Pyotr Shirshov — Pyotr Petrovich Shirshov (Russian: Пётр Петрович Ширшов) (December 25 (O.S. December 12), 1905, Ekaterinoslav (today Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) February 17, 1953, Moscow) was a Ukrainian Soviet oceanographer, hydrobiologist, polar explorer,… … Wikipedia
Lazarev — ( ru. Лазарев), or Lazareva (feminine; Лазарева) is a Russian last name and may refer to:People*Alexander Lazarev (b. 1945), a Russian conductor *Dmitry Lazarev (1922 1991), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union *Ivan Alexandrovich… … Wikipedia
List of Russian explorers — The Russian Empire at its peak in 1866, including the spheres of influence; this territorial expansion largely corresponds to the extent of contiguous exploration by Russians. This is a list of explorers from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union … Wikipedia
List of Russians — This is a list of people associated with Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russia of today. For a long time Russia has been a multinational country, and many people of different ethnicity contributed to its culture, to its glory, and to its… … Wikipedia
List of Russian people — The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history … Wikipedia
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
Alexandrov Ensemble soloists — G.Y. Andryushchenko: soloist of the Ensemble, Bolshoi Theatre soloist and People s Artist of Russia, who died 12 January 2011 This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the… … Wikipedia
Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records — The Hall of Space Technology in the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia. The exhibition includes the models and replicas of the following Russian inventions: the first satellite, Sputnik 1 (a ball under the… … Wikipedia
Northern Sea Route — A graphical comparison between the North East Passage (blue) and an alternative route through Suez Canal (red) The Northern Sea Route (Russian: Северный морской путь, Severnyy morskoy put’, shortened to Sevmorput ) is a shipping lane officially… … Wikipedia
Login Geiden — Login Petrovich Geiden (6 September 1773 5 October 1850) was a Dutch born Russian admiral who commanded a squadron of the Imperial Russian Navy in the Battle of Navarino (1827).Born in Zuidlaren, in the north east of the Netherlands, as Lodewijk… … Wikipedia
