, List of rivers of Europe - Caspian Sea, List of rivers of Europe - English Channel, List of rivers of Europe - North coast, List of rivers of Europe - South coast, List of rivers of Europe - Irish Sea, List of rivers of Europe - Mediterranean Sea, List of rivers of Europe - Western Mediterranean, List of rivers of Europe - Adriatic Sea, List of rivers of Europe - Ionian Sea, List of rivers of Europe - Aegean Sea, List of rivers of Europe - North Sea, List of rivers of Europe - European countries, List of rivers of Europe - Other contintents

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List of light-rail transit systems - People's Republic of China. Anshan Changchun Dalian Hong Kong - Hong Kong Tramways, KCR Light Rail List of light-rail transit systems - India. Kolkata - CTC List of light-rail transit systems - Japan. Sapporo - Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (tramway) Hakodate - Hakodate City Transportation Bureau (tra ...

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List of Gulag camps - Not figured out yet. Alluvajsky CS and ITL (PL) Jensky CS and ITL (PL) Matkozensky CS and ITL (PL) Yanstroy ITL of Dalstroy (PL) 184) ITL i Budowa Górnosamgorskiego Systemu Irygacyjnego, 194) ITL i Budowa Mstyjskich GES,((?)Mstizhi ({?} Mstizh, ) 155) ITŁ Budowy Kombinatu nr 11, 156) ITŁ Budowy Kopalń Rudy Żelaza, 157) ITŁ Budowy Przedsiębiorstw Górniczo-Metalurgicznych, 158) ITŁ Budowy Przystani Połu ...

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The Republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of the Russian Federation, along Volga River. Swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic. 57% of the republic's territory is covered by forests. Area: 23,200 km². Borders: internal: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (SW/W/NW/N), Kirov Oblast (N/NE/E), Tatarstan (SE/S), Chuvashia (S) Highest point: 278 m Mari El - Time zone. Mari El is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD). See also:

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Ivan (or Ioann, as his name is rendered in Church Slavonic) was a long-awaited son of Vasily III. Upon his father's death, he formally came to the throne at the age of three, but his minority was dominated by the strong personality of his mother Elena Glinskaya. According to his own letters, Ivan customarily felt neglected and offended by the mighty boyars from the Shuisky and Belsky families. In one letter, he painfully recalls an episode when one drunken boyar put his dirty boots on Ivan's bed. These traumatic experiences doubtlessly contributed to his hatred for the boy ...

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This time the invaders came to stay, and they built for themselves a capital, called Sarai, on the lower Volga. Here the commander of the Golden Horde, as the western section of the Mongol empire was called, fixed his golden headquarters and represented the majesty of his sovereign the grand khan who lived with the Great Horde in the Orkhon Valley of the Amur. Here they had their headquarters and held Russia in subjection for nearly three centuries. The term by which this subjection is commonly designated, the Mongol or Tatar yoke, su ...

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In 1912, as a twenty-year old budding talent, Marevna moved to Paris, where she continued her art studies and soon began displaying her work at exhibitions. She became acquainted and, indeed, friends with some of the greatest artists and writers of the early twentieth century then resident in Montparnasse and especially at La Ruche, among them Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Krémègne, Ilya Ehrenburg, Maxim Gorki, Max Jacob, Moise Kisling, Fernand Léger, Henri ...

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Gumilev did not extend this ethnological ecumenism, however, to the medieval Jews, who he regarded as a parasitic, international urban class that had dominated the Khazars who in turn had subjected the early East Slavs to the "Khazar Yoke". This last phrase he adapted from the traditional term "Tatar Yoke" for the Mongol domination of medieval Russia, a term Gumilev rejected for he did not regard the Mongol conquest as a necessarily negative event. In particular, and with virtually no support from primary sources, he asserted that the Radhan ...

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Relations between the Russian government and Muslim elements of the population have been marked by mistrust and suspicion. In 1992, for example, Sheikh Rawil Ghaynetdin, the imam of the Moscow mosque, complained that "our country [Russia] still retains the ideology of the tsarist empire, which believed that the Orthodox faith alone should be a privileged religion, that is, the state religion." The Russian government, for its part, fears the rise of political Islam of the violent sort that Russians witnessed in the 1980s firsthand in Afghanis ...

