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Nikolai Pokotylo Nikolai Pokotylo (Rus: Николай Покотыло) (born May 25 1984 in Öskemen, Kazakhstan) is a singer who rose to popularity after placing fifth in SuperStar KZ, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol, shown by Perviy Kanal Evraziya.
Nikolai Pokrovsky Nikolai Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич Покровский) (January 27 1865, St Petersburg – December 12 1930, Kaunas) was a Russian politician and the last foreign minister of the Russian Empire.
Nikolai Przhevalsky Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, also spelled Przewalski and Prjevalsky (; — ), was a Russian geographer and explorer in central and eastern Asia. Although he never reached his final goal, Lhasa in Tibet, he discovered the only extant species of wild horse and added immensely to the store of European knowledge on Central Asia.
Nikolai Rezanov Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov (Russian: Николай Петрович Резанов) (1764–1807) was a Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian colonisation of Alaska and California. One of the ten barons of Russia, he was the first Russian ambassador to Japan (1804), and instigated the first attempt of Russia to circumnavigate the globe (1803), commanding the expedition himself as far as Kamchatka.
Nikolai Roslavets Nikolai Andreyevitch Roslavets (Russian: Николай Андреевич Рославец , Dushatino, Ukraine - 1944, Moscow) was a significant Russian and also Ukrainian modernist composer of the period just before and just after the October Revolution. Though influential in the early years of the USSR as a champion of progressive Western composers, his music was politically suppressed at the end of the 1920s and he spent most of the remainder of his career virtually a ‘non-person’.
Nikolai Rukavishnikov Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Рукавишников; September 18, 1932, Tomsk – October 19, 2002) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33 were intended to dock with Salyut space stations, but failed to do so.
Nikolai Ryzhkov Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov (Russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков, Nikolaj Ivanovič Ryžkov; born September 28, 1929-) was a Soviet official and, after the breakup of the Soviet Union, a Russian politician. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (or Premier of the Soviet Union) from September 27, 1985 to January 14, 1991 during the era of glasnost and perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev.
Nikolai Sevastianov Nikolai Sevastianov (born 1961, Chelyabinsk, USSR (now Russia)) graduated from the Aerodynamics and Space Exploration Department of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1984. In 1984 he took a job at NPO Energia as an engineer and rose through the ranks to the position of a deputy general designer.
Nikolai Sheremetev Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev () (June 28 1751 (NS: July 9)–January 2 1809 (NS: January 14)) was a Russian count, the son of Petr Borisovich Sheremetev, notable grandee of the epoch of empresses Anna Ivanovna, Elizabeth Petrovna, and Catherine II. He was also the grandson of Boris Petrovich Sheremetev.
Nikolai Shpanov Nikolai Shpanov (Николай Николаевич Шпанов, Nikolay Shpanov, Nikolai Španov) is a Russian political writer, who wrote Incendiaries, 1949, in which he described the lead-up of the Second World War.
Nikolai Skoblin Nikolai Skoblin () (1892-1938?) was a general in the counterrevolutionary White Russian army, a member of the expatriate Russian All-Military Union (ROVS)p, a Soviet double agent, and husband to the gypsy folk-singer Nadezhda Plevitskaya (1882-1941).
Nikolai Suetin Nikolai Suetin (1897 – 1954) was a russian supremisist (that is, he was russian, and a supremasist artist, not convinced of the supremacy of Russia). He worked as a graphic artist, a designer, and a ceramics painter.
Nikolai Tanayev Nikolay Timofeyevich Tanayev (Russian: Николай Тимофеевич Танаев; born 5 November 1945 in Mihailovka village, Penzenskaya oblast, Soviet Union) served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 2002 to 2005, under President Askar Akayev. He is an ethnic Russian.
Nikolai Tcherepnin Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin ( – 27 June 1945) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was born in Saint Petersburg and studied under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov (Russian: Николай Александрович Тихонов, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič Tihonov; Kharkiv, May 14, 1905 – Moscow, June 1, 1997) was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (or Premier of the Soviet Union) from 1980 to 1985.
Nikolai Topor-Stanley Nikolai Topor-Stanley (born March 11, 1985) is an Australian soccer player who has just ended a short-term contract with A-League club Sydney FC as a replacement for injured Jacob Timpano He is a defender] and has previously played for [[New South Wales Premier League|NSW Premier League teams Manly United FC and Belconnen Blue Devils, as well as representing Australia in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was also selected to participate in the first training camp for the Beijing Olympics.
