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Nikki Tilroe Nikki Tilroe (born December 26, 1941 - died September 1, 2005) was an American performer and puppeteer who worked extensively in Canada. She is best known for her work as the "Mime Lady" on the children's television series Today's Special.
Nikki van der Zyl Nikki van der Zyl (also known as Monica van der Zyl) is a voice-actress most famous for providing the voice of Ursula Andress in the movie Dr. No (Diana Coupland, however, provided the singing voice of Ursula Andress).
Nikki Walker Nikki Walker (born 5 March 1982 in Aberdeen) is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for the Ospreys and Scotland.Although he hasn't played for Scotland since his 3rd cap against Fiji in 2002, Nikki Walker has cemented a regular starting place with The Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium.
Nikki Yanofsky Nikki Yanofsky (born 1994) is a young jazz singer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Possessing an unusual talent for a singer of her age (having been compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin she has performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival], at various events alongside well-known artists such as [[Oliver Jones, and performing the national anthems for the Montreal Canadiens.
NikkĹŤ (priest) NikkĹŤ (ć—Ąč) (1246-1333), also known as NikkĹŤ ShĹŤnin, is the founder of a major branch of Nichiren Buddhism that includes the present-day Nichiren Shoshu school of Japanese Buddhism. His full Buddhist name was Hawaki-bĹŤ Byakuren Ajari NikkĹŤ (äĽŻč€†ćż ç™˝č“®éżé—Ťć˘¨ ć—Ąč).
Nikkō Tōshō-gū Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa line of shoguns in Japan. Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, while Ieyasu's son Hidetada was shogun, it was enlarged during the time of the third shogun, Iemitsu.
Nikkō, Tochigi is a city located in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Located about 140 km to the North of Tokyo, it is a popular destination for Japanese and international tourists, housing the mausoleum of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (Nikkō Tōshō-gū) and that of his grandson Iemitsu, as well as the Futarasan Jinja, a shrine which dates to the year 767.
Nikko Fir Nikko Fir (Abies homolepis, in japanese ウă©ă‚¸ăă˘ăź, urajiro-momi) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern HonshĹ« and Shikoku, Japan. It grows at altitudes of 700-2,200 m, often in temperate rain forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers, and heavy winter snowfall.
Nikky Blond Nikky Blond (born March 9, 1981) is a Hungarian porn star also known as Nikki Blond, Nikky Blonde, Nicky Blond, Nicki Blonde, Niki Blonde, Marianna, Marianna Gray, Marie Anne. She started working in the porn industry in 1999 and appeared in over 100 movies.
Niklas Andersson Per Niklas Andersson (born May 20, 1971 in Kungalv, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player. He plays forward, mostly as a left winger, and has spent time with several National Hockey League teams as well as playing professionally in Europe.
Niklas Florence Christensen NFC born Niklas Florence Christensen (12/5 1969 in Lyngby, died 31/12 2002 in Holbæk) Danish poet and selfpromoter. NFC has since his debut in 1998 been one of the most productive poets in the danish spoken word scene.
Niklas Hogner Niklas Hogner (born September 29, 1984, in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish pairs figure skater. Until 2003, he competed as a singles skater, winning four Swedish junior national titles and competing at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Niklas Isfeldt Niklas Isfeldt, born January 5 1966 in Sweden, is the lead singer for the Swedish power metal band, Dream Evil. He had previously worked as a session/backing vocalist, contributing to recordings by Throne of Chaos and HammerFall, as well as being part of the the mysterious underground band Pure X.
Niklas Lindgren Kurt Niklas Lindgren (born July 26, 1972, in Hörnefors, Umeå Municipality), known in the media prior to his arrestment as Hagamannen ("The Haga Man"), is a convicted Swedish serial rapist. Lindgren was convicted in 2006 for nine cases of sexual assaults, out of which two were labeled as attempted murder, in the city of Umeå from 1998 to 2005.
Niklas Luhmann Niklas Luhmann (December 8, 1927 - November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, administration expert, and social systems theorist, as well as one the most prominent modern day thinkers in the sociological systems theory.
Niklas Meinert Niklas Meinert (born May 1, 1981 in Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who plays for HTC Stuttgarter Kickers. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team on March 23, 2003 in a friendly match against Pakistan in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Niklas Sundin Niklas Sundin, born August 13 1974 in Sweden, is the guitarist of Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote the lyrics for the first Dark Tranquillity albums and the first two In Flames albums and continued to translate In Flames vocalist Anders Friden's lyrics from Swedish to English for the next few albums until Anders could work on his English.
Niklas Sundström Niklas Sundström (born June 6 1975, in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player who started his professional career in MODO Hockey. He was drafted eighth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.
Niklas Willén Niklas Olov Willén (born 30 March 1961 in Täby) is a Swedish conductor. Born in Täby, outside Stockholm, he studied conducting and composition at the Royal College of Music, where his conducting teachers were Professor Jorma Panula and Kjell Ingebretson and his composition tutors were Ingvar Karkoff and Daniel Boertz.
Niklashausen Niklashausen is a district in the German municipality of Werbach, located in the federal state of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg at the border to Bavaria, Germany. The regional dialect spoken by people in Niklashausen is Franconian.
Niklaus Dachselhofer Niklaus Dachselhofer (November 18 1595 – February 12 1670, sometimes given as "Daxelhofer") was a Swiss politician in Berne. He became a member of the city parliament (Grosser Rat) in 1628 and one year later also a member of the city council (Kleiner Rat).
Niklaus Meienberg Niklaus Meienberg (May 11 1940 - September 22 1993) was a Swiss writer and investigative journalist, that achieved a national reputation as an intransigent muckraker. He appeared as a revenger, that sees through myths and power.
Niklaus Wirth Niklaus E. Wirth (born February 15, 1934) is a Swiss computer scientist, best known for designing several programming languages, including Pascal, and for pioneering several classic topics in software engineering.
Niko (animated) Niko is a fictional character from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, a 1980s animated science-fiction western. Niko is a member of the Galaxy Rangers, an Earth-based interstellar law enforcement organization.
Niko Koutouvides Niko Stelios Koutouvides (born March 25, 1981 to Stelios and Niki Koutouvides in Plainville, Connecticut) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was selected with the 20th pick of the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Purdue University.
