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1900 In Russia
Events from the year 1900 in Russia. Incumbents * Monarch – Nicholas II Events * Pyramid of Capitalist System * Russian polar expedition of 1900–02 * Trans-Siberian Railway Panorama * Russian Empire at the 1900 Summer Olympics *The premiere of the opera ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'' by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in Moscow * Amur anti-Chinese pogroms *The launching of the cruiser ''Aurora'' *The release of the first issue of the RSDLP newspaper ''Iskra'' *The opening of the Moscow Paveletsky railway station *Fire in the General Staff Building Births *17 January – Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia, a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (died 1974) *19 January – Mikhail Vasilyevich Isakovsky, poet, lyricist, and translator (died 1973) *24 January – Johannes Reesen, politician (died 1937) *28 February – Vsevolod Vitalyevich Vishnevsky, writer, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist (died 1951) *12 March – Sergey Vladimirovich Nabokov, poet and translator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than any other country but China. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. Kievan Rus' arose as a state in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Reesen
Johannes Reesen (1 February 1900 Puiatu Parish (now Viljandi Parish), Kreis Fellin – 11 November 1937, Leningrad) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu I Riigikogu was the first legislature of the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1920 elections (held on 27–29 November 1920). It sat between 20 December 1920 and 30 May 1923, before the next round of elections .... He was a member of the Riigikogu since 29 September 1922. He replaced Johannes Vanja. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Reesen, Johannes 1900 births 1937 deaths People from Viljandi Parish People from Kreis Fellin Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Bolsheviks Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions politicians Workers' United Front politicians Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Members of the Riigikogu, 1923–1926 Estonian emigrants to the Soviet Union Great Purge victim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Airborne Forces
The Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (from ''Vozdushno- desantnye voyska SSSR'', Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска СССР, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. First formed before the Second World War, the force undertook two significant airborne operations and a number of smaller jumps during the war and for many years after 1945 was the largest airborne force in the world. The force was split after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with the core becoming the Russian Airborne Forces, losing divisions to Belarus and Ukraine. Troops of the Soviet Airborne Forces traditionally wore a sky blue beret and blue-striped '' telnyashka'' and they were named ''desant'' (Russian: Десант) from the French ''Descente''. The Soviet Airborne Forces were noted for their relatively large number of vehicles, specifically designed for airborne transport, as such, they traditionally had a larger complement of heavy weap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kazankin
Alexander Fyodorovich Kazankin (russian: Александр Фёдорович Казанкин; 15 April 1900 – 20 March 1955) was a Red Army Lieutenant general who commanded the Soviet airborne. He fought in the Russian Civil War and graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1934. Kazankin led the 4th Airborne Corps during the Vyazma airborne operation. He later commanded the 1st Guards Airborne Division, 16th Guards Airborne Division, 12th Guards Rifle Corps and 39th Guards Rifle Corps. Kazankin became the Soviet airborne commander in October 1947, but was demoted to deputy commander in December 1948. After briefly becoming airborne forces commander again between January and March 1950, Kazankin successively became inspector general of the airborne forces and then deputy airborne forces inspector general before his death on 20 March 1955. Early life Kazankin was born on 15 April 1900 in Buinsk, Tatarstan. His father was a tailor. He studied at an ecclesiastical paroc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Prishchepa
Nikolay Andreyevich Prishchepa (; 14 April 1900 – 18 August 1941) was a Ukrainian Red Army major general killed in World War II. A revolutionary worker, Prishchepa joined the Red Guards and then the Red Army in early 1918, serving with a railway unit during the Russian Civil War and the Polish–Soviet War. He became a junior commander during the early 1920s, serving with units stationed in Ukraine. Prishchepa held staff and command positions during the late 1930s and became commander of the 61st Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 61st Rifle Division as the Red Army expanded before Operation Barbarossa. He led the division in a temporarily successful counterattack during the Battle of Smolensk (1941), Battle of Smolensk, but died of severe wounds received while attempting to escape from encirclement several weeks later. Early life and Russian Civil War Prishchepa was born on 14 April 1900 in the village of Bolshaya Sultanovka, Vasilkovsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate. He worked at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Vialov
