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  Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Romanov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Романов), sometimes called Tsar Michael II (November 22, 1878 (O.S.) - about June 12, 1918) was the son of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
The best source material, both archival from Russia and elsewhere, seems to indicate that Michael was killed in the outskirts of Perm on June 12, 1918.
On July 28, 1935, Countess Brasova was granted the title of HSH Princess Romanovskaya-Brasova by HIH Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, the pretender to the Russian throne.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_II_of_Russia   (430 words)

  
 Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Russia, having suffered a severe diplomatic setback at the Congress of Berlin (see Berlin, Congress of, 1878), eventually abandoned the Three Emperors’ League with Germany and Austria-Hungary and in 1892 entered into an alliance with republican France.
Russia did, however, resist the idea of resorting to military intervention in Iraq in order to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, and as the United States pressed in 2003 for a Security Council resolution supporting the use of force, Russia joined France in vowing to veto such a resolution.
Russia’s reputation suffered internationally, however, in late 2004 when it threw its support behind government candidates in Ukraine and the Georgian region of Abkhazia; in both elections, the candidates Moscow opposed ultimately succeeded despite strong resistance on the part of the existing governments to change.
www.bartleby.com /65/ru/Russia.html   (6604 words)

  
 Michael I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was elected unanimously tsar of Russia by a national assembly on February 21, 1613, but not till March 24 did the delegates of the council discover the young tsar and his mother at the Ipatiev Monastery near Kostroma.
At the last moment, however, Michael consented to accept the throne, but not till the weeping boyars had solemnly declared that if he persisted in his refusal they would hold him responsible to God for the utter destruction of Muscovy.
Michael's failure to wed his daughter Irene with Prince Waldemar of Denmark, in consequence of the refusal of the latter to accept Orthodoxy, so deeply afflicted him as to contribute to bring about his death on July 12, 1645.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_I_of_Russia   (501 words)

  
 michael specter--times--russia's degenerating health
And in Russia that's not very long." It would be tempting to conclude that Dr. Lyukovikova is a cold woman; she is quite the opposite.
In Tula, as in Russia as a whole, a third of the population is older than 60.
Russia puts 95 percent of its resources into salaries, but usually for doctors who are so poorly trained that they are unable to diagnose the simplest ailments.
www.michaelspecter.com /times/1995/1995_02_19_nyt_health.html   (2097 words)

  
 Grand Duke Michael of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Романов), sometimes called Tsar Michael II (November 22, 1878 (O.S.) - about June 12, 1918) was the son of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Their only child, George, was born in 1910, and the couple married in the autumn of 1912.
This entire argument becomes academic, as the Russian monarchy de facto ceased to exist, Michael was never crowned, he was never recognised by his people as ruler, and Nicholas II is universally accepted as the last effective tsar.
www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mikhail_Alexandrovitch_Romanov   (440 words)

  
 Russia's Stalled Democracy - Michael McFaul
Most elites in Russia and the vast majority of the Russian population now recognize elections as the only legitimate means to power.
Given Russia's thousand-year history of autocratic rule, the emergence of electoral democracy must be recognized as a revolutionary achievement of the last decade.
Russia's party system, civil society, and rule of law are weak and underdeveloped.
www.worldandi.com /specialreport/2000/March/Sa20924.htm   (250 words)

  
 JRL #6106 - Testimony of Michael McFaul and Celeste Wallander on US-Russian Relations
Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov declared that Russia views the EU’s agreement to create a 60,000 strong rapid reaction force by 2003 in positive terms, and said that Russia was ready to study the possibility of cooperating with or contributing to the EU force’s crisis operations.
Russia also seems to be stuck in a situation where it cannot find a solution to the dilemmas thus posed on its own, but still unwilling to welcome Western involvement in the region for fear of being edged out.
Russia's war in Chechnya has not ended, and to the extent that some concern for standards of international human rights matter (for example, in investigations and trials of military atrocities) the influence comes from the Council of Europe and the OSCE.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/6106.htm   (10975 words)

  
 Tooele Transcript Bulletin Online Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Michael and Tyson, along with Tyson's brother Clint, are hoping that the kind-hearted residents of Tooele County will assist them in helping those little ones thousands of miles away who have no one to love them.
Michael is totally upbeat when he states that by June 1, 2001, he's sure he'll be able to return to missionary work.
Michael was excited last year when he was called to serve as a missionary in Russia.
www.transcriptbulletin.com /archives/3.29.01/russia.html   (2047 words)

  
 Experiencing America: Ukrainian Family Moves To The Harbor
Michael and Natasha enjoyed a life that many people in the Ukraine would envy, but three weeks ago, they left it all behind to come to the United States.
Michael and Sarah were both teachers; Doug was the director of the school.
Michael submitted an application to a bookstore and is currently waiting for a reply.
boothbayregister.maine.com /2000-09-07/experiencing_america.html   (875 words)