Niko Miljanić Dr. Niko Miljanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Нико Миљанић) (1892 – 1957) a Serbian anatomist and surgeon, was one of the founders of the Medical Faculty in Belgrade, which is today a part of the University of Belgrade, and has held the first lecture on the newly formed faculty in 1920.
Niko Nawaikula Niko Nawaikula is a Fijian politician, who was appointed to the House of Representatives on 22 June 2005. The Conservative Alliance (CAMV) candidate was declared elected unopposed, after the only other candidate, Ratu Osea Vakalalabure of the United Fiji Party (SDL) withdrew from the contest, thus averting the scheduled byelection.
Niko Nikoladze Niko Nikoladze () (27 September, 1843, – 5 June, 1928) was a notable Georgian publicist, pro-Western enlightener, and public figure primarily known for his contributions to the development of Georgian liberal journalism and his involvement in various economic and social projects of that time.
Niko Nirvi Niko Nirvi is a long-term major icon in the Finnish gaming world. He is well known for writing computer game reviews since the 1980s in MikroBitti, C and the computer game yearbooks that were predecessors of the Pelit magazine.
Niko the Boer Niko the Boer was a name of Georgian Prince Niko Bagrationi (in Georgian: áśáá™áť á‘áá’á áá˘ááťáśá; Nikolai Bagration, Николай Багратион, in Russian) (1868-1933) under which he took part in the Second Boer War (Anglo-Boer War).
Nikodim Kondakov [(or Nikodeme) Pavlovich Kondakov (; November 1 (13)], [[1844, village of Khalan, Kursk Guberniya, Russia–February 17, 1925, Prague, Czechoslovakia), was a Russian historian, specialist in history of Byzantine art. Attended Moscow University under Fedor Buslaev in 1861–1865.
Nikola Jurišić Nikola Jurišić (Hungarian: Miklós Jurisics, often also Jurisich) (c. 1490 in Senj, Croatia - 1545 in Kőszeg, Hungary) was a Croatian nobleman who led the armies of the territory of the Military Frontier in defense against Turkish attacks.
Nikola Karev Nikola Karev (1877, Krushevo, present day Republic of Macedonia - 27 April 1905, Raychani, near Kochani, present day Republic of Macedonia) was a Macedonian revolutionary, a member and a local leader of what later became known as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Karev was also a socialist and a member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party.
Nikola LjubiÄŤić Nikola LjubiÄŤić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола ЉŃбичић; born in the village of Karan near UĹľice on April 4, 1916; died in Belgrade on April 13, 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982-1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984-1989), and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (1967-1982). He received numerous medals both from Yugoslavia and abroad, including the Order of the National Hero of Yugoslavia.
Nikola Ĺ ećeroski Nikola Ĺ ećeroski (Никола ШећероŃки) was a contraversial candidate for Serbian presidency. He was born in 1934 in RadoĹľda, a village on the shore of Lake Ohrid in the south-west of Yugoslavia, now the Republic of Macedonia.
Nikola Milojević Nikola Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола МилоŃевић) (born April 16, 1981 in Mladenovac, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player who, as of 2004 is playing for FK Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula.
Nikola Milošević (politician) Professor Nikola Milošević (1929-2007) was one of the founders of the Democratic Party in Serbia in December 1989. He was also the founder of the Serbian Liberal Party which split away from the Democratic Party towards the end of 1990.
Nikola Moravčević Nicholas Moravcevich (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Моравчевић) is a university professor, critic and writer. He was born in a family of Serbian officer of Yugoslav Royal Army in Zagreb, on December 10 1935.
Nikola Nikezić Nikola Nikezic (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Никезић) (born June 13, 1981) is a Montenegrin football player who is, as of 2006 playing for ND Gorica. He also played for NK Domžale and FK Sutjeska Nikšić.
Nikola Tesla elementary school, Novi Sad Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола ТеŃла) is an elementary school located in the city of Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Specifically, it is located at Futoški put (Futog Road) 25a, in the city quarter Telep.
Nikola Tesla in popular culture Nikola Tesla has appeared in popular culture as a character in books, films, comics and video games. The lack of recognition received by Tesla despite his genius has made him a tragic and inspirational character well suited to dramatic fiction.
Nikola Tesla Museum The Nikola Tesla Museum (Serbian: ĐśŃĐ·ĐµŃ ĐťĐ˝ĐşĐľĐ»Đµ ТеŃле / Muzej Nikole Tesle) is located in the central area of Belgrade and has more than 160,000 original documents, above 2,000 books and journals, above 1,200 historical technical exhibits, above 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, above 1,000 plans and drawings.
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (ВиŃŃе военноморŃко Ńчилище „Никола Вапцаров“) is the naval academy of Bulgaria and the most authoritative centre of maritime personnel education in the country. Based in the Black Sea port of Varna, it has its roots in the Naval Machinery School established in 1881 in Rousse to serve the Danube Naval Fleet.
Nikola Zrinski Nikola Zrinski or MiklĂłs ZrĂnyi (Croatian: Nikola Zrinski, Hungarian: ZrĂnyi MiklĂłs; January 5, 1620–November 18, 1664) was a Croatian and Hungarian warrior, statesman and poet, member of the Zrinski noble family.
Nikola, Crown Prince of Montenegro Prince Nikola of Montenegro (born 7 July, 1944) is the pretender to the throne of Montenegro. Known to his supporters as Nikola II, Nikola was born in Saint-Nicolas du Pélem, France and is the hereditary Grand Master of the Dynastic Order of Danilo I and House Order of St.
Nikolaas Tinbergen Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen (April 15, 1907 – December 21, 1988) was a Dutch ethologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns in animals.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (НиколаĚĐą ĐлекŃаĚндрович МороĚзов) (July 7, 1854 – July 30, 1946) was a Russian poet, scientist and revolutionary. The asteroid 1210 Morosovia is named in his honour.
Nikolai Amosov Nikolai Amosov (December 6, 1913 - December 12, 2002) was a groundbreaking Ukrainian heart surgeon, inventor, best-selling author, and exercise enthusiast, known for his inventions of several innovative surgical procedures for treating heart defects. He was considered the Father of biomedical and psychological cybernetics.
Nikolai Anikin Nikolai Petrovich Anikin () (born January 25 1932 in Ishim) was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950's and early 1960's, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He earned three medals at the Winter Olympics with two medals in the 4 x 10 km relay (gold: 1956, bronze: 1960) and a bronze in the 30 km (1960)
Nikolai Baibakov Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov (born March 6, 1911 in Baku, Azerbaijan) was a Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor. He finished the secondary school in 1928 and entered Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute.
