How To Use Novgorod In A Sentence
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Norse or "Varangian" Kingdom at Novgorod and, in 880, one of his successors, Oleg, moved his capital to Kiev, and ruled from the
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At the same time, he was a gentle, amiable sort of an individual, and, even on our first encounter in Prussia I had contrived to draw him out, and he had told me that he had just been to the North Cape, and was now anxious to visit the fair at Nizhni Novgorod.
The Gambler
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other top officials are hosting top EU officials for a two-day summit in the central Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod starting Thursday.
Vegetable Ban Overtakes Russia-EU Summit
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As the popular governor of the province of Nizhni Novgorod, Nemtsov had pushed the pace of reform faster there than in any other region.
THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS
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On Tuesday, September 15, they left for Nizhni Novgorod, but before that they saw the crown jewels—most wonderful display of jewels in the world.
Empire of Dreams
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When with his band of followers he was established at Novgorod the name of Russia came into existence, supposedly from the Finnish word _ruotsi_, meaning rowers or sea-farers.
A Short History of Russia
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You can unite the forces of Russian princedoms and give battle to the Horde, or gather the Novgorod militia and warmly greet the Order knights on the ice and snow of the northern lands.
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The reindeer, rapidly disappearing, is now met with only in Olonetz and Vologda; the _Cervus pygargus_ is found everywhere, and reaches Novgorod.
Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
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An additional reason for the pogrom was the reputed wealth of a goodly number of the Jewish families of Nizhni-Novgorod.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894)
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He tried to persuade the young, reformist governor of Nizhny Novgorod, Boris Nemtsov, to run—but Nemtsov convinced him the only option was for the democrats to rally behind Yeltsin.
The Return
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We struggled through long lines of heavy-laden country carts, and swarms of clattering _droskies_, all striving to force their way along with that hurry-skurry that adds to confusion and lessens speed; and we came at last to a long pontoon bridge, over which we crossed the Oka, and beyond which rises the hill-range or ravine, on the top and at the foot of which is built the straggling town of Nijni-Novgorod.
Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
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He fired the loyal retainer and replaced him with another young reformer, this time a protégé of Nemtsov from Nizhny Novgorod called Sergey Kirienko.
The Return
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Boris Nemtsov, the reformist governor of Nizhny Novgorod, was certain that for Yeltsin the collapse of the USSR was “a personal tragedy.”
The Return
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Cities such as Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov, and Yaroslavl grew around the old fortresses (kremlins) and monasteries that formed their centers and near the gates where artisans and traders peddled their goods.
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Here the program began with the auctioning off of a few shops in the city of Nizhni Novgorod.
The Commanding Heights
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After Sakharov criticized the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, he was banished in 1980 to Gorky, now known as Nizhny Novgorod.
Activist Bonner, Sakharov's Widow, Dies at 88
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He reported to the 99th Artillery Regiment's base near Nizhny Novgorod in November 2007.
Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself
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The tale takes place 500 years ago and begins in the house of a Novgorod merchant, where horseman Antti and his wife Anne are serving their master.
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Her parents, tailor Isor and Rose (Simonov) Becker, had come with their son Maurice to New York in 1892 from Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, where they had fled from pogroms and czarist military oppression.
Helen Tamiris.
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Fedor M. M.tenkov is director of the M.nistry of Atomic Energy (M.NATOM. nuclear design institute at Nizhny Novgorod, which is responsible for a wide range of nuclear systems, and he served as architect-engineer for follow-on fast-neutron reactors and high-temperature gas reactors.
Independent Us Russian Report On Stockpiles Released
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You can unite the forces of Russian princedoms and give battle to the Horde, or gather the Novgorod militia and warmly greet the Order knights on the ice and snow of the northern lands.
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Tyrtaeus this commoner of Nizhni Novgorod spurs on his troops of freedom-loving heroes to conquer, as it were, the placid, self - satisfied literatures of to-day, and bring new life to pale, bloodless frames.
The Man Who Was Afraid
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A set of doors that may have belonged to the church of St. Sophia in Novgorod formed part of the iconostasis, the high screen that divided the church sanctuary from the nave in late medieval Russia.
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Vodianova also shared some stories from her childhood -- she grew up in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia and started working in a market at age 11: "I come from a very poor background, bought up by a single mum, with a little sister who is mentally disabled.
Natalia Vodianova Poses With Adorable Babies For (BUGABOO) RED (PHOTO)
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Gavrilova returned one day from a seminar in Nizhny Novgorod and decided on no-nonsense measures.