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Ivan (or Ioann, as his name is rendered in Church Slavonic) was a long-awaited son of Vasily III. Upon his father's death, he formally came to the throne at the age of three, but his minority was dominated by the strong personality of his mother Elena Glinskaya. According to his own letters, Ivan customarily felt neglected and offended by the mighty boyars from the Shuisky and Belsky families. In one letter, he painfully recalls an episode when one drunken boyar put his dirty boots on Ivan's bed. These traumatic experiences doubtlessly contributed to his ha ...

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Ivan IV of Russia, Ivan IV of Russia - Early reign, Ivan IV of Russia - Later reign, Ivan IV of Russia - Death and legacy, Ivan IV of Russia - Sobriquet

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Services are provided to 48 cities in Russia and CIS. International operations include services to Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Syria, Israel, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. Domestic Destinations: Chelyabinsk, Chita, Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magnitogorsk, Makhachkala, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Norilsk, Noyabrsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Penza, Samara, Saint Petersburg, Saransk, Sochi, Su ...

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Our Lady of Kazan was discovered on July 8, 1579, underground in the city of Kazan, after the Blessed Virgin Mary herself reportedly revealed its location to a little girl. The icon is credited with helping Russia to survive the Time of Troubles, the Swedish invasion of 1709, and Napoleon's invasion of 1812. The original icon was kept in one of the monasteries in Kazan, whereas its ancient and venerated copies have been displayed at the Kazan Cathedrals of ...

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The first Prince of Biely about whom anything certain is known was Olgierd's grandson, Prince Ivan Vladimirovich, who married a certain Princess Holszanska in 1422 and was invited by the Novgorodians to govern their city in 1445. He had three sons - Ivan (married to Princess Worotynska), Simeon (married to Princess Patrikeyeva), Feodor - and three daughters, married to Prince Boleslaw II Cieszynski, to Prince Ivan Ostrogski, and to the Kievan voivod Ivan Chodkiewicz, respectively. Of all three sons, only Feodor Ivanovich ...

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Belsky, Belsky - First princes, Belsky - Kazan campaigns, Belsky - Heyday and regency, Belsky - The last Belskys

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College Station is located at 30°36'5" North, 96°18'52" West (30.601433, -96.314464)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 104.4 km² (40.3 mi²). 104.3 km² (40.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.10% water. Area Lakes cover 180,000 acres (728 km²) and include Lake Somerville, Lake Conroe, Gibbo ...

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For more details see: Benovsky's life Benyowsky was born in Vrbové near Trnava in present-day Slovakia (at that time part of Hungary). The year of his birth (1741 or 1746) is disputed. His career began as an officer of Austrian army in the Seven Years War, because Hungary was part of the Austrian Monarchy at that time. However, his religious views and attitudes towards authority resulted in his leaving the country. From this time on he was called a sailor, an adventurer, a visio ...

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Móric Beňovský, Móric Beňovský - Variations on his name, Móric Beňovský - Biography, Móric Beňovský - Legacy, Móric Beňovský - Benyowsky's nationality, Móric Beňovský - Benyowsky's family, Móric Beňovský - Bibliography

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World Chess Championship - Three pioneering titans Pre-1900. The first match proclaimed by the players as for the world championship was the match that Wilhelm Steinitz won against Johannes Zukertort in 1886. However, a line of players regarded as the strongest (or at least the most famous) in the world extends back hundreds of years beyond them, and these players are sometimes considered the world champions of their time. They include Ruy López de Segura around 1560, Paolo Boi and Leonardo da ...

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Most of the population of the Astrakhan khanate were sedentary Astrakhan Tatars and nomadic Nogays. The Nogays mostly engaged in cattle-breeding, while the Tatars were primarily farmers, tradesmen and craftsmen. Merchants carried on a transit trade between Muscovy, Kazan, Crimea Central Asia, and the Transcaucasus region. The nobility consisted of feudal ranks, which were, from highest to lowest: the khan, sultans, begs and morzalar. The rest of the population were known as qara xalıq, black people - the standard Tur ...

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Astrakhan Khanate, Astrakhan Khanate - Prehistory, Astrakhan Khanate - Demography and society, Astrakhan Khanate - History, Astrakhan Khanate - List of Khans of Astrakhan

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