  
 The Carnegie Moscow Center - Publications - Articles and interviews - Michael McFaul - Finding Russia's True Friends ...
Perhaps Russia is destined to remain a quasiautocratic, quasi-democratic regime permanently entrenched on the periphery of the world capitalist system, forever labeled an "emerging" market or a "developing" economy, and capable only of gaining the world's attention through threats.
Russia's real enemies, in Washington and Moscow, are those who have already accepted Russia's current status at home and in the world "as is." This so-called pragmatism is actually an alibi for authoritarianism in Moscow and an excuse for disengagement in Washington.
Michael McFaul is a Hoover fellow and professor of political science at Stanford University and a senior associate at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
www.carnegie.ru /en/pubs/media/72162.htm   (1243 words)

  
 Michael McFaul: Pull Russia West   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Michael McFaul is the Peter and Helen Bing Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University, and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
If Russia becomes a full-blown democracy in the next 10 years, then the prospects for conflict between the United States and Russia, be it over the Latvian border or the balance of nuclear weapons, will be reduced dramatically.
A democratic Russia moving toward entry into the European Union and even NATO will also make possible the unification of Europe and the final disappearance of East-West walls (be it through visa regimes or military alliances) that still divide Europe.
www.hooverdigest.org /014/mcfaul.html   (996 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - Why Russia's Politics Matter - Michael McFaul
Russia is in the midst of a social revolution.
Michael McFaul is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, currently in residence at the Endowment's Moscow Center.
When compelled to comment on political reform, neoliberals in both Russia and the West simply called for shrinking the Russian state, without addressing what kinds of state and nonstate political institutions might help their economic reforms.
www.foreignaffairs.org /19950101faessay5013/michael-mcfaul/why-russia-s-politics-matter.html   (577 words)

  
 PPI: Nobody Lost Russia by Michael A. McFaul
It is true that eight years after the fall of communism, Russia is riddled with corruption, its politics are unstable, and the structures of democracy and free markets have yet to strike deep roots.
Organizations such as Internews (which assists the development of independent media in Russia), the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Eurasia Foundation are models at providing this kind of assistance on the proper scale.
Michael A. McFaul is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., and an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University in California.
www.ppionline.org /ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=450004&subsecID=900021&contentID=1319   (1457 words)

  
 CNS - Russia's Nuclear and Missile Technology Assistance to Iran
Russia's most significant nuclear project in Iran is the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) at Bushehr.
Although both Iran and Russia have issued numerous assurances that the reactor would be placed under IAEA safeguards and therefore it could not be used in the interests of a nuclear weapons program, the project has caused considerable concern about its proliferation risk.
Russia, which in the past has been satisfied with the level of IAEA safeguards at Iranian nuclear facilities, has called on Iran to sign an additional protocol with the IAEA.
cns.miis.edu /research/iran/rusnuc.htm   (1836 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Michael, czar of Russia (Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Michael, czar of Russia, Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biographies
Michael (Michael Romanov), 1596–1645, czar of Russia (1613–45), founder of the Romanov dynasty; grandnephew of Anastasia, first wife of Ivan IV.
During Michael's reign the peasantry was further reduced to serfdom; peace was temporarily obtained with Poland and Sweden; and some Western industrial and military techniques were introduced by foreign manufacturers and other experts.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Michael-Rus.html   (244 words)

  
 AGBU News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A similar account of the Armenian presence in Russia is found in an eye-witness account of a Viennese merchant dated 1557 in which he describes the activities of Armenian merchants in Astrakhan, Kazan, Novgorod and Moscow.
According to available historical documents, an eight-fold increase in the Armenian population was recorded in Astrakhan alone around the middle of the 18th century, thus necessitating the establishment of a diocese in 1773 under the leadership of Archbishop Hovsep Arghoutian.
The Armenian presence in Imperial Russia began flourishing, along with Armenian-Russian relations, during the reign of Catherine the Great (1762-1796), who, after her war with the Ottomans, relocated her Armenian subjects from the Crimea to what is today known as Rostov-na-Donu—which still has a very large Armenian population.
www.agbu.org /agbunews/display.asp?A_ID=74   (1238 words)

  
 Michael II of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Michael II, Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov (November 22, 1878 (O.S.) - about June 12, 1918) was the son of Tsar III of Russia">Alexander III of Russia, and brother of Tsar II of Russia">Nicholas II of Russia.
When Nicholas II abdicated the imperial crown in 1917, he did so in both his name and the name of his son, and named Michael as the next Tsar.
The best source material, both archival from Russia and elsewhere, seems to indicate that Mikhail was killed sometime round the second or third week of June 1918 not, as is often reported, July of that year.
www.city-search.org /mi/michael-ii-of-russia.html   (643 words)

