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Encyclopedia - Romanov: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanov - Origins
The Romanovs share their origin with two dozens of Russian noble families. Their earliest common ancestor is one Andrei Kobyla, attested ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1913: Encyclopedia - 1913
1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. (click on link for calendar) 1913 - Events. January 30 - House of Lords reject...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Of Russia: Encyclopedia - Anna Of Russia
Anna Ioannovna (Russian: Анна Иоанновна) (February 7, 1693 - October 28, 1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uglich: Encyclopedia - Uglich
Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. Population 37,100...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Widow Comics: Encyclopedia - Black Widow Comics
The Black Widow is the name of at least three fictional superspy characters in the Marvel Comics universe. Black Widow comics - Natasha ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonievo-siysky Monastery: Encyclopedia - Antonievo-siysky Monastery
Antonievo-Siysky Monastery (Антониев-Сийский монастырь in Russian) was founded by Saint Anthony of Siya deep in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seduction: Encyclopedia - Seduction
Seduction is the process of deliberately enticing another person into an act (see motivation). The word can have a negative connotation, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beinecke Rare Book And Manuscript Library: Encyclopedia - Beinecke Rare Book And Manuscript Library
Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library was a 1963 gift of the Beinecke family. The building, designed by architect G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Dee: Encyclopedia - Arthur Dee
Arthur Dee (July 13, 1579 – September 1651) was the eldest son of Dr John Dee, and educated at Westminster School. Arthur accompanied h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Russians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Russians - Art
List of Russians - Architects. Vasily Bazhenov (1738-1799) Savva Chevakinsky (1709-between 1774 and 1780) Matvei Kazakov (1738-1812) A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Rise Of Muscovy
When the Mongols invaded the lands of Kievan Rus', Moscow was an insignificant trading outpost in the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal'. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Family Background And Early Life
Nicholas was born in Saint Petersburg, the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Order: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Order - Congress Of Vienna
In March 1814 the military coalition of Napoleon's four major opponents — Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia — had agreed to remai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Widow Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Widow Comics - Natasha Romanoff
Marvel's best-known Black Widow is Natalia Alianovna Romanova, who initially was a non-costumed Communist spy and frequent antagonist of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages In The United States - The Colonial Languages
In the 17th century, there were colonies in North America, whose languages were English (from Virginia and Nova Albion colonies), Dutch (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia - Media Appearances
The possible survival of Anastasia has been the subject of several films. Although the earliest such film was made in 1928 and the most r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - The Last Half Of The War
Events of 1917 would prove decisive in ending the war, although their effects would not fully be felt until 1918. The Entente's naval blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Cocteau: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Cocteau - Life And Work
Despite his achievements in virtually all literary and artistic fields, Cocteau insisted that he was primarily a poet and that all his wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Seduction - Sexual Seduction
Seduction most commonly refers to the use of sexual desire in order to persuade someone to change their behavior to meet the desires of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Finnish Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Finnish Monarchs - Swedish Rulers In Finland
Swedish influence in Finland was considerable in pre-Christian times. The Vikings were known to Finns both due to their participation in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nizhny Novgorod: Encyclopedia Ii - Nizhny Novgorod - History
Nizhny Novgorod - A seat of medieval princes. The city was founded by Grand Duke George II of Russia in 1221 at the confluence of two m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - The Last Half Of The War
Events of 1917 would prove decisive in ending the war, although their effects would not fully be felt until 1918. The Entente's naval blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tobolsk: Encyclopedia Ii - Tobolsk - History
Tobolsk was founded by Yermak's Cossacks in 1585-86 during the first Russian advance into Siberia near the ruins of Siberia Khanate's cap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Of Russia - Life Account
He was the youngest of five children, and the only boy. His older sisters were Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Alexei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontifex Maximus - Origins Duties And Development Of The Pagan Pontifices
In the Roman Republic, the Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the polytheistic Roman religion, which was very much a state cult. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter I Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter I Of Russia - Early Life
Peter, the son of Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia and his second wife, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, was born in Moscow. Alexei I had pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tbilisi: Encyclopedia Ii - Tbilisi - History
Tbilisi - Early History. According to an old legend, the present-day territory of Tbilisi was covered by forests as late as the 5th ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torquay: Encyclopedia Ii - Torquay - History Of Torquay
Torquay - Early Torquay. In 1196 Torre Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian Monastery and flourished under the influence of the Whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Family Background And Early Life
Nicholas was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark). His paternal gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Finnish Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Finnish Monarchs - Swedish Rulers Of Finland
Swedish influence in Finland was considerable in pre-Christian times. The Vikings were known to Finns both due to their participation in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Great Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - The Great Scandal - The Allegation
Lambert alleges that Christianity played a role in the rise of Nazism. The allegation itself goes back to the very moment that the collus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merv: Encyclopedia Ii - Merv - History
The Silk Road, extant since prehistoric times, has been a major route for human migrations through Central Asia for all of known history....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian History 1682-1796: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian History 1682-1796 - Peter The Great And The Russian Empire
