Word: alexandrovich
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...facts of Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitzky's life belie his haughty mien but not his profession. He was born in 1874 in the tiny bedraggled central Russian village of Vyshny Volochek. His mother, who died shortly after he was born, was a pianist; his father gave lessons on the violin. A poor boy, destined by a traditionally musical family for a musical career, he was soon on his way to Moscow in search of a scholarship at Moscow's Philharmonic Conservatory. Because he was late in applying, and because there were only a few places left in the conservatory...
...bridesmaid: Beauteous Grand Duchess Kyra Kyrilovna, daughter of His Majesty the Orthodox and Pious and Christ Loving, the Absolute Autocrat and Great Lord, Kyril Alexandrovich, Emperor of All the Russias, Tsar of Moscow, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan,-if Josef Stalin would only...
...countrymen but beats no rival drum. Quietly certain that Russia is on the down grade, he says: "I know for sure that I grew up in the epoch of the greatest Russian might, and of the full consciousness of it." Born the third son of impoverished country gentry, "Alexey Alexandrovich Arseniev" grew up in central Russia in an atmosphere of shabby nobility and melancholy decay. His father was an attractive spendthrift who lived on memories of the Crimean War, magniloquent hopes for the future, present delusions of his own practical sense. Alexey had the upbringing and the schooling...
Bespectacled Chartmaker Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin was born in Russia 45 years ago. His studies of violence have not been entirely academic. He was imprisoned thrice under the Tsarist regime for radicalism, thrice by the Bolshevists for conservatism. Sentenced to death, he was awaiting execution when the Communist Government relented, chased him out in 1922. Next year he came to the U. S., taught at the University of Minnesota, was naturalized in 1930, is now head of Harvard's Sociology Department. Chartmaker Nikolai Nikolaevich Golovine, 58, distinguished World War historian, was once a general staff officer of the Imperial Army...