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Lubomir Dymsha
Lyubomir Kleofasovich (Petrovich) Dymsha (1860–1915) – a lawyer, a member of the State Duma of the Russian Empire from Sedletskaya province. Pole, Roman Catholic faith, hereditary nobleman of the Kovno province, State Counselor. Biography He was born on January 6, 1860. Son of Cleophas Petrovich Dymshi (1821–1907) and Teresa Dimshene, a neuter Gorskiite (1829–1902). He had four brothers: Eugeniusz (1853–1918), Henryh Kleofasovich Dymsha(1856–1918) – member of the from Vitebsk province, Eustace (1860–1890), Jozef or Juozapas (Józef, Juozapas, 1860–1917). In 1878 he graduated from the German grammar school in Mitau with a gold medal, and in 1882 from the Law Faculty of the St. Petersburg University. He served in the Ministry of Education; in 1889, passed the exam at the Moscow University for a master's degree in public law, was approved in 1890 in the rank of privat-docent of the St. Petersburg University and in 1891 was sent to Sweden and Norway to stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, behind only the British Empire, British and Mongol Empire, Mongol empires. It also Russian colonization of North America, colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized Russian national state, and secured inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privat-docent
''Privatdozent'' (for men) or ''Privatdozentin'' (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualifications that denote an ability (''facultas docendi'') and permission to teach (''venia legendi'') a designated subject at the highest level. To be granted the title Priv.-Doz. by a university, a recipient has to fulfill the criteria set by the university which usually require excellence in research, teaching, and further education. In its current usage, the title indicates that the holder has completed their habilitation and is therefore granted permission to teach and examine students independently without having a full professorship (chair). With respect to the level of academic achievement, the title of ''Privatdozent'' is comparable to that of an Associate Professor (United States), Senior Lecturer (United Kingdom), or ''maître de conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife
A wife (: wives) is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgment; or until death, depending on the kind of marriage. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow. The rights and obligations of a wife to her partner and her status in the community and law vary between cultures and have varied over time. Etymology The word is of Germanic origin from the Proto-Germanic word ''wībam'', which translates into "woman". In Middle English, it had the form ''wif'', and in Old English ''wīf'', "woman or wife". It is related to Modern German ''Weib'' (woman, female), Danish ''viv'' (wife, usually poetic), and Dutch ''wijf'' (woman, generally pejorative, cf. ''bitch''). The original meaning of the phrase "wife" as simply "woman", unconnected with marriage or a husband/wife, is preserved in words such as "midwife", "goodwife", " fishwife" and " sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