Nikolai Berzarin Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin (Russian Николай ĐраŃтович Берзарин) (born April 1, 1904 in St. Petersburg, died June 16, 1945 in Berlin) was the first Soviet commander of Berlin after World War II.
Nikolai Bird Nikolai Stephen Bird (March 12, 1971) is a contemporary artist living and working in England. He is best known for his pop art style of simple two tone paintings mostly of popular 20th century icons he calls this style Artisu, and has founded the Artisu gallery.
Nikolai Borschevsky Nikolai Borschevsky (born January 12, 1965 in Tomsk, Russia) is a retired professional ice hockey player from Russia. Nicknamed "Stick" due to his diminutive frame, he was a star in the Soviet Union and went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars.
Nikolai Brashman Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman (June 14, 1796 – May 13, 1866) was a mathematician of Czech birth who practised mostly in Russia. He was a student of Joseph Johann Littrow, and the advisor of Pafnuty Chebyshev.
Nikolai Bryukhanov Nikolai Pavlovich Bryukhanov (Russian: Николай Павлович Брюханов; last name sometimes transliterated as Briukhanov; party aliases - Andrey and Andrey Simbirsky; literary alias - N. Pavlov) (December 28, 1878 (New Style), Simbirsk - September 1, 1938) was a Soviet statesman and political figure who served as People's Commissar of Finances between 1926 and 1930.
Nikolai Budarin Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Đ‘Ńдарин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station.
Nikolai Buchatskii Nikolai Buchatskii is a human rights activist and opposition politician in Transnistria. Along with former presidential candidate Alexander Radchenko he is the co-founder of Man and His Rights (Chelovek i Ego Prava), the only human rights newspaper in the region.
Nikolai Burdenko Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko () ( – 11 November 1946) was a Russian surgeon, the founder of the Russian neurosurgery. He was a Head surgeon of the Red Army (1937-1946), an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1939), an academician and the first president of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, (1944-1946), a Hero of Socialist Labor (from 1943), colonel-general of medicine, Stalin Prize-winner (1941).
Nikolai Dante Nikolai Dante is the eponymous hero of a comics series published in the weekly British science fiction anthology 2000 AD. Created by writer Robbie Morrison and artist Simon Fraser, Dante first appeared in 1997.
Nikolai Demyanov Nikolai Yakovlevich Demyanov (, also transliterated as Demjanov, Demjanow) (, Tver — March 19, 1938, Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian organic chemist, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929), internationally known for the Demjanov rearrangement organic reaction and other discoveries.
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), a serial killer operating in 1980, known as “Metal Fang” (for his unusual false teeth made from white metal) in the Soviet Union republic, Kazakhstan. A cannibal, he would often kill his women victims with an axe, carve the meat and serve it to his friends at suppers.
Nikolai Efimov Nikolai Vladimirovich Efimov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Ефимов)(31 May 1910, Orenburg –– 16 October 1982, Moscow) was a Russian mathematician. He is most famous for his work on generalized Hilbert's problem on surfaces of negative curvature.
Nikolai Erdman Nikolay Robertovich Erdman ( — 10 August, 1970) was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s. His plays, notably The Suicide (1928), form a link in Russian literary history between the satirical drama of Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Nikolai Essen Nikolai Ottovich Essen (Russian: Николай Оттович ĐŃŃен) (December 11(23), 1860, Petersburg - May 7(20), 1915, Tallinn) was a Russian naval commander and admiral of German ethnicity. He was commander of the Russian squadron at the Battle off Ulsan in the Russo-Japanese war.
Nikolai Fomenko Nikolai Fomenko (b. April 30, 1962) is a Russian musician, comic actor and motor racer, who started his career in the music group Secret, immensely popular in the mid-1980s, but later became a leading showman on the Russian TV.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (; surname also Anglicized as "Fedorov") (June 9, 1829–December 28, 1903) was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part of the Russian cosmism movement and philosophy of Transhumanism. Fyodorov advocated radical life extension using scientific methods, human immortality and resurrection of dead people.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin (Russian: Николай Федорович ВатŃтин) (December 16, 1901, Voronezh Province (now in Kursk Province), Russian Empire - April 14, 1944, Kiev, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) was a Soviet military commander of World War II. His story reflects the rebirth of the Red Army during WWII.
Nikolai Gastello Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello (, May 6 1908 - June 26 1941), Russian aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the first Soviet pilot to conduct a "fire taran" - a suicide attack by an aircraft on a ground target.
Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol ( IPA: ) (April 1, 1809 — March 4, 1852) was a Ukrainian born Russian writer. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian heritage and upbringing, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature.
Nikolai Golitsyn Knyaz (Prince) Nikolai Dmitrievich Galitsyn () (April 12, 1850 - July 2, 1925) was a member of the Galitzine family. He was the last Tsarist prime minister of Russia from January 1917 until his government fell during the revolution of March 1917, when the Tsar was also forced to abdicate.
Nikolai Cherkasov Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov (Russian Николай КонŃтантинович ЧеркаŃов), (July 27, 1903 – September 14, 1966), was a Soviet actor. From 1919 he was a mime artist in Petrograd's Maryinsky Theatre, the Bolshoi Theatre and elsewhere.
Nikolai Chernyshevsky Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (Russian: Николай Гаврилович ЧерныŃевŃкий) (July 12, 1828 - October 17, 1889) was a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist (seen by some as a utopian socialist). He was the leader of the revolutionary democratic movement of the 1860s, and was an influence on Vladimir Lenin and Emma Goldman.
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Đванович ĐšŃзнецов) (July 27 1911–March 9 1944) (pseudonym - Grachev) was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in occupied Ukraine during World War II.
Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura (Николай Đванович ШакŃра) was born in Belarus SSR on October 7, 1945. He is the head of the relativistic astrophysics department at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University.
Nikolai Kardashev Nikolai Semenovich Kardashev (НиколаĚĐą Семёнович КардаŃёв) (born April 25, 1932) is a Russian astrophysicist, and is the deputy director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
Nikolai Karetnikov Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov (Russian: Николáй Николáeвич Карéтников), (June 30, 1930, Moscow – October 10, 1994, Moscow) was a Russian composer of the so-called Underground – alternative or nonconformist group in Soviet music.