Nikolai Trubetzkoy Prince Nikolay Sergeyevich Trubetskoy (Russian: (Moscow, April 15, 1890 - Vienna, June 25, 1938) was a Russian linguist whose teachings formed a nucleus of the Prague School of structural linguistics. He is widely considered to be the founder of morphophonology.
Nikolai V. Ovchinnikov Nikolai Vassilievich Ovchinnikov (October 14, 1918, village of Mizhuli, Cheboksary Uezd — February 2004) — a Russian painter (historical and conversation pieces, landscapes), People's Artist of Russia and Chuvashia, Professor, Member of the National Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Chuvash Republic.
Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Николай Иванович Вавилов, November 25/(November 13), 1887— January 26 1943) was a prominent Russian botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of the cultivated plants. He devoted his life to the study and improvement of wheat, corn, and other cereal crops that sustain the global population.
Nikolai Velimirović Nikolai (Velimirović) (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај (Велимировић)) (December 23 1880 - March 4 1956 (Old Style); January 4 1881 - March 18 1956 (New Style)) was a bishop of the Serb Orthodox Church and an influential theological writer (and political emigrant after the Communist takeover of Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia). He strongly supported the unison of all Orthodox churches and established particularly good relations with the Anglican and Episcopal Church.
Nikolai Vlasik Никола́й Си́дорович Вла́сик (* May, 22 1896, village Bobynichi of district Slonimskogo of the Grodno province; on June, †18th 1967, Moscow) - the general-lieutenant (on May, 9th 1945), the head of protection of Stalin.
Nikolai Volkoff Nikolai Volkoff (born Josip Peruzovic in October 14 1947) is a professional wrestler who is best known for his performances for the World Wrestling Federation. Although he portrayed a Russian as a wrestler, he was, in fact, from Croatia.
Nikolai Voznesensky Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (1903 – 1949) was the Soviet economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan during the Great Patriotic War. A protégé of Andrei Zhdanov, Voznesensky was appointed Deputy Premier in May 1940 at the age of thirty-eightSimon Sebag-Montefiore, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 2003, p.
Nikolaiviertel Founded in the 13th century, the Nikolaiviertel (St Nicholas Quarter) is the reconstructed historical heart of the German capital, Berlin, located five minutes away from Alexanderplatz. It is bounded by the river Spree, RathausstraĂźe, Spandauer StraĂźe and MĂĽhlendamm.
Nikolaj Bajukov Nikolaj Serafimovich Bajukov () (born July 23 1953 in Troitsko-Pechorsk, Komi ASSR) was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1976 to 1980. He won the 15 km gold and the 4 x 10 km bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, then followed it with a 4 x 10 km gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (Greek: Νίκος Κακλαμανάκης) is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Athens on August 19, 1968.
Nikolaos Makarezos Nikolaos Makarezos (Greek: Νικόλαος Μακαρέζος) was a Greek military man and one of the masterminds of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 that overthrew the government of Panagiotis Kanellopoulos in a coup d'état on April 21, 1967.
Nikolaos Mantzaros Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros ( or Niccolo Calichiopulo Manzaro, (26 October 1795 - 12 April 1872) was a Greek composer born in Corfu and the major representative of the so called Ionian Islands school of music. He learned music in Corfu by the side of Pojago brothers, Stefano Moretti and a certain 'cavalliere' Barbati (possibly a Neapolitan) and already from 1819 he visited Italy, where among others he met Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli.
Nikolaos Michopoulos Nikolaos (Nik) Michopoulos was a Greek professional football player. During his career he played for PAOK Salonika and Burnley, as well as a short loan spell at Crystal Palace and short period to Omonia Nicosia.
Nikolaos Plastiras Nikolaos Plastiras (Greek: Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας) (November 4, 1883 - July 26, 1953) was a general of the Greek army. He is known as "O Mavros Kavalaris" ("The Black Horseman").
Nikolaos Sifounakis Nikolaos Sifounakis (Greek: Νικόλαος Σηφουνάκης) (born 21 December 1949 in Rethymno) is a Greek politician, former Minister for the Aegean and currently Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group.
Nikolaos Siranidis Nikolaos Siranidis (born February 26, 1976 in Athens) is a Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. After a bizarre event where the Chinese, Russian and American teams failed, Siranidis won the gold medal together with Thomas Bimis.
Nikolaos Skalkottas Nikos Skalkottas (Greek: Nίκος Σκαλκώτας) (21 March, 1904 – 19 September, 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition.
Nikolaos Trikoupis