Kulikovo, Battle of — ▪ Russian history (Sept. 8, 1380), military engagement in which the Russians defeated the forces of the Golden Horde, thereby demonstrating the developing independence of the Russian lands from Mongol rule (which had been imposed in 1240).… … Universalium
Battle of Kulikovo — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Kulikovo partof= caption=Single combat of Peresvet and Temir murza date=September 8, 1380 place=Kulikovo Field near the Don River result=Decisive Russian victory combatant1=Combined Russian armies… … Wikipedia
Stepan Nechayev — Stepan Dmitriyevich Nechayev ( ru. Степан Дмитриевич Нечаев; 1792 ndash;1860) was a Procurator of the Most Holy Synod and a senator. Nechayev was the first one to study the materials about the Kulikovo Field. He picked up some findings on the… … Wikipedia
Задонщина — – памятник из цикла произведений, посвященных битве на Куликовом поле в 1380 г., в который входят также Сказание о Мамаевом побоище и Повести о Куликовской битве летописные. Автор З. не ставил перед собой задачи описать все события Куликовской… … Словарь книжников и книжности Древней Руси
Russian Orthodox Church — This article is about the Russian Orthodox Church. For the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, see Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Moscow) Church of Christ the Saviour in … Wikipedia
Sergius of Radonezh — Infobox Saint name=Sergius of Radonezh imagesize=200px caption=Icon of Sergius of Radonezh, 17th century birth place=Rostov Velikiy death place=Trinity St. Sergius Lavra titles =Venerable birth date=c. 1320 death date=September 25, 1392 venerated … Wikipedia
Alexey Shchusev — [ Uzbek attire, by Mikhail Nesterov.] Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev ( ru. Алексей Викторович Щусев, September 26, 1873, Kishinev mdash;May 24, 1949, Moscow) was an acclaimed Russian architect whose works may be regarded as a bridge connecting… … Wikipedia
Ugresha Monastery — Coordinates: 55°37′18″N 37°50′24″E / 55.62167°N 37.84°E / 55.62167; 37.84 … Wikipedia
List of Russian people — The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history … Wikipedia
Moscow — /mos koh/ or, for 1, 2, / kow/, n. 1. Russian, Moskva. a city in and the capital of the Russian Federation, in the W part: capital of the former Soviet Union. 8,967,000. 2. Also called Grand Duchy of Moscow. Muscovy (def. 1). 3. a city in W Idaho … Universalium
