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  Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Putin graduated from the International Department of the Law Faculty of the Leningrad State University in 1975 and was recruited into the KGB.
He has stated his belief that whatever the crimes of the Communist regime, it was nevertheless an important part of Russian history and has a formative influence on the creation of modern Russian society.
After a state visit to Japan, Putin was invited to the Kodokan Institute and showed the students and Japanese officials different judo techniques.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vladimir Putin
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...
The politics of Russia (the Russian Federation) take place in a framework of a federal presidential republic, whereby the President of Russia is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
Putin supported lifting of the sanctions in due course, arguing that the UN commission first be given a chance to complete its work on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vladimir-Putin   (626 words)

  
 Hoover Institution Archives: RFE/RL Records: News: Support from the Bernard Osher Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
German Dziebel, 2003-2004 Osher Intern, is pursuing his Ph.D. in the Stanford University Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology with a dissertation on the topic of East European appropriations of Native American cultures in the post-World War II period.
He graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 1993 and received his Ph.D. in history from the Peter the Great Museum of Ethnography and Anthropology in 1997.
In 1998 she graduated from the Russian State University for Humanities in Moscow, Russia, with an M.A. in Russian literature and Classics.
hoorferl.stanford.edu /news/osher.php   (2140 words)

  
 Writer Info
She teaches at Penn State and also coordinates art events for the University of Pittsburgh-- that is, when she is not asking herself questions about the nature of existence.
She completed her MFA at the University of California, Irvine, in 1997 and for the same university is now working on her dissertation in Victorian literature.
Eric Lehman is a professor of English at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.
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 Valentin Glushko Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
From 1924-25 he wrote articles concerning the exploration of the Moon, as well as the use of Tsiolokovsky's proposed engines for space flight.
He attended Leningrad State University where he studied physics and mathematics, but found the specialty programs were not to his interest.
He became a member of the G.I.R.D. (Group for the study of Rocket Propulsion Systems), founded in Leningrad in 1931.
www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Valentin_Glushko   (975 words)

  
 Glushko, Valentin Petrovitch (1908-1989)
Soviet rocket scientist, a pioneer in rocket propulsion systems, and a major contributor to Soviet space and defense technology.
After graduating from Leningrad State University (1929), Glushko headed the design bureau of the Gas Dynamics Laboratory in Leningrad and began research on electrothermal, solid-fuel, and liquid-fuel rocket engines.
In 1935, he published “Rockets, Their Construction and Utilization.” From 1932 to 1966, Glushko worked closely with renowned rocket designer Sergei Korolev, the two achieving their greatest triumphs in 1957 with the launching of the first intercontinental ballistic missile in August and the first successful artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in October.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/G/Glushko.html   (213 words)

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