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... Moscow - d . Jan. 7 , 1598 , Moscow ) , tsar of Russia ( 1584-98 ) whose death ended the rule of the Rurik dynasty in Russia . The son of Ivan IV the Ter- rible and his first wife , Anastasia Romanovna , Fyodor succeeded his father on ...
... Moscow - d . Jan. 7 , 1598 , Moscow ) , tsar of Russia ( 1584-98 ) whose death ended the rule of the Rurik dynasty in Russia . The son of Ivan IV the Ter- rible and his first wife , Anastasia Romanovna , Fyodor succeeded his father on ...
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... Moscow ) , cosmonaut who was the first man to travel Gagarin , 1961 Tass - Sovfoto into space . The son of a carpenter on a collec- tive farm , Gagarin graduated as a molder from a trade school near Moscow in 1951. He continued his ...
... Moscow ) , cosmonaut who was the first man to travel Gagarin , 1961 Tass - Sovfoto into space . The son of a carpenter on a collec- tive farm , Gagarin graduated as a molder from a trade school near Moscow in 1951. He continued his ...
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... Moscow Art Theatre ( Moscow ) : see Moscow Art Theatre . Gorky Reservoir , Russian GORKOVSKOYE VODOKHRANILISHCHE , storage reservoir im- pounded by a dam on the Volga River , near Gorodets in west Gorky oblast ( administra- tive ...
... Moscow Art Theatre ( Moscow ) : see Moscow Art Theatre . Gorky Reservoir , Russian GORKOVSKOYE VODOKHRANILISHCHE , storage reservoir im- pounded by a dam on the Volga River , near Gorodets in west Gorky oblast ( administra- tive ...
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