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... FAMILY , Russian family that ac- quired great wealth in the 18th century , largely through iron production and mining , and be- came benefactors and patrons of the arts and sciences . Nikita Demidovich Antufyev ( 1656-1725 ) , a ...
... FAMILY , Russian family that ac- quired great wealth in the 18th century , largely through iron production and mining , and be- came benefactors and patrons of the arts and sciences . Nikita Demidovich Antufyev ( 1656-1725 ) , a ...
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... family of extinct marsupial mammals that existed from the Late Oligocene epoch into the Pleistocene epoch ( from 30 Diprotodon ( cast ) , mounted skeleton By courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History , New York million to ...
... family of extinct marsupial mammals that existed from the Late Oligocene epoch into the Pleistocene epoch ( from 30 Diprotodon ( cast ) , mounted skeleton By courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History , New York million to ...
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... FAMILY , also spelled D'ORIA , leading family in the political , military , and economic life of Genoa , from the 12th century onward . Apparently of feudal origin , from Liguria and Provence , the Dorias first appeared in Genoese ...
... FAMILY , also spelled D'ORIA , leading family in the political , military , and economic life of Genoa , from the 12th century onward . Apparently of feudal origin , from Liguria and Provence , the Dorias first appeared in Genoese ...
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