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41Naidu — (also spelt Nayudu or Naidoo) is a title used by various social groups of the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states of India. It is also used in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa and Chattisgarh. It is a Telugu derivation of the Sanskrit… …
42Sammy Davis, Jr. — Sammy Davis Jr. 1986 portrait by Allan Warren Born Samuel George Davis, Jr …
43History of Bucharest — The history of Bucharest covers the time from the early settlements on the locality s territory (and that of the surrounding area in Ilfov County) until its modern existence as a city, capital of Wallachia, and present day capital of… …
44Buturlin — ( ru. Бутурлин) was a Russian noble family. Notable members of the family include:* Afanasy Andreyevich Buturlin (? 1571), a Russian voyevoda * Afanasy Mikhailovich Buturlin (? after 1575), a Russian voyevoda * Alexander Buturlin (1694 1767), a… …
45Boris Godunov (drama) — Boris Godunov ( ru. Борис Годунов, Borís Godunóv) [Variant Title: Драматическая повесть, Комедия o настоящей беде Московскому государству, o царе Борисе и о Гришке Отрепьеве , A Dramatic Tale, The Comedy of the Distress of the Muscovite State, of …
46Ivan the Terrible in Russian folklore — The image created of Ivan IV of Russia throughout Russian folklore is a direct contrast to that which is typically painted of him and his rule by historians. As folklorist Jack V. Haney claims, the tales “about Ivan IV, known as the Terrible, are …
47Mihail Kogălniceanu — For other uses, see Mihail Kogălniceanu (disambiguation). Mihail Kogălniceanu Prime Minister of Romania In office October 11, 1863 – January 26, 1865 …
48Tudor Vladimirescu — (c. 1780 ndash;OldStyleDate|June 7|1821|May 27) was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri ( Tudor of Vladimiri ) or seldomly as… …
49Posadnik — ( ru. Посадник ) was the mayor in some East Slavic cities or towns. Most notably, the posadnik (equivalent to a stadtholder, burgomeister, or podesta in the medieval west) was the mayor of Novgorod and Pskov. The term comes from the Old Church… …
50Nikita Romanovich — (Russian: Никита Романович) (died 23 April 1586), also known as Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev, was a Muscovite Boyar in 1563 whose grandson Mikhail Feodorovich founded the Romanov dynasty of Russian tsars. He was son of the Boyar Roman… …
