Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian religious and political philosopher; Nikolai Bogomolov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman; Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician; Nikolai Bulganin (1895-1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence; Nikolai Chernykh (1931-2004), Russian astronomer

Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ForMemRS, HFRSE (Russian: Николай Иванович Вавилов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf] (); 25 November [O.S. 13 November] 1887 – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. He devoted his life to the study and improvement of wheat ...

Pierre de Frédy was born in Paris on 1 January 1863, into an aristocratic family. He was the fourth child of Baron Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin and Marie–Marcelle Gigault de Crisenoy. Family tradition held that the Frédy name had first arrived in France in the early 15th century, and the first recorded title of nobility granted to the family was given by Louis XI to an ...

Biography. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was born in the city of Tus in medieval Khorasan (northeastern Iran) in the year 1201 and began his studies at an early age.In Hamadan and Tus he studied the Quran, hadith, Ja'fari jurisprudence, logic, philosophy, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy.. He was born into a Shī‘ah family and lost his father at a young age.

A minor planet, 2577 Litva, discovered in 1975 by a Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh is named after the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. See also. History of Lithuania; People's Seimas; People's Government of Lithuania; Lithuanian People's Army; Notes ...

In 1977, a minor planet, 3461 Mandelstam, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, was named after him. On 28 October 1987, during the administration of Mikhail Gorbachev, Mandelstam was also exonerated from the 1934 charges and thus fully rehabilitated. In 1998, a monument was put up in Vladivostok in his memory.

The Battle of Borodino (Russian pronunciation: [bərədʲɪˈno]) took place near the village of Borodino on 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army with casualties in a ratio 3:4, but failed to gain a decisive victory. Napoleon fought against General Mikhail Kutuzov, whom the Emperor …

Coventry (/ ˈ k ɒ v ən t r i / KOV-ən-tree or / ˈ k ʌ v-/ KUV-) is a city in the West Midlands, England.It is on the River Sherbourne.Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The conurbation consists of the Coventry and Bedworth Urban Area, the 20th largest in the country; the city is governed by ...

Veliky Novgorod (Russian: Великий Новгород, lit. 'Great Newtown', Russian pronunciation: [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət]), also known as just Novgorod (Новгород), is the largest city and administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia.It is one of the oldest cities in Russia, being first mentioned in the 9th century. The city lies along the Volkhov River just ...

El 22 de septiembre de 1973, pocos días después del asesinato de Víctor Jara, el astrónomo y astrofísico soviético Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, en la ciudad científica de Nauchnyj , bautizó como (2644) Victor Jara a un asteroide del cinturón principal descubierto por él.