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Ivan not so terrible? Cult of strongman leader sees tsar's popularity rise in Russia
Edit The Guardian 21 Oct 2016
Ivan the Terrible is regarded as one of the cruellest rulers in Russia’s long history ... Last week, the first ever monument to Ivan was unveiled in Oryol, about 200 miles south-west of Moscow, ostensibly to mark 450 years since he founded the town in 1566 ... Oryol’s governor, Vadim Potomsky, the project’s main cheerleader, said Ivan’s bad reputation was partly down to a foreign plot to smear his name....
Don’t politicise Rudresh Murder, Ivan D’Souza tells BJP
Edit The Times of India 21 Oct 2016
MLC and Karnataka Legislative Council ruling party chief whip Ivan D'Souza has appealed BJP leaders not to politicize the murder of RSS worker R Rudresh, who was killed by two bike-borne men on Kamaraja Road in Bengaluru on October 16 ... The government is against the miscreants, who killed Rudresh, and there is no politics involved in it," Ivan said....
Feodorovsky Convent in Pereslavl-Zalessky: Spiritual support for Muscovy
Edit RBTH 21 Oct 2016
In the mid-16th century, Ivan the Terrible — a frequent benefactor to Pereslavl-Zalessky — gave support to the monastery for the construction of a large brick church dedicated to St ... The structure was in effect a votive offering in celebration of the birth of Ivan’s second son, Feodor, in 1557 ... Petersburg in 1795 and moved to Moscow 1800 where he married the older daughter of Prince Ivan Gagarin and circulated in high society....
Cekovsky serving as mentor, providing support for fellow European Terps Bender, Tomaic
Edit Baltimore Sun 21 Oct 2016Ed Goldman: Meet Tanya Végváry: pianist, teacher and conservatory founder
Edit Business Journal 21 Oct 2016
The beginning of Tanya Végváry’s career is the opposite of movie clichés about musicians. She was tutored from the age of four by her Budapest-born father, Ivan Végváry, who made his living as a civil engineer but was also a classically trained pianist. Even so, he wanted his daughter to turn her talents to jazz piano, a form he loved. But she always knew what she wanted. to play classical music and, eventually, to compose her own ... ....
How much did Russia's classic writers earn?
Edit RBTH 21 Oct 2016
Ivan Goncharov ... For his famous novel Oblomov (1859) Ivan Goncharov received 10,000 rubles (approximately 10 million rubles or $158,000 today), with which he could have bought a mahogany sofa, 10 pairs of city sleighs, 2 chaises on springs, 19 desks with black leather, a raccoon fur coat, 1,200 porcelain cups, 5 pounds of anise soap, 17 cans of ......
Deputy Foreign Minister Lilian Darii received the Ambassador of Ukraine Ivan Gnatyshin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
(Source. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Lilian Darii received today the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Moldova Ivan Gnatyshin....
I would sign Modric as Scholes' successor - Giggs
Edit FourFourTwo 21 Oct 2016
Real Madrid's Luka Modric would be the perfect replacement for Paul Scholes at Manchester United, according to Ryan Giggs ... "Today Croatia is strong, with Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Rakitic and Luka Modric – he is my favourite. "For me Modric is the real successor to Paul Scholes ... ....
Surgeons use nasal cells to repair knee joints
Edit Springfield News-Sun 21 Oct 2016
Swiss surgeons have successfully used nose cells to repair damaged knee joints, according to a study released Thursday by the journal The Lancet. Read more trending stories. "The treatment is safe and feasible," study co-author Dr. Ivan Martin told CNN. Between 2004 and 2011, nearly 2 million Americans had knee surgery due to cartilage problems ... CNN reported. ....
Rich man’s world: Who was on the ‘Forbes List’ of tsarist Russia?
Edit RBTH 21 Oct 2016
The Abramoviches of the times of Ivan the Terrible and Nicholas II. The history of the Russian oligarchy began a long time ago. Merchants played an important role in the Novgorod Republic as early as the 12th to 15th centuries. During the reign of Ivan the Terrible (16th century), a man named Anika Stroganov, closely associated with the government, was the richest entrepreneur ... However, a close relationship with the state remained ... > ....
United Nations special adviser to discuss human rights (The University of Queensland)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
(Source. The University of Queensland). A newly appointed Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General will discuss mass atrocity prevention and human rights protection when he visits The University of Queensland next week. Ivan Šimonović is the former Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York ... RSVP. r2pinfo@uq.edu.au. Media....
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