Nikolai Khabibulin Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulin (Russian Николай Đванович ХабибŃлин, Nikolaj IvanoviÄŤ Chabibulin; born January 13, 1973 in Sverdlovsk, USSR, now Yekaterinburg, Russia), nicknamed "the Bulin Wall", is a goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks. He is considered to be one of the best goalies in the NHL, as evidenced by his four appearances in the NHL All-Star Game.
Nikolai Korndorf Nikolai Sergeevich Korndorf (Russian: Николáй Сергéевич Корндóрф, January 23, 1947 Moscow, USSR – May 30 , 2001 Vancouver, Canada) was a Russian and Canadian (from 1991) composer and conductor. He was prolific both in Moscow, Russia and in Vancouver, Canada.
Nikolai Korotkov Nikolai Sergeievich Korotkov (also Korotkoff) (February 13, 1874–1920) was a pioneer of 20th century vascular surgery and developed a technique for measuring blood pressure in 1905. He was physician-in-chief of the Metchnikov Hospital in Leningrad until his death in 1920.
Nikolai Krestinsky Nikolai Nikolaevich Krestinsky (Николай Николаевич КреŃтинŃкий) (October 13, 1883 - March 15, 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician. According to Vyacheslav Molotov (see Chuev, Felix (ed), Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics, 1993, Dee Ivan Inc), Krestinsky's family had converted from Judaism to Eastern Orthodoxy.
Nikolai Krylenko Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko (Russian: Николай ВаŃильевич Крыленко) (May 2 1885, Bekhteevo (Бехтеево), Smolensk region, Russian Empire – July 29 1938, Moscow) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician.
Nikolai Kudryavtsev Nikolai Alexandrovich Kudryavtsev (Opochka, October 21, 1893 - Leningrad, December 12, 1971) was a Russian petroleum geologist. He is the founding father of modern abiogenic theory for origin of petroleum, which states that petroleum is formed from non-biological sources of hydrocarbons located deep in the Earth's crust and mantle.
Nikolai Legat Nikolai Gustavovich Legat (also spelled Nicholas or Nicolai, 1869 - 1937) was a dancer with the Russian Imperial Ballet from 1888 to 1914 and was the main successor to the roles of the great ballet dancer, Pavel Gerdt.
Nikolai Leonov Nikolai Sergeyevich Leonov (born August 22, 1928) is a Russian nationalist politician and was a senior KGB officer and Latin America expert in the USSR. In 1953, at the age of 25, Leonov was posted to Mexico City, where he learned Spanish at the Autonomous University.
Nikolai Luzin Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin, (December 9,1883, Irkutsk – January 28,1950, Moscow), was a Soviet/Russian mathematician. He was noted for his work in descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology.
Nikolai Markovnikov Nikolai Vladimirovich Markovnikov, also spelled Morkovnikov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Марковников (Морковников)) (1869, Kazan - 1942, location of death unknown) was a Russian architect and archaeologist, chief architect of the Moscow Kremlin in 1914-1919.
Nikolai Mezentsov Nikolai Vladimirovich Mezentsov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Мезенцов; April 4/23 (OS/NS), 1827 – August 4/16 (OS/NS), 1878) was a Russian statesman, adjutant general (1871) and member of the State Council of Imperial Russia (1877).
Nikolai Minsky Nikolai Minsky and Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky (Russian: Николай МакŃимович МинŃкий) are pseudonyms of Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855-1937), a mystical writer and poet of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
Nikolai Moiseev Nikolai Dmitriyevich Moiseev (Николай Дмитриевич МоиŃеев in Russian) (December 3(16), 1902, Perm, - December 6, 1955, Moscow) was a Soviet astronomer and expert in celestial mechanics. In 1938 he became the chairman of the department of celestial mechanics at Moscow State University and worked on this position until his death.
Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (ru: Николай Яковлевич МяŃковŃкий, also transliterated as Miaskovskii or Miaskovsky) (April 20,1881 – August 8,1950) was a Russian composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "father of the Soviet symphony".
Nikolai Mylnikov Nikolai Mylnikov was a Russian painter active during the nineteenth century. His only surviving works appear to be a series of portraits of citizens of Yaroslavl, currently held in the Yaroslavl Art Museum; these include several depictions of merchants and their wives and children, as well as a pair of portraits painted for a local landowner.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Krasovsky Nikolai Nikolaevich Krasovsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич КраŃовŃкий, born in 1924) is a prominent Russian mathematician who works in the mathematical theory of control, the theory of dynamical systems and the theory of differential games. He is the author of Krasovskii-LaSalle principle and the chief of the Ural scientific school in mathematical theory of control and the theory of differential games.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov () (July 8 1892 - July 30 1944) was a Soviet aircraft designer, known as "King of Fighters". He designed the I-15 series of fighters, and the I-16 Ishak ( phonetically close to its designation) "Little Donkey" fighter.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich (Николай Николаевич Юденич) (July 18 ,1862 (July 30, New Style ) – October 5, 1933), was the most successful general of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was later a leader of the counterrevolution in Northwestern Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920.
Nikolai of Japan Saint Nikolai, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, Nikolai Kasatkin, born Ivan Dimitrovich Kasatkin (August 1 (August 13 in the Gregorian calendar), 1836 - February 16, 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and saint. He introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan.
Nikolai Ogarkov Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov () (October 30, 1917 in village Molokovo, near Tver - January 23, 1994), was appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1984 he was the head of the General Staff of the USSR.
Nikolai Parfionov Nikolai Parfionov (born May 25, 1976) is a Russian nordic combined athlete who competed from 1998 to 2002. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau and finished 25th in the 7.
Nikolai Patrushev Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev (Russian: Николай Платонович ПатрŃŃев) (born July 11 1951) is the current Director of the Russian FSB, the successor organization of the KGB. He was born in Leningrad and graduated from Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, where worked as an engineer at his department until 1974.
Nikolai Pilchikov Nikolai Dmitriyevich Pilchikov (1857-1908) was a Ukrainian physicist, inventor, and geologist. He discovered the phenomenon of electronic photography and determined it's principles, conducted fundamental research of atmospheric ionisation and light polarisation, designed many ingenious devices and appliances, many of which carry his name, including the prototype of the modern protective suit for astronauts.
Nikolai Podvoisky Nikolai Ilyich Podvoisky (Russian: Николай Đльич ПодвойŃкий) (February 4 (16), 1880 - July 28, 1948) was a Soviet statesman. He played a large role in the Russian Revolution and wrote many articles for the Soviet newspaper Krasnaya Gazeta, and wrote History of the Russian Revolution.
