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  Russia - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1547, at the age of 17, Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible; reigned 1533-84) was crowned czar of all Russia.
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.
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 Russia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
Russia’s modern identity as a powerful military state with a large population did not emerge until this process was completed in the 18th century.
The Swedes descended from the Baltic and sought to penetrate the territories of Novgorod.
Catherine II died in 1796 and was succeeded by her son, Paul I. His increasingly despotic and unbalanced policies prompted court nobles to conspire against him, and he was murdered in 1801.
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 Russia History. Information about Russia.
Vladimir was succeeded by Yaroslav the Wise, whose reign marked the apogee of Kievan Russia.
Invasions of Russia at that time were conducted from the west as well, by the Swedes (1240) and then by the Livonian knights (1242), a regional branch of Teutonic Union.
Russia's influence in European affairs, as well as its territory in Eastern and Central Europe, were increased and expanded.
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 Russia and world
Russia, meanwhile, was advancing to the status of a European power, and in the urban centers influences from western Europe were at last penetrating the isolation caused by the Mongol invasion.
Peter II, the son of Alexis, was chosen emperor after Catherine; he was succeeded in 1730 by Anna Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan V. Anna, a duchess of Courland, filled the court with her Prussian favorites and ruled as a despot.
In the Russo-Turkish War of 1768—74, Russia acquired territory in the Crimea, and the Tatar Crimea region was annexed to the Russian Empire in 1783.
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 RUSSIA
The Varangians/Russes got to Russia through their technology, the sailing ships that could actually take them to Greenland; but they came to rule the area through forms of large scale political organization that may have been rudimentary compared to Francia and Romania, but were beyond anything seen previously east of Moravia.
Russia would then always be hindered by autocratic government that alternatively smothered dissent and innovation and then, alarmed at the backwardness of the country, attempted to impose top-down reforms and development -- which then would be resisted by a national conservatism that the government in its phase of being threatened by change would have loved.
Russia was as weary of war as a country could be, but the Provisional Government decided to stay in the war against Germany.
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 Russia and the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Russia was torn away from Europe, and when the Mongols abandoned it after two hundred years it was feudal and backward.
We must persuade Russia's generals, colonels, and corporals that it is far to be preferred that the military might of the United States be arrayed in the defense of Russia than devoted to the destruction of Russia.
Russia and the United States are two societies that by their nature have had to deal with diversity.
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 Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
George III was a member of the Regency Council at the beginning of the reign of Ivan the Terrible, but he was deposed and executed at the behest of Yelena Glinskaya (Ivan's mother), who feared his rights to the throne of Muscovy.
Modern center of Kursk oblast of Russia, roughly 225 miles south of Moscow and an equal distance east of Kiev.
Note well; although the state may fairly be thought to have emerged in 1547 with the coronation of John as Tsar (Caesar) of All the Russias, the Russian Empire per se does not technically commence until the assumption of the titles of Imperator and Autocrat by Peter the Great in 1721.
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 boys clothing : European royalty -- Russia
Nicholas II, the last Russian Emperor, was the eldest son of Alexander III and was born on May 6, 1868.
Nicholas was born on the Alexander Palace, as the eldest son of Tsar Alexander III and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, of the House of Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, in the small town of Tsarskoe Selo ("The Tsar's Village" in Russian), near St. Petersburg.
Russia's loss of territory, massive casualties and confusion at home were the main reasons for the Second Russian Revolution in February 1917.
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 National and Ethnic - Russia
And a Map of Russia's Republics, Oblasts, and Krays.
The Russian Press on the Arrival in Russia of Relics of SS Elizaveta Feodorovna and Nun Varvara.
This society advocates Anna Anderson was Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna..
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> 1246   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
September 30 - Yaroslav II of Russia (born 1190)
November 8 - Berenguela of Castile, queen of Alfonso IX of Castile (born 1180)
Alice of Champagne, daughter of Henry II of Champagne and regent of Jerusalem (born 1196)
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 Exploring Russia / Waterways
To experience Russia only from the land, however, is to miss a central feature of its character, for river travel has stood at the heart of Russian life for millenia.
It was along the Volga that the ancient trade routes of Russia were developed, giving rise to a whole string of trading posts, fortresses, and towns during medieval times.