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Vialov (1900–1976) was a 20th-century Russian artist. Biography Vialov studied textile design at the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry, Russia from 1914 to 1917. After the Russian Revolution, he continued his studies at the state art and technical schools Svomas and Vkhutemas, studying under Wassily Kandinsky, Vladimir Tatlin, Aristarkh Lentulov, and David Shterenberg. From 1922 to 1925, Vialov served as head of the Studio of Visual Arts for Teenagers, operated by Narkompros. Vialov joined the Artists' Union of the USSR in 1932, the year of its founding, and from 1941 to 1945 he designed a series of posters for the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS), which were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011 as part of the exhibition ''Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945.'' Vialov died in Moscow in 1976. Vialov painted the following paintings-River Transport in Aid of the Front, All Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom#Modern honours, knight if male or dame (title), dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communications Ministers Of Russia
The List of Ministers of Communications of Russia contains the names of the people who held this position in the Russian Empire, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Soviet Union and the modern Russian Federation. Russian Empire Postal Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs The Postal Department of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Empire was formed by the Highest registered decree on November 9, 1819. In 1830, it was transformed into the Postal Department of the Russian Empire. Postal Department of the Russian Empire It was formed as a ministry in 1830 with separation from the Ministry of the Interior. On June 15, 1865, it was transformed into the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs of the Russian Empire. Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs It was established on June 15, 1865, by combining the Postal Department and the Telegraph Unit separated from the Ministry of the Interior (Personal Decree of June 15, 1865). On March 9, 1868, it was abol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communication Troops Of The Ministry Of Defense Of The Soviet Union
The Communication Troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union were generalized names for special forces intended for the deployment and operation of communication systems in order to provide command and control of troops and forces subordinate to the Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union), Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union in all types of their activities. As a branch of the special forces, the Communication Troops were an integral part of all five Military branch, branches of the Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Ground Forces, the Soviet Navy, Navy, the Soviet Air Forces, Air Force, Soviet Air Defence Forces, Air Defense Forces and Strategic Missile Forces). The general Command and control, command of the Communication Troops of all five branches of the armed forces was carried out by the Chief of the Communication Troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union. The Communication Troops, which were part of the Internal Troops of the Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Psurtsev
Nikolai Demyanovich Psurtsev (4 February 1900 – 9 February 1980) was a Soviet statesman and military leader, Colonel General of the Communication Troops, Minister of Communications of the Soviet Union. Biography Born in Kiev into a Russian peasant family. From September 1915, he was an apprentice of a telegraph operator, then a telegraph operator at the Ponyri Station of the Kursk Railway, Kursk Station. *February – December 1918 – Red Army soldier of Kozhevnikov's detachment, Ukrainian Front. *December 1918 – July 1920 – Telegraph operator of the Headquarters of the 9th Army, Commissar of the Telegraph of the Army. *July 1920 – January 1921 – Communications Commissioner of the 12th Army. *January – June 1921 – Commissioner of the Communications Department of the Headquarters of Ukraine and Crimea. *June – November 1921 – Commissar of the 6th Communication Regiment. *From November 1921, he was a student of the Higher Military School of Communications of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Azerbaijani Writers
The Union of Azerbaijani Writers ( az, Azərbaycan Yazıçılar Birliyi) is the largest public organization of Azerbaijani writers, poets and publicists. It has over 1500 members at present. It was founded on June 13, 1934, when Azerbaijan was a part of the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. History Prior to 1934, Azerbaijani writers grouped in variety of literary unions. In 1923, a group of writers formed the "İldırım" United Organization of Turkic Publicists and Poets. Later, in 1925, another organization known as "Qızıl qələmlər" (''Golden Pens'') was established uniting most writers and regularly conducting literary gathering events. The Union of Azerbaijani Writers was established on June 13, 1934. There were 93 members upon its registration. With its establishment, the organization also started publication of "Ədəbiyyat qəzeti" (Literature) newspaper. To this day, there have been 11 congresses held by the union in 1934, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suleyman Rahimov
, 1940s) , native_name = Süleyman Rəhimov , native_name_lang = az , birth_name = Suleyman Huseyn oglu Rahimov , birth_date = , birth_place = Eyin, Zangezursky Uyezd, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR , resting_place = Alley of Honor , education = Azerbaijan State University , occupation = Writer, politician , language = Azerbaijani , nationality = Azerbaijani , genres = Prose, opinion journalism , notableworks = ''Shamo'' ''Sachly'' ''The Caucasian Eagle'' , children = Ogtay, Shamo, Arif, Agil, Shafiga, Rafiga , awards = Hero of Socialist Labour , signature = , signature_alt = , years_active = 1930–1983 Suleyman Huseyn oglu Rahimov ( az, Süleyman Rəhimov; 4 April 1900 – 11 October 1983) was an Azerbaijani-Soviet writer, novelist, prosaist and politician. He was member and chairman of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers. Suleyman Rahimov was a prominent representative of the modern Az ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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