11) 1981, Sept. 4. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...the United States. 2 Nov. 10 Death of Leonid Brezhnev, at age 76. He was replaced by Yuri Andropov, former head of the KGB (Committee for State Security), the secret...
12) Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...becoming a full member of the Central Committee (1971) and the Politburo (1978). When Yuri Andropov died (1984), he was elected general secretary of the Communist...
13) 1993, June 7. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...to Ukraine in the event of an attack. 2 Feb The autonomous republic of Crimea elected Yuri A. Meshkov president. This move was supported by ethnic Russians but opposed...
14) Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...secretariat as agriculture secretary, and in 1980 he joined the politburo as the protege of Yuri Andropov. After Andropov's ascension to party leadership, Gorbachev...
15) Bolshoi Ballet. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and costumes. During the 1960s, Maya Plisetskaya was the company's prima ballerina. In 1964, Yuri Grigorovich became chief choreographer and later, artistic director,...
16) Moscow, grand duchy of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...son of Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky. Daniel received Moscow as a separate appanage. His son, Yuri (1303-25), launched the struggle for Moscow's predominance in Russia,...
17) 1960. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...International Missionary Council was formally integrated into the organization. 7 April Yuri Gagarin, Soviet astronaut, became the FIRST HUMAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH....
18) astronaut. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...physical condition. Manned spaceflight began on Apr. 8, 1961, when the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth. Other prominent cosmonauts included Vladimir...
19) 1617. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...the lands they cultivated only at the end of an agricultural cycle, that is, the week of St. Yuri's Day (Nov. 26). 7 1533-84 The reign of Ivan the Terrible (See 1533-84),...
20) Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...such as the imposition of martial law in Poland. Following his death, he was succeeded by Yuri Andropov. Under Mikhail Gorbachev, Brezhnev's regime was criticized...
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