Nikki van der Zyl Nikki van der Zyl (also known as Monica van der Zyl) is a voice-actress most famous for providing the voice of Ursula Andress in the movie Dr. No (Diana Coupland, however, provided the singing voice of Ursula Andress).
Nikki Walker Nikki Walker (born 5 March 1982 in Aberdeen) is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for the Ospreys and Scotland.Although he hasn't played for Scotland since his 3rd cap against Fiji in 2002, Nikki Walker has cemented a regular starting place with The Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium.
Nikki Yanofsky Nikki Yanofsky (born 1994) is a young jazz singer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Possessing an unusual talent for a singer of her age (having been compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin she has performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival], at various events alongside well-known artists such as [[Oliver Jones, and performing the national anthems for the Montreal Canadiens.
NikkĹŤ (priest) NikkĹŤ (ć—Ąč) (1246-1333), also known as NikkĹŤ ShĹŤnin, is the founder of a major branch of Nichiren Buddhism that includes the present-day Nichiren Shoshu school of Japanese Buddhism. His full Buddhist name was Hawaki-bĹŤ Byakuren Ajari NikkĹŤ (äĽŻč€†ćż ç™˝č“®éżé—Ťć˘¨ ć—Ąč).
Nikkō Tōshō-gū Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa line of shoguns in Japan. Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, while Ieyasu's son Hidetada was shogun, it was enlarged during the time of the third shogun, Iemitsu.
Nikkō, Tochigi is a city located in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Located about 140 km to the North of Tokyo, it is a popular destination for Japanese and international tourists, housing the mausoleum of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (Nikkō Tōshō-gū) and that of his grandson Iemitsu, as well as the Futarasan Jinja, a shrine which dates to the year 767.
Nikko Fir Nikko Fir (Abies homolepis, in japanese ウă©ă‚¸ăă˘ăź, urajiro-momi) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern HonshĹ« and Shikoku, Japan. It grows at altitudes of 700-2,200 m, often in temperate rain forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers, and heavy winter snowfall.
Nikky Blond Nikky Blond (born March 9, 1981) is a Hungarian porn star also known as Nikki Blond, Nikky Blonde, Nicky Blond, Nicki Blonde, Niki Blonde, Marianna, Marianna Gray, Marie Anne. She started working in the porn industry in 1999 and appeared in over 100 movies.
Niklas Andersson Per Niklas Andersson (born May 20, 1971 in Kungalv, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player. He plays forward, mostly as a left winger, and has spent time with several National Hockey League teams as well as playing professionally in Europe.
Niklas Florence Christensen NFC born Niklas Florence Christensen (12/5 1969 in Lyngby, died 31/12 2002 in Holbæk) Danish poet and selfpromoter. NFC has since his debut in 1998 been one of the most productive poets in the danish spoken word scene.
Niklas Hogner Niklas Hogner (born September 29, 1984, in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish pairs figure skater. Until 2003, he competed as a singles skater, winning four Swedish junior national titles and competing at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Niklas Isfeldt Niklas Isfeldt, born January 5 1966 in Sweden, is the lead singer for the Swedish power metal band, Dream Evil. He had previously worked as a session/backing vocalist, contributing to recordings by Throne of Chaos and HammerFall, as well as being part of the the mysterious underground band Pure X.
Niklas Lindgren Kurt Niklas Lindgren (born July 26, 1972, in Hörnefors, Umeå Municipality), known in the media prior to his arrestment as Hagamannen ("The Haga Man"), is a convicted Swedish serial rapist. Lindgren was convicted in 2006 for nine cases of sexual assaults, out of which two were labeled as attempted murder, in the city of Umeå from 1998 to 2005.
Niklas Luhmann Niklas Luhmann (December 8, 1927 - November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, administration expert, and social systems theorist, as well as one the most prominent modern day thinkers in the sociological systems theory.
Niklas Meinert Niklas Meinert (born May 1, 1981 in Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who plays for HTC Stuttgarter Kickers. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team on March 23, 2003 in a friendly match against Pakistan in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Niklas Sundin Niklas Sundin, born August 13 1974 in Sweden, is the guitarist of Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote the lyrics for the first Dark Tranquillity albums and the first two In Flames albums and continued to translate In Flames vocalist Anders Friden's lyrics from Swedish to English for the next few albums until Anders could work on his English.
Niklas Sundström Niklas Sundström (born June 6 1975, in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player who started his professional career in MODO Hockey. He was drafted eighth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.
Niklas Willén Niklas Olov Willén (born 30 March 1961 in Täby) is a Swedish conductor. Born in Täby, outside Stockholm, he studied conducting and composition at the Royal College of Music, where his conducting teachers were Professor Jorma Panula and Kjell Ingebretson and his composition tutors were Ingvar Karkoff and Daniel Boertz.
Niklashausen Niklashausen is a district in the German municipality of Werbach, located in the federal state of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg at the border to Bavaria, Germany. The regional dialect spoken by people in Niklashausen is Franconian.
Niklaus Dachselhofer Niklaus Dachselhofer (November 18 1595 – February 12 1670, sometimes given as "Daxelhofer") was a Swiss politician in Berne. He became a member of the city parliament (Grosser Rat) in 1628 and one year later also a member of the city council (Kleiner Rat).
Niklaus Meienberg Niklaus Meienberg (May 11 1940 - September 22 1993) was a Swiss writer and investigative journalist, that achieved a national reputation as an intransigent muckraker. He appeared as a revenger, that sees through myths and power.
Niklaus Wirth Niklaus E. Wirth (born February 15, 1934) is a Swiss computer scientist, best known for designing several programming languages, including Pascal, and for pioneering several classic topics in software engineering.
Niko (animated) Niko is a fictional character from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, a 1980s animated science-fiction western. Niko is a member of the Galaxy Rangers, an Earth-based interstellar law enforcement organization.
Niko Koutouvides Niko Stelios Koutouvides (born March 25, 1981 to Stelios and Niki Koutouvides in Plainville, Connecticut) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was selected with the 20th pick of the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Purdue University.
Niko Miljanić Dr. Niko Miljanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Нико Миљанић) (1892 – 1957) a Serbian anatomist and surgeon, was one of the founders of the Medical Faculty in Belgrade, which is today a part of the University of Belgrade, and has held the first lecture on the newly formed faculty in 1920.
