| bakunin | (n) Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876), Syn. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin |
| blok | (n) Russian poet (1880-1921), Syn. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich Blok |
| botticelli | (n) Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510), Syn. Sandro Botticelli, Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi |
| cagliostro | (n) Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795), Syn. Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Giuseppe Balsamo |
| koussevitzky | (n) United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951), Syn. Serge Koussevitzky, Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky |
| manzoni | (n) Italian novelist and poet (1785-1873), Syn. Alessandro Manzoni |
| paul iii | (n) Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549), Syn. Alessandro Farnese |
| potemkin | (n) a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791), Syn. Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin |
| volta | (n) Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827), Syn. Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Count Alessandro Volta |
| yevtushenko | (n) Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933), Syn. Yevgeni Yevtushenko, Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko |
