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... Alexis . Alekseyev , Konstanin Sergeyevich ( the- atre director ) : see Stanislavsky , Konstantin ( Sergeyevich ) . Consult the INDEX first Alekseyev , Mikhail Vasilyevich , Alek- seyev also spelled ALEKSEEV ( b . Nov. 15 [ Nov. 3 , old ...
... Alexis . Alekseyev , Konstanin Sergeyevich ( the- atre director ) : see Stanislavsky , Konstantin ( Sergeyevich ) . Consult the INDEX first Alekseyev , Mikhail Vasilyevich , Alek- seyev also spelled ALEKSEEV ( b . Nov. 15 [ Nov. 3 , old ...
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... Alexis came from Thurii but apparently lived most of his long life in Athens ; he was said to have been Menander's uncle . According to Plutarch , he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned . Alexis is said to ...
... Alexis came from Thurii but apparently lived most of his long life in Athens ; he was said to have been Menander's uncle . According to Plutarch , he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned . Alexis is said to ...
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... Alexis was a hemophiliac , and at that time there was no medical treatment that could al- leviate his condition or lessen his vulnerability to uncontrolled bleeding . The mystic healer Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was summoned to the ...
... Alexis was a hemophiliac , and at that time there was no medical treatment that could al- leviate his condition or lessen his vulnerability to uncontrolled bleeding . The mystic healer Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was summoned to the ...
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