Niko Nawaikula Niko Nawaikula is a Fijian politician, who was appointed to the House of Representatives on 22 June 2005. The Conservative Alliance (CAMV) candidate was declared elected unopposed, after the only other candidate, Ratu Osea Vakalalabure of the United Fiji Party (SDL) withdrew from the contest, thus averting the scheduled byelection.
Niko Nikoladze Niko Nikoladze () (27 September, 1843, – 5 June, 1928) was a notable Georgian publicist, pro-Western enlightener, and public figure primarily known for his contributions to the development of Georgian liberal journalism and his involvement in various economic and social projects of that time.
Niko Nirvi Niko Nirvi is a long-term major icon in the Finnish gaming world. He is well known for writing computer game reviews since the 1980s in MikroBitti, C and the computer game yearbooks that were predecessors of the Pelit magazine.
Niko the Boer Niko the Boer was a name of Georgian Prince Niko Bagrationi (in Georgian: áśáá™áť á‘áá’á áá˘ááťáśá; Nikolai Bagration, Николай Багратион, in Russian) (1868-1933) under which he took part in the Second Boer War (Anglo-Boer War).
Nikodim Kondakov [(or Nikodeme) Pavlovich Kondakov (; November 1 (13)], [[1844, village of Khalan, Kursk Guberniya, Russia–February 17, 1925, Prague, Czechoslovakia), was a Russian historian, specialist in history of Byzantine art. Attended Moscow University under Fedor Buslaev in 1861–1865.
Nikola Jurišić Nikola Jurišić (Hungarian: Miklós Jurisics, often also Jurisich) (c. 1490 in Senj, Croatia - 1545 in Kőszeg, Hungary) was a Croatian nobleman who led the armies of the territory of the Military Frontier in defense against Turkish attacks.
Nikola Karev Nikola Karev (1877, Krushevo, present day Republic of Macedonia - 27 April 1905, Raychani, near Kochani, present day Republic of Macedonia) was a Macedonian revolutionary, a member and a local leader of what later became known as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Karev was also a socialist and a member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party.
Nikola LjubiÄŤić Nikola LjubiÄŤić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола ЉŃбичић; born in the village of Karan near UĹľice on April 4, 1916; died in Belgrade on April 13, 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982-1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984-1989), and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (1967-1982). He received numerous medals both from Yugoslavia and abroad, including the Order of the National Hero of Yugoslavia.
Nikola Ĺ ećeroski Nikola Ĺ ećeroski (Никола ШећероŃки) was a contraversial candidate for Serbian presidency. He was born in 1934 in RadoĹľda, a village on the shore of Lake Ohrid in the south-west of Yugoslavia, now the Republic of Macedonia.
Nikola Milojević Nikola Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола МилоŃевић) (born April 16, 1981 in Mladenovac, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player who, as of 2004 is playing for FK Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula.
Nikola Milošević (politician) Professor Nikola Milošević (1929-2007) was one of the founders of the Democratic Party in Serbia in December 1989. He was also the founder of the Serbian Liberal Party which split away from the Democratic Party towards the end of 1990.
Nikola Moravčević Nicholas Moravcevich (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Моравчевић) is a university professor, critic and writer. He was born in a family of Serbian officer of Yugoslav Royal Army in Zagreb, on December 10 1935.
Nikola Nikezić Nikola Nikezic (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Никезић) (born June 13, 1981) is a Montenegrin football player who is, as of 2006 playing for ND Gorica. He also played for NK Domžale and FK Sutjeska Nikšić.
Nikola Tesla elementary school, Novi Sad Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола ТеŃла) is an elementary school located in the city of Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Specifically, it is located at Futoški put (Futog Road) 25a, in the city quarter Telep.
Nikola Tesla in popular culture Nikola Tesla has appeared in popular culture as a character in books, films, comics and video games. The lack of recognition received by Tesla despite his genius has made him a tragic and inspirational character well suited to dramatic fiction.
Nikola Tesla Museum The Nikola Tesla Museum (Serbian: ĐśŃĐ·ĐµŃ ĐťĐ˝ĐşĐľĐ»Đµ ТеŃле / Muzej Nikole Tesle) is located in the central area of Belgrade and has more than 160,000 original documents, above 2,000 books and journals, above 1,200 historical technical exhibits, above 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, above 1,000 plans and drawings.
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (ВиŃŃе военноморŃко Ńчилище „Никола Вапцаров“) is the naval academy of Bulgaria and the most authoritative centre of maritime personnel education in the country. Based in the Black Sea port of Varna, it has its roots in the Naval Machinery School established in 1881 in Rousse to serve the Danube Naval Fleet.
Nikola Zrinski Nikola Zrinski or MiklĂłs ZrĂnyi (Croatian: Nikola Zrinski, Hungarian: ZrĂnyi MiklĂłs; January 5, 1620–November 18, 1664) was a Croatian and Hungarian warrior, statesman and poet, member of the Zrinski noble family.
Nikola, Crown Prince of Montenegro Prince Nikola of Montenegro (born 7 July, 1944) is the pretender to the throne of Montenegro. Known to his supporters as Nikola II, Nikola was born in Saint-Nicolas du Pélem, France and is the hereditary Grand Master of the Dynastic Order of Danilo I and House Order of St.
Nikolaas Tinbergen Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen (April 15, 1907 – December 21, 1988) was a Dutch ethologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns in animals.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (НиколаĚĐą ĐлекŃаĚндрович МороĚзов) (July 7, 1854 – July 30, 1946) was a Russian poet, scientist and revolutionary. The asteroid 1210 Morosovia is named in his honour.
Nikolai Amosov Nikolai Amosov (December 6, 1913 - December 12, 2002) was a groundbreaking Ukrainian heart surgeon, inventor, best-selling author, and exercise enthusiast, known for his inventions of several innovative surgical procedures for treating heart defects. He was considered the Father of biomedical and psychological cybernetics.
Nikolai Anikin Nikolai Petrovich Anikin () (born January 25 1932 in Ishim) was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950's and early 1960's, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He earned three medals at the Winter Olympics with two medals in the 4 x 10 km relay (gold: 1956, bronze: 1960) and a bronze in the 30 km (1960)
Nikolai Baibakov Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov (born March 6, 1911 in Baku, Azerbaijan) was a Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor. He finished the secondary school in 1928 and entered Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute.