Peter I, a child of the second marriage of Tsar Aleksey, was at first relegated to the political background, as various court factions st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1913: Encyclopedia Ii - 1913 - Events
1913 - January-March. January 30 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal op...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Russia - Imperial Russia
Main article: Imperial Russia History of Russia - Peter the Great. Peter I, the Great (1672–1725), consolidated autocracy in Russia a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Duke Nicholas: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Duke Nicholas - Family And Ancestry
Nicholas was born to Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov (1831 - 1891) and Alexandra Friederike Wilhelmine von Oldenburg (1838 - 1900). His fathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich Of Russia - Napoleonic Wars
During the time of this tragic marriage Constantine's first campaign took place under the leadership of the great Suvorov. The battle of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Assassination Beliefs
The legends recounting the death of Rasputin are perhaps even more bizarre than his strange life. Having decided that Rasputin's influenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Assassination Beliefs
The legends recounting the death of Rasputin are perhaps even more bizarre than his strange life. Having decided that Rasputin's influenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - The Last Half Of The War
Events of 1917 would prove decisive in ending the war, although their effects would not fully be felt until 1918. The Entente's naval blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - The Last Half Of The War
Events of 1917 would prove decisive in ending the war, although their effects would not be fully felt until 1918. The Entente's naval blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Rise Of Muscovy
When the Mongols invaded the lands of Kievan Rus', Moscow was an insignificant trading outpost in the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal'. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Widow Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Widow Comics - Natasha Romanoff
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova). Art by Gabriele Dell'otto. Marvel's best-known Black Widow is Natalia Alianovna Romanova, who initially ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter I Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter I Of Russia - Early Life
Peter, the son of Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia and his second wife, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, was born in Moscow. Alexei I had pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Controversial Activities And Beliefs
Rasputin in the meantime became a controversial figure, leading a scandalous personal life with his mostly female followers from Saint Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Of Russia - Life Before Becoming Empress
Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Peter the Great and Martha Skavronskaya, was born at Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, on 18 December 1709 (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia - Media Appearances
The possible survival of Anastasia has been the subject of several films. Although the earliest such film was made in 1928 and the most r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Seduction - Sexual Seduction
Seduction most commonly refers to the use of sexual desire in order to persuade someone to change their behavior to meet the desires of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Anna Of Russia - Policies Of Her Reign
As one of her first acts to consolidate this power she restored the security police, which she used to intimidate and terrorize those who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Admiral: Encyclopedia Ii - General Admiral - Third Reich
In the German Kriegsmarine, of the Second World War, General Admiral (in German: Generaladmiral) was a rank considered senior to an Admir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontifex Maximus - Origins, Duties, And Development Of The Pagan Pontifices
In the Roman Republic, the Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the polytheistic Roman religion, which was very much a state cult. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Opening Hostilities
Some of the first hostilities of the war occurred in Africa and in the Pacific Ocean, in the colonies and territories of the European pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Controversy
Rasputin in the meantime became a controversial figure, leading a scandalous personal life with his mostly female followers from Saint Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Finnish Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Finnish Monarchs - Independence And The Kingdom Of Finland
List of Finnish monarchs - Acting as Heads of State. November 7, 1917 - November 15, 1917 : Eemil Nestor Setälä November 15, 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Finnish Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Finnish Monarchs - Russian Rulers Of Finland
Grand Dukes of Finland (Suomen suuriruhtinas) List of Finnish monarchs - The House of Romanov. 1809-1825 : Alexander I (Aleksante...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Causes
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Healer To The Tsarevich
Rasputin was wandering as a pilgrim in Siberia when he heard reports of Tsarevich Alexei's hemophilia in 1904. The disease had been inher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Reputation
The contemporary press, as well as sensationalist articles and books published in the 1920s and 1930s (one of them even by Yussoupov), tu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Great Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - The Great Scandal - Pope Pius Xi
The Great Scandal - Background. Pope Pius XI (birth name Achille Ratti) came to office shortly after a 1918-1921 tenure in Poland. Thus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Death
The provisional Russian government at first kept Nicholas, Alexandra, and their children confined in the Alexander Palace 15 miles from S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tbilisi: Encyclopedia Ii - Tbilisi - Photo Tour
The Right Embankment of the Mtkvari River at Night Abanot-Ubani District Ananuri Fortress, 25 miles north of Tbilisi Kashveti Church in C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nizhny Novgorod: Encyclopedia Ii - Nizhny Novgorod - City Layout And Landmarks
Much of the city downtown is built in the Russian Revival and Stalin Empire styles. The dominating feature of the city skyline is the gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter I Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter I Of Russia - Later Years
Peter's last years were marked by further reforms in Russia. On 22 October 1721, soon after peace was made with Sweden, he was acclaimed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian History 1682-1796: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian History 1682-1796 - The Era Of Russian Palace Revolutions
Peter changed the rules of succession to the throne after he killed his own son, Aleksey, who had opposed his father's reforms and served...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Great Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - The Great Scandal - Bolshevistic Atheism
