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3 days ago · The name Boris is a boy's name of Slavic origin meaning "to fight". Boris is one of the old Russian names being revived by chic Europeans; it hasn't quite made a comeback yet in the U.S., but it does have potential.
2 days ago · Emperor Nicholas II Land (Russian: Земля Императора Николая II, Zemlya Imperatora Nikolaya II) was discovered in 1913 by the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service. [203]
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5 days ago · A new monument to Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II was unveiled over the weekend at the Kalach Diocesan Center of Orthodox Culture in the village of Zaplavnoe, Volgograd Province.
1 day ago · For example, writing about the relationship between the monarchy and the intelligentsia in The Russian Revolution, Pipes stated that a constitutional regime can only function properly if government and opposition accept the same political ground-rules; however, in Russia after 1905 both tsar and intelligentsia believed that the new regime was ...
6 days ago · A female monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917. Also spelled tsarina. Soviet. A local council in the early political organization of the Russian Revolution. Soviets of representatives were elected from among factory workers, soldiers, and peasants, as well as other groups in Russian society. Even though he was not in the capital city, Czar ...
4 days ago · (3) When in service, Feldbin changed his name to the more Russian-sounding Nikolsky, and, after a few other brief name changes when he worked undercover in Europe and the United States, he became Orlov during his last Spanish assignment. (4) It was the name Orlov that he later began to use as an author, which stuck to him in espionage literature.
3 days ago · The name Golden Horde is a partial calque of Russian Золотая Орда ( Zolotáya Ordá ), itself supposedly a partial calque of Turkic Altan Orda. Золотая ( Zolotáya) was translated to "Golden", while Орда ( Ordá) was transliterated to "Horde".