Nikolai Berzarin Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin (Russian Николай ĐраŃтович Берзарин) (born April 1, 1904 in St. Petersburg, died June 16, 1945 in Berlin) was the first Soviet commander of Berlin after World War II.
Nikolai Bird Nikolai Stephen Bird (March 12, 1971) is a contemporary artist living and working in England. He is best known for his pop art style of simple two tone paintings mostly of popular 20th century icons he calls this style Artisu, and has founded the Artisu gallery.
Nikolai Borschevsky Nikolai Borschevsky (born January 12, 1965 in Tomsk, Russia) is a retired professional ice hockey player from Russia. Nicknamed "Stick" due to his diminutive frame, he was a star in the Soviet Union and went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars.
Nikolai Brashman Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman (June 14, 1796 – May 13, 1866) was a mathematician of Czech birth who practised mostly in Russia. He was a student of Joseph Johann Littrow, and the advisor of Pafnuty Chebyshev.
Nikolai Bryukhanov Nikolai Pavlovich Bryukhanov (Russian: Николай Павлович Брюханов; last name sometimes transliterated as Briukhanov; party aliases - Andrey and Andrey Simbirsky; literary alias - N. Pavlov) (December 28, 1878 (New Style), Simbirsk - September 1, 1938) was a Soviet statesman and political figure who served as People's Commissar of Finances between 1926 and 1930.
Nikolai Budarin Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Đ‘Ńдарин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station.
Nikolai Buchatskii Nikolai Buchatskii is a human rights activist and opposition politician in Transnistria. Along with former presidential candidate Alexander Radchenko he is the co-founder of Man and His Rights (Chelovek i Ego Prava), the only human rights newspaper in the region.
Nikolai Burdenko Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko () ( – 11 November 1946) was a Russian surgeon, the founder of the Russian neurosurgery. He was a Head surgeon of the Red Army (1937-1946), an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1939), an academician and the first president of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, (1944-1946), a Hero of Socialist Labor (from 1943), colonel-general of medicine, Stalin Prize-winner (1941).
Nikolai Dante Nikolai Dante is the eponymous hero of a comics series published in the weekly British science fiction anthology 2000 AD. Created by writer Robbie Morrison and artist Simon Fraser, Dante first appeared in 1997.
Nikolai Demyanov Nikolai Yakovlevich Demyanov (, also transliterated as Demjanov, Demjanow) (, Tver — March 19, 1938, Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian organic chemist, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929), internationally known for the Demjanov rearrangement organic reaction and other discoveries.
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), a serial killer operating in 1980, known as “Metal Fang” (for his unusual false teeth made from white metal) in the Soviet Union republic, Kazakhstan. A cannibal, he would often kill his women victims with an axe, carve the meat and serve it to his friends at suppers.
Nikolai Efimov Nikolai Vladimirovich Efimov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Ефимов)(31 May 1910, Orenburg –– 16 October 1982, Moscow) was a Russian mathematician. He is most famous for his work on generalized Hilbert's problem on surfaces of negative curvature.
Nikolai Erdman Nikolay Robertovich Erdman ( — 10 August, 1970) was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s. His plays, notably The Suicide (1928), form a link in Russian literary history between the satirical drama of Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Nikolai Essen Nikolai Ottovich Essen (Russian: Николай Оттович ĐŃŃен) (December 11(23), 1860, Petersburg - May 7(20), 1915, Tallinn) was a Russian naval commander and admiral of German ethnicity. He was commander of the Russian squadron at the Battle off Ulsan in the Russo-Japanese war.
Nikolai Fomenko Nikolai Fomenko (b. April 30, 1962) is a Russian musician, comic actor and motor racer, who started his career in the music group Secret, immensely popular in the mid-1980s, but later became a leading showman on the Russian TV.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (; surname also Anglicized as "Fedorov") (June 9, 1829–December 28, 1903) was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part of the Russian cosmism movement and philosophy of Transhumanism. Fyodorov advocated radical life extension using scientific methods, human immortality and resurrection of dead people.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin (Russian: Николай Федорович ВатŃтин) (December 16, 1901, Voronezh Province (now in Kursk Province), Russian Empire - April 14, 1944, Kiev, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) was a Soviet military commander of World War II. His story reflects the rebirth of the Red Army during WWII.
Nikolai Gastello Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello (, May 6 1908 - June 26 1941), Russian aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the first Soviet pilot to conduct a "fire taran" - a suicide attack by an aircraft on a ground target.
Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol ( IPA: ) (April 1, 1809 — March 4, 1852) was a Ukrainian born Russian writer. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian heritage and upbringing, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature.
Nikolai Golitsyn Knyaz (Prince) Nikolai Dmitrievich Galitsyn () (April 12, 1850 - July 2, 1925) was a member of the Galitzine family. He was the last Tsarist prime minister of Russia from January 1917 until his government fell during the revolution of March 1917, when the Tsar was also forced to abdicate.
Nikolai Cherkasov Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov (Russian Николай КонŃтантинович ЧеркаŃов), (July 27, 1903 – September 14, 1966), was a Soviet actor. From 1919 he was a mime artist in Petrograd's Maryinsky Theatre, the Bolshoi Theatre and elsewhere.
Nikolai Chernyshevsky Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (Russian: Николай Гаврилович ЧерныŃевŃкий) (July 12, 1828 - October 17, 1889) was a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist (seen by some as a utopian socialist). He was the leader of the revolutionary democratic movement of the 1860s, and was an influence on Vladimir Lenin and Emma Goldman.
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Đванович ĐšŃзнецов) (July 27 1911–March 9 1944) (pseudonym - Grachev) was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in occupied Ukraine during World War II.
Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura (Николай Đванович ШакŃра) was born in Belarus SSR on October 7, 1945. He is the head of the relativistic astrophysics department at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University.
Nikolai Kardashev Nikolai Semenovich Kardashev (НиколаĚĐą Семёнович КардаŃёв) (born April 25, 1932) is a Russian astrophysicist, and is the deputy director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
Nikolai Karetnikov Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov (Russian: Николáй Николáeвич Карéтников), (June 30, 1930, Moscow – October 10, 1994, Moscow) was a Russian composer of the so-called Underground – alternative or nonconformist group in Soviet music.
Nikolai Khabibulin Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulin (Russian Николай Đванович ХабибŃлин, Nikolaj IvanoviÄŤ Chabibulin; born January 13, 1973 in Sverdlovsk, USSR, now Yekaterinburg, Russia), nicknamed "the Bulin Wall", is a goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks. He is considered to be one of the best goalies in the NHL, as evidenced by his four appearances in the NHL All-Star Game.