Pius XI focused throughout his tenure upon the threat, literally one of disestablishment of his Church and actual execution of his priest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Tsarevich Alexei's Illness
Further complicating domestic matters was the matter of the succession. Alexandra bore him four daughters before their son Alexei was bor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - The Spirit Of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
After his death, his secretary Simonovich realized that Rasputin had moved a lot of money into his daughter Maria's account, and generall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Disaster Prediction
On the night of his murder, Rasputin said to Yussoupov, "The aristocrats can't get used to the idea that a humble peasant should be welco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter I Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter I Of Russia - Great Northern War
Peter made peace with the Ottoman Empire and turned his attention to Russian maritime supremacy. He sought to acquire control of the Balt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Great Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - The Great Scandal - Eugenio Pacelli Pope Pius Xii
Pius XI's successor, Eugenio Pacelli was placed in Germany from 1917, as a Papal Nuncio or direct representative, and therefore witnessed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigori Rasputin: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigori Rasputin - Name Meaning
The name Rasputin in Russian does not mean "licentious," as is often claimed. There is, however, a very similar Russian adjective rasputn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Great Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - The Great Scandal - The Anti-semitism
Consideration of historic Christian anti-semitism (linked below) and its effect on the Nazi rise to power and acceptance in Germany has b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Quotations
"Yesterday I visited the battlefield of last year. The place was scarcely recognisable. Instead of a wilderness of ground torn up by shel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Opening Hostilities
Some of the first hostilities of the war occurred in Africa and in the Pacific Ocean, in the colonies and territories of the European pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Early Stages: From Romanticism To The Western Front Trenches
World War I - Hopes and fears. In 1914, the perception of war was romanticized by many people, and its declaration was met with great e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Southern Theatres
World War I - Ottoman Empire. Main article: Middle Eastern theatre of World War I The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in Oct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Causes
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Introduction
World War I was fought by the Allied Powers on one side, and the Central Powers on the other, resulting in eventual victory for the Allie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Technology
The First World War was a clash of 20th century technology with 19th century tactics. This time, millions of soldiers, both volunteers an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Aftermath
The First World War ended with a Europe scarred by trenches, spent resources, and littered with the bodies of the millions who died in ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Quotations
"Yesterday I visited the battlefield of last year. The place was scarcely recognisable. Instead of a wilderness of ground torn up by shel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - The Eastern Front
World War I - Initial Actions. Main article: Eastern Front (World War I) While the Western Front had reached stalemate in the trenche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - End Of The War
The end of the fighting came swiftly. Bulgaria was the first of the Central Powers to sign an armistice (29 September 1918). Germany requ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Introduction
World War I is infamous for the protracted stalemate of trench warfare along the Western Front, embodied within a system of opposing mann...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Economics Of War
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased for the main Allies (the UK, Italy, and U.S.), but decreased in France and Russia, in neutral Neth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Social Effects
One of the most distinguishing impacts of the war was that the reality of totality set in. Many consider World War I to have been the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Quotations
"Yesterday I visited the battlefield of last year. The place was scarcely recognisable. Instead of a wilderness of ground torn up by shel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Aftermath
The First World War ended with a Europe scarred by trenches, spent resources, and littered with the bodies of the millions who died in ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Economics Of War
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased for the main Allies (the UK, Italy, and U.S.), but decreased in France and Russia, in neutral Neth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Social Effects
One of the most distinguishing impacts of the war was that the reality of totality set in. Many consider World War I to have been the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Technology
The First World War was a clash of 20th century technology with 19th century tactics. This time, millions of soldiers, both volunteers an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Social Effects
One of the most distinguishing impacts of the war was that the reality of totality set in. Many consider World War I to have been the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Economics Of War
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased for the main Allies (the UK, Italy, and U.S.), but decreased in France and Russia, in neutral Neth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Technology
The First World War was a clash of 20th century technology with 19th century tactics. This time, millions of soldiers, both volunteers an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Aftermath
The First World War ended with a Europe scarred by trenches, spent resources, and littered with the bodies of the millions who died in ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torquay: Encyclopedia Ii - Torquay - Geography
Torquay is situated on the South West coast of England, forming one third of Torbay, and is primarily on the western side of the bay. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Social Effects
One of the most distinguishing impacts of the war was that the reality of totality set in. Many consider World War I to have been the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Economics Of War
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased for the main Allies (the UK, Italy, and U.S.), but decreased in France and Russia, in neutral Neth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - Southern Theatres
World War I - Ottoman Empire. Main articles: Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - World War I - The Eastern Front
World War I - Initial Actions. Main articles: Eastern Front (World War I), and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article