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Nikolay Przhevalsky facts for kids
"Przhevalsky" redirects here. For the inhabited localities in Russia, see Przhevalsky (inhabited locality). For the 1951 Soviet film, see Przhevalsky (film).
Quick facts for kids Nikolay Przhevalsky | |
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| Born | Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (1839-04-12)April 12, 1839 Kimborovo, Smolensky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 1, 1888(1888-11-01) (aged 49) Karakol, Russian Empire (now Kyrgyzstan) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | explorer, geographer |
| Known for | exploration of Central Asia |
| Awards | Vega Medal (1884) |
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (or Prjevalsky; April 12 [O.S. March 31] 1839 – November 1 [O.S. October 20] 1888) was a Russian geographer of Polish descent (he was born in a Polish noble family), and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia.
Although he never reached his ultimate goal, the holy city of Lhasa in Tibet, he traveled through regions then unknown to the West, such as northern Tibet (modern Tibet Autonomous Region),
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Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili (Stalin) had a career in the revolutionary movement in Russia but he would not have risen to the power he achieved if it had not been for Vladimir Ulanov (Lenin) selecting him for the important assignment of being the minister in the Bolshevik government responsible for national minorities. The assignment did not initially include an office, but Djugashvili set up a table and chair and began to compile a card index of contacts. Djugashvili had good organizational skills.
Djugashvili was in exile in Siberia during the momentous times of the March Revolution and the October Bolshevik coup d'etat. He was released from Siberia and came to Moscow where Lenin had transferred the capital from St. Petersburg. It was not ordained that he would have any significant role in the government. It was only Lenin's selection of him as Minister of National Minorities that gave him a role.
The structure of the Communist Party was that there was a Politburo (Political Bureau) that debated and set policy and an Orgburo (Organizational Bureau) that managed the pa
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Stalin and his hangmen :
an authoritative portrait of a tyrant and those who served him /
Donald Rayfield.
Description
- Published
- London ; Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2004.
- Subjects
- Stalin, Joseph, > Stalin, Joseph, / 1878-1953 > Stalin, Joseph, / 1878-1953 / Friends and associates.
Stalin, Joseph, > Stalin, Joseph, / 1878-1953.
Communists > Communists / Soviet Union > Communists / Soviet Union / Biography.
Police chiefs > Police chiefs / Soviet Union > Police chiefs / Soviet Union / Biography.
Heads of state > Heads of state / Soviet Union > Heads of state / Soviet Union / Biography.
Soviet Union > Soviet Union / History > Soviet Union / History / 1925-1953.
Soviet Union > Soviet Union / Politics and government > Soviet Union / Politics and government / 1936-1953.
Soviet Union > Soviet Union / Politics and government > Soviet Union / Politics and government / 1917-1936. - Note
- Ports. on lining papers.
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 528 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
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