RURIK

Meaning of RURIK in English

/roor"ik/ , n.

died A.D. 879, Scandinavian prince: founder of the Russian monarchy. Russian, Ryurik .

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RURIK — or Rorik died 879 Semilegendary founder of the Rurik dynasty of Kievan Rus . He was a Viking (Varangian) prince. …
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RURIK — [ 'rʊərɪk ] (also Ryurik ) ■ noun a member of a dynasty that ruled Muscovy and much of Russia …
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RURIK — died AD 879 also spelled Rorik or Hrorekr, Russian Ryurik the semilegendary founder of the Rurik dynasty of Kievan Rus. …
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RURIK — n. or Rorik died 879 Semilegendary founder of the Rurik dynasty of Kievan Rus . He was a Viking (Varangian) …
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RURIK — Рюрик
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RURIK DYNASTY — princes of Kievan Rus and, later, Muscovy who, according to tradition, were descendants of the Varangian prince Rurik, who had …
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TROUBLES, TIME OF — (1606–13) Period of political crisis in Russia. After the death of Fyodor I and the end of the Rurik dynasty …
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SUZDAL — Medieval principality, between the Oka River and the Upper Volga , northeastern Russia. Ruled by a branch of the Rurik …
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NOVGOROD — City (pop., 1999 est.: 231,700), northwestern Russia. Located on the Volkhov River north of Lake Rurik in с 862. It …
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FYODOR I — Russian Fyodor Ivanovich born May 31, 1557, Moscow, Russia died Jan. 7, 1598, Moscow Tsar of Russia (1584–98) whose death …
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VARANGIAN — /veuh ran"jee euhn/ , n. 1. any of the Northmen who, under Rurik, established a dynasty in Russia in the …
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RYURIK — Russ. /rddyooh"rddyik/ , n. Rurik.
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VARANGIAN — [ və'randʒɪən ] ■ noun a member of the bands of Scandinavians who travelled into Russia in the 9th and …
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GRAND DUKE — feminine grand duchess, also called (in Russia) grand prince, or grand princess title of sovereign princes ranking between kings and …
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VLADIMIR I — in full Vladimir Svyatoslavich, byname Saint Vladimir, or Vladimir The Great, Russian Svyatoy Vladimir, or Vladimir Veliky born c. 956, …
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VASILY (IV) SHUYSKY — original name Vasily Ivanovich, Knyaz (Prince) Shuysky, or Shuisky born 1552 died Sept. 12, 1612, Gostynin, near Warsaw boyar who …
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TROUBLES, TIME OF — Russian Smutnoye Vremya, period of political crisis in Russia that followed the demise of the Rurik dynasty (1598) and ended …
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SVYATOSLAV I — died 972 also spelled Sviatoslav, Russian in full Svyatoslav Igorevich grand prince of Kiev from 945 and the greatest of …
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SUZDAL — in full Suzdal Principality, Russian in full Suzdalskoye Knyazhestvo, medieval principality that occupied the area between the Oka River and …
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RUSSIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped white-blue-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Tsar Peter I the Great had ambitious plans …
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ROMANOV DYNASTY — rulers of Russia from 1613 until the Russian Revolution of February 1917. Descendants of Andrey Ivanovich Kobyla (Kambila), a Muscovite …
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PLATONOV, SERGEY FYODOROVICH — born June 28 [June 16, Old Style], 1860, Chernigov, Russia died Jan. 10, 1933, Samara, Russia, U.S.S.R. leading Russian historian …
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OLEG — died c. 912 semilegendary Viking (Varangian) leader who became prince of Kiev and is considered to be the founder of …
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MOSCOW, GRAND PRINCIPALITY OF — also called Muscovy, Russian Moskovskoye Velikoye Knazhestvo, medieval principality that, under the leadership of a branch of the Rurik dynasty, …
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MICHAEL — born 1558 died Aug. 19, 1601, Torda, Walachia byname Michael the Brave, Romanian Mihai Viteazul, original name Mihai Basarab Romanian …
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LUBECKI, KSAWERY DRUCKI — born Dec. 28, 1779, St. Petersburg, Russia died May 23, 1846, St. Petersburg Polish statesman who restored the finances of …
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IGOR — born c. 877 died 945, Dereva region also called Ingvar grand prince of Kiev and presumably the son of Rurik, …
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GODUNOV, BORIS (FYODOROVICH) — born c. 1551 died April 13 [April 23, New Style], 1605, Moscow, Russia Russian statesman who was chief adviser to …
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FYODOR I — born May 31, 1557, Moscow, Russia died Jan. 7 [Jan. 17, New Style], 1598, Moscow in full Fyodor Ivanovich tsar …
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DMITRY, FALSE — also called Pseudo-demetrius, Russian Lzhedmitry, or Dmitry Samozvanets, any of three different pretenders to the Muscovite throne who, during the …
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CZETWERTYNSKI FAMILY — Polish princely family descended from the Kievan grand prince Svyatopolk II Izyaslavich died 1113 also called Swietopelk-Czetwertynski of the house …
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