The Moscow Times is an independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and expatriates, such as hotels, cafés, embassies, and airlines, and also by subscription. The newspaper was popular among foreign citizens residing in Moscow and English-speaking Russians. In November 2015, the newspaper changed its design and type from daily to weekly and increased the number of pages to 24.
Vedomosti is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published in Moscow.
The Vedomosti is Russia's oldest newspaper. It was established by Peter the Great's ukase dated 16 December 1702. The first issue appeared on 2 January 1703.
The Rossiya Bank is a Russian joint stock bank founded on June 27, 1990. The company's headquarters are in Saint Petersburg.
Prince Esper Esperovich Ukhtomsky, Эспер Эсперович Ухтомский was a poet, publisher and Oriental enthusiast in late Tsarist Russia. He was a close confidant of Tsar Nicholas II and accompanied him whilst he was Tsesarevich on his Grand tour to the East. He was the first significant outside collector of Tibetan art, whose collection is now in museums in St. Petersburg.
Dmitry Konstantinovich Girs (Russian: Дми́трий Константи́нович Гирс; was a Russian writer.
Zvenigorodskaya is a station on the Saint Petersburg Metro. It is located between the Sadovaya and Obvodny Kanal stations on the Frunzensko–Primorskaya Line. The station was opened on December 20, 2008, one of the first on the new line. It is connected by foot passages to the Pushkinskaya station, which serves the Kirovsko–Vyborgskaya Line. At the time of its opening, Zvenigorodskaya lacked an independent surface exit; all traffic had to go through Pushkinskaya. Escalators and a surface lobby were added later.
Delovõje Vedomosti is a Russian-language financial newspaper published in Estonia, founded in 1996.
Vasily Grigorievich Avseenko was a literary critic, writer and journalist from the Russian Empire.
The Forest is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky written in 1870 and first published in the January 1871 issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski magazine. It was premiered at Saint Petersburg's Alexandrinsky Theatre on 1 November 1871, as a benefit for actor Fyodor Burdin. In Moscow's Maly Theatre it was performed on November 26, 1871.
Count Evgeny Andreyevich Salias de Tournemire was a Russian writer, best known for his adventure novels based upon various episodes of Russian history of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Events from the year 1703 in Russia
The history of Russian journalism covers writing for newspapers, magazines, and electronic media since the 18th century. The main themes are low levels of literacy, censorship and government control, and the emphasis on politics and political propaganda in the media.
Viktor Alexandrovich Krylov was a Russian playwright, theatre critic, librettist, Imperial Theatres official and one of the major contributors to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
"Peasants" is an 1897 novella by Anton Chekhov. Upon its publication it became a literary sensation of the year, caused controversy but in retrospect is regarded as one of Chekhov's masterpieces.
Vissarion Vissarionovich Komarov was a Russian journalist, editor and an Imperial Russian Army colonel who in 1876 was promoted to the rank of the Serbian army general for his victories in several battles he conducted against the Turkish army during the Montenegrin–Ottoman War, in 1876.
Alexey Nikolayevich Veselovsky was a Russian literary historian and theorist, critic, biographer and translator.
Fedor Polikarpov-Orlov was a Russian writer, translator, and printer. He is most noted for his Slavonic Bukvar (Primer) that was widely used by Slavic-speakers both in Europe and throughout the Russian Empire. The historic significance of the 1701 Primer as a sample of book-printing trade lies in the fact that it was the first time in the history of Moscow book-printing that it was attempted to teach students the elements of not only one language but of three at the same time: Slavic, Greek and Latin.
Irina Guseinovna Afanasieva is a Russian theatre producer, librettist, director, and head of the Leningrad Youth Palace (LDM) Theatre ‘New Stage’.
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