gogol | (n) Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852), Syn. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol |
ivan iii | (n) grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505), Syn. Ivan the Great, Ivan III Vasilievich |
ivan iv | (n) the first czar of Russia (1530-1584), Syn. Ivan Iv Vasilievich, Ivan the Terrible |
rachmaninoff | (n) composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943), Syn. Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov |
spassky | (n) Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937), Syn. Boris Spassky, Boris Vasilevich Spassky |