Word: nikolais
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sequence after sequence can only be discussed in terms of painterly composition. There is constant visual counterpoint between the lines of the palace walls and the positions of the actors' bodies; Nikolai Cherkassov (Ivan) moves elegantly and always in such a studied way that the complements the total geometry of the scene. Standing on the ramparts of a fortress he gestures formally to the double, symmetrically snaking line of Muscovites in the distance. His hand, directly in the foreground and at right angles to the leaders of the crowd, effects a marvelously heightened feeling of perspective which, in turn, enhances...
Died. Metropolitan Nikolai, 69, ambitious No. 2 prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church, a tireless purveyor of Soviet propaganda who peppered his worldwide peregrinations with anti-American oratory, was once identified as a Soviet state security agent; of a heart attack; in Moscow...
High living by confederates also tipped police to the family-operated lipstick factory of Nikolai Kotlyar, who converted the basement of a house in the Moscow district of Ostankino into a miniature plant. Helped by wife, daughter and nephew, Kotlyar installed lipstick molds, mixed batter identical to the popular Ausma brand manufactured in Riga. Soon he persuaded Ausma officials-for a price-that competition was wasteful, and began importing the authentic recipes and lipstick tubes direct from the maker. When Kotlyar was nabbed, he had invested his lipstick loot in precious gems, gold and state bonds worth more than...
...Khrushchev, trying to make the West believe he's a nice fellow, does not find that kind of truth palatable right now. So everyone on the Moscow stage denounced Molotov and agreed that he had never been any good, anyway. Back in 1937, reported Party Control Chairman Nikolai Shvernik. Molotov had been so "extremely cynical'' that when his car accidentally skidded off a Siberian road, Molotov demanded and got the conviction of a group of guiltless persons on charges of attempted assassination...
Selected Tales, by Nikolai Leskov. The brilliance of this 19th century Russian author is still to be discovered by most Western readers; this collection shows him to be a taleteller of eloquence and subtle power...