Nikolai Korndorf Nikolai Sergeevich Korndorf (Russian: Николáй Сергéевич Корндóрф, January 23, 1947 Moscow, USSR – May 30 , 2001 Vancouver, Canada) was a Russian and Canadian (from 1991) composer and conductor. He was prolific both in Moscow, Russia and in Vancouver, Canada.
Nikolai Korotkov Nikolai Sergeievich Korotkov (also Korotkoff) (February 13, 1874–1920) was a pioneer of 20th century vascular surgery and developed a technique for measuring blood pressure in 1905. He was physician-in-chief of the Metchnikov Hospital in Leningrad until his death in 1920.
Nikolai Krestinsky Nikolai Nikolaevich Krestinsky (Николай Николаевич КреŃтинŃкий) (October 13, 1883 - March 15, 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician. According to Vyacheslav Molotov (see Chuev, Felix (ed), Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics, 1993, Dee Ivan Inc), Krestinsky's family had converted from Judaism to Eastern Orthodoxy.
Nikolai Krylenko Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko (Russian: Николай ВаŃильевич Крыленко) (May 2 1885, Bekhteevo (Бехтеево), Smolensk region, Russian Empire – July 29 1938, Moscow) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician.
Nikolai Kudryavtsev Nikolai Alexandrovich Kudryavtsev (Opochka, October 21, 1893 - Leningrad, December 12, 1971) was a Russian petroleum geologist. He is the founding father of modern abiogenic theory for origin of petroleum, which states that petroleum is formed from non-biological sources of hydrocarbons located deep in the Earth's crust and mantle.
Nikolai Legat Nikolai Gustavovich Legat (also spelled Nicholas or Nicolai, 1869 - 1937) was a dancer with the Russian Imperial Ballet from 1888 to 1914 and was the main successor to the roles of the great ballet dancer, Pavel Gerdt.
Nikolai Leonov Nikolai Sergeyevich Leonov (born August 22, 1928) is a Russian nationalist politician and was a senior KGB officer and Latin America expert in the USSR. In 1953, at the age of 25, Leonov was posted to Mexico City, where he learned Spanish at the Autonomous University.
Nikolai Luzin Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin, (December 9,1883, Irkutsk – January 28,1950, Moscow), was a Soviet/Russian mathematician. He was noted for his work in descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology.
Nikolai Markovnikov Nikolai Vladimirovich Markovnikov, also spelled Morkovnikov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Марковников (Морковников)) (1869, Kazan - 1942, location of death unknown) was a Russian architect and archaeologist, chief architect of the Moscow Kremlin in 1914-1919.
Nikolai Mezentsov Nikolai Vladimirovich Mezentsov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Мезенцов; April 4/23 (OS/NS), 1827 – August 4/16 (OS/NS), 1878) was a Russian statesman, adjutant general (1871) and member of the State Council of Imperial Russia (1877).
Nikolai Minsky Nikolai Minsky and Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky (Russian: Николай МакŃимович МинŃкий) are pseudonyms of Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855-1937), a mystical writer and poet of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
Nikolai Moiseev Nikolai Dmitriyevich Moiseev (Николай Дмитриевич МоиŃеев in Russian) (December 3(16), 1902, Perm, - December 6, 1955, Moscow) was a Soviet astronomer and expert in celestial mechanics. In 1938 he became the chairman of the department of celestial mechanics at Moscow State University and worked on this position until his death.
Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (ru: Николай Яковлевич МяŃковŃкий, also transliterated as Miaskovskii or Miaskovsky) (April 20,1881 – August 8,1950) was a Russian composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "father of the Soviet symphony".
Nikolai Mylnikov Nikolai Mylnikov was a Russian painter active during the nineteenth century. His only surviving works appear to be a series of portraits of citizens of Yaroslavl, currently held in the Yaroslavl Art Museum; these include several depictions of merchants and their wives and children, as well as a pair of portraits painted for a local landowner.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Krasovsky Nikolai Nikolaevich Krasovsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич КраŃовŃкий, born in 1924) is a prominent Russian mathematician who works in the mathematical theory of control, the theory of dynamical systems and the theory of differential games. He is the author of Krasovskii-LaSalle principle and the chief of the Ural scientific school in mathematical theory of control and the theory of differential games.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov () (July 8 1892 - July 30 1944) was a Soviet aircraft designer, known as "King of Fighters". He designed the I-15 series of fighters, and the I-16 Ishak ( phonetically close to its designation) "Little Donkey" fighter.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich (Николай Николаевич Юденич) (July 18 ,1862 (July 30, New Style ) – October 5, 1933), was the most successful general of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was later a leader of the counterrevolution in Northwestern Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920.
Nikolai of Japan Saint Nikolai, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, Nikolai Kasatkin, born Ivan Dimitrovich Kasatkin (August 1 (August 13 in the Gregorian calendar), 1836 - February 16, 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and saint. He introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan.
Nikolai Ogarkov Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov () (October 30, 1917 in village Molokovo, near Tver - January 23, 1994), was appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1984 he was the head of the General Staff of the USSR.
Nikolai Parfionov Nikolai Parfionov (born May 25, 1976) is a Russian nordic combined athlete who competed from 1998 to 2002. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau and finished 25th in the 7.
Nikolai Patrushev Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev (Russian: Николай Платонович ПатрŃŃев) (born July 11 1951) is the current Director of the Russian FSB, the successor organization of the KGB. He was born in Leningrad and graduated from Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, where worked as an engineer at his department until 1974.
Nikolai Pilchikov Nikolai Dmitriyevich Pilchikov (1857-1908) was a Ukrainian physicist, inventor, and geologist. He discovered the phenomenon of electronic photography and determined it's principles, conducted fundamental research of atmospheric ionisation and light polarisation, designed many ingenious devices and appliances, many of which carry his name, including the prototype of the modern protective suit for astronauts.
Nikolai Podvoisky Nikolai Ilyich Podvoisky (Russian: Николай Đльич ПодвойŃкий) (February 4 (16), 1880 - July 28, 1948) was a Soviet statesman. He played a large role in the Russian Revolution and wrote many articles for the Soviet newspaper Krasnaya Gazeta, and wrote History of the Russian Revolution.
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