  
 Michael and Christina's Russia Trip Report
For instance, there are thousands of Pectapahs but if you didn't know that P was really and r, c was really an s, and H was really a N, you would never know that pectopah actually spells 'restoran'.
Many statues have been taken down, but some remain, and many buildings have inscriptions on their walls with either a cut-out of Lenin, hammer and sickle, etc. Their breath-taking metro stations are frequently decorated with soviet-era art -- such as a beautiful mosaic of people working on a farm.
Although there is a resurgence of religion in Russia, it is sad to see huge churches without a congregation.
www.obrienphoto.com /other/russia   (1181 words)

  
 Russia's Ominous Void by Michael McFaul
Russia's opposition was weak before NATO expansion and remains weak afterward.
Although absent today, Russia's emerging opposition has the potential to be genuinely menacing to Russian reform and Western interests in the future.
Michael A. McFaul is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University.
www.hooverdigest.org /981/mcfaul.html   (879 words)

  
 Michael Berglin: Russia and the USA - RESPONSE to Catine Perkins - PRAVDA.Ru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There are a number of references to Rasputin, the mad monk, out there in cyberville, and one could write whole volumes about this one person alone.
We denounced Russia for their 'mock trials', and yet we don't want to remember Ethel & Julias Rosenberg who went to the chair because of the actions of Klaus Fuchs, an American scientist, who did sell the atomic secrets.
We stood in self righteousness denouncing rights violations in Russia and a people subjected to the will of their government, and we still had Jim Crow laws that were being enforced.
english.pravda.ru /printed.html?news_id=13867   (1280 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Russia's Party for One
United Russia is poised to collect more votes in national parliamentary elections Sunday than any party has in the dozen years since the Soviet collapse, according to polls and analysts.
In a popular supermarket chain, United Russia has bought what it calls an "advertising contract" requiring all clerks to wear party baseball caps and buttons, regardless of their political views.
United Russia is running an "issue-less" campaign and proud of it, said Nikonov, the strategist.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A40074-2003Dec5?language=printer   (1521 words)

  
 The Russia House DVD - Michael Weise Productions
Russia House is British playwright Tom Stoppard's effort to bring John LeCarre's book to the screen.
The plot of Russia House is too complex to describe in a few lines but the theme is simple.
To tear down the lie that the cold war is the only peace possible between Soviets and Americans, Blair and his rocket scientist must disobey their superiors and turn coat, much as soldiers of the First World War did when they crossed no-man's land to shake hands.
www.mwp.com /shop/dvd.php4?asin=B00005R5GM   (564 words)

  
 Russian Provisional Government, 1917 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As a compromise, a provisional government was formed that was to lead the country to elections for a constituent assembly.
When Tsar Nicholas II abdicated on March 15 and his brother, Grand Duke Michael refused the throne the next day, the provisional government formally ruled Russia, but its power was effectively limited by the growing authority of the Petrograd Soviet.
The provisional government succeeded in organising the elections, but failed to end Russia's involvement in World War I, thereby weakening its popularity among Russia's war-weary people.
www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Russian_Provisional_Government,_1917   (243 words)

  
 Why Not Let Russia Play a Role? -- Michael E. O'Hanlon and Julien Hartley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoagland's desire to deny beleaguered Russia this small victory borders on the bizarre.
Without Russia's role in this crisis, we could be facing further arms proliferation or even war in the Middle East.
Letting countries such as Russia and France occasionally play a greater role on the world stage is a sign not of U.S. weakness but of wisdom and indeed of confidence.
www.brook.edu /dybdocroot/views/op-ed/ohanlon/19971216.HTM   (721 words)

  
 Standard Schaefer: An Interview with Michael Hudson on Putin's Russia
He subsequently saw that a least distorted way for Russia to recover was by a tax on economic rent, that is, the value of land and natural resources that exists independently of labor and capital investment.
Russia is now in this stage, and the oligarchs are trying to mobilize popular support against the government--while Putin for his part is turning populist to mobilize support against the oligarchy.
The "good performance" of the oligarchs reflects Russia's crippled ability to tax this wealth, which was not created by the efforts of its present owners but was a legacy of the pre-privatization public domain that has been stripped away in a simple asset grab.
www.counterpunch.org /schaefer02272004.html   (11041 words)

  
 michael porter diamond russia: essayssolution.com- the essays, book reports, research report, term papers solution
Eventually a Romanov was named tsar, Michael, and the house of Romanov maintained control of the Russian throne for the next 300+ years (inter, 1997).
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