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... Russia- d . Feb. 1 [ Jan. 20 , O.S. ] , 1856 , Warsaw ) , mil- itary officer and administrator in the Russian government who suppressed the Polish insur- rection of 1830-31 . Having entered the Russian Army through the imperial ...
... Russia- d . Feb. 1 [ Jan. 20 , O.S. ] , 1856 , Warsaw ) , mil- itary officer and administrator in the Russian government who suppressed the Polish insur- rection of 1830-31 . Having entered the Russian Army through the imperial ...
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... Russians under Alexander Nevsky defeated the Germanic Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipsi . In 1239 the Livonian Knights ( Order of the Brothers of the Sword ) had begun a military campaign in northwestern Russia to expand their ...
... Russians under Alexander Nevsky defeated the Germanic Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipsi . In 1239 the Livonian Knights ( Order of the Brothers of the Sword ) had begun a military campaign in northwestern Russia to expand their ...
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... RUSSIA • Peter I , Russian in full PYOTR Alekseye- VICH , byname PETER THE GREAT , Russian PYOTR VELIKY ( b . June 9 [ May 30 , old style ] , 1672 , Moscow - d . Feb. 8 [ Jan. 28 , O.S. ] , 1725 , St. Petersburg ) , tsar of Russia , who ...
... RUSSIA • Peter I , Russian in full PYOTR Alekseye- VICH , byname PETER THE GREAT , Russian PYOTR VELIKY ( b . June 9 [ May 30 , old style ] , 1672 , Moscow - d . Feb. 8 [ Jan. 28 , O.S. ] , 1725 , St. Petersburg ) , tsar of Russia , who ...
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