One of Russia's oldest cities, Yaroslavl was founded by Yaroslav the Wise of Kievan Rus' in 1010.
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 Russian Orthodox church: early history
While Russia lay under Mongol rule from the 13th (Genghis Khan's army entered Russia in 1220s) through the 15th century, the Russian church enjoyed a favoured position, obtaining immunity from taxation in 1270.
In St. Basil the western academic architectural concepts, based on rational, manifest harmony, were ignored; the structure, with no easily readable design and a profusion of disparate colourful exterior decoration, is uniquely medieval Russian in content and form, in technique, decoration, and feeling.
The colossal white stone "column of fame," with its golden cupola gleaming above the Kremlin hill, was the definite expression of an era, reflecting the tastes and grandiose political ambitions of the rising Russian state.
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 CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES MP3/WMA: Yaroslav Sudzilovsky
Yaroslav Sudzilovsky was born in 1978 in Moscow.
In 1985, Yaroslav entered the Gnessin High School in the class of his father, and remained there for twelve years.
Yaroslav has been performing regularly since 1997, and since then has focused largely on contemporary music, premiering a number of concertos and solo works by Russian and other composers - including those by Janna Polevaya, Mark Knauphman, and Iosef Stopnitsky.
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 Chronology of Russia  
Brother of Yuri III "Grand prince of Vladimir and All Russia".
Resident in Moscow 1341-1353 Simeon (the Proud) 1353-1359 Ivan II (the Meek), brother of Simeon 1359-1389 Dmitrii Ivanovich 1389-1425 Vasily I 1425-1461 Vasiliy II (the Dark) 1462-1505 Ivan III (the Great) 1505-1533 Vasiliy III 1533-1538 Helena Blinski, widow of Vasiliy II.
Emperor, 1721 1725-1727 Catherine I. Widow of Peter I 1727-1730 Peter II (Alexeevich) 1730-1740 Anna (lvanovna) 1740-1741 Anna Leopoldovna.
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 NBA.com:
An early entry candidate for the 2005 NBA Draft.
Career Highlights: Grew up with Avtodor Saratov (Russia) juniors.
In 10 FIBA Europe Cup contests, tallied 3.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in 12.1 minutes.
www.nba.com /draft2005/profiles/YaroslavKorolev.html   (406 words)

  
 Johnson's Russia List #5059 - January 30, 2001
strana.ru: Russia will get rid of a problem if private ownership of land is introduced in the country.
Russia, namely "rule of law." That is, Russia lacked a law-based state and
absence is not the underlying cause of Russia’s economic debacle.
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 Johnson's Russia List # 4695
by Emigration; Are the Russians a Biological Unity?; Russia as Riddle; The
Russia is growing strongly for the first time in ten years and all thanks to
Russia and Israel, the two countries that are now the principal residences
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 A timeline of Russia
: a Polish rebellion is crushed by Russia that partitions one fourth of Poland with Prussia and Austria
: Russia defeats the Ottomans and at the Congress of Berlin the states of Serbia and Montenegro are granted independence and Bulgaria is granted broad autonomy
: Alexander II is assassinated and is succeeded by Alexander III
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 History of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Illustrated history of Russia and the Former USSR.(C) Copyright 1995, RUSphoto
Illustrated history of Russia and the Former USSR
Historical Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Union
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 Russia
Subject: Church of St. Nicholas in Prince Yaroslav's Court
detail of throne room with portrait of Empress Catherine II
Subject: Palace of Tsar Peter II exterior view
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 Tsarist Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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1425-1462 Vasily II 1462-1505 Ivan III - Ivan the Great
1894-1917 Nicholas II - Last Emperor of Russia
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 YAROSLAVL HOTELS and TRAVEL, Description and Sights, Best Hotel Rates
YAROSLAVL HOTELS and TRAVEL, Description and Sights, Best Hotel Rates
Ancient Yaroslavl provides for visitor a dynamic mixture of Soviet industry - much of which was established after World War II - and a treasure trove of ancient squares, monuments and orthodox churches.
The place to begin your tour is from central Ilyinskaya Square (formerly Sovietskaya) with its 17th century Church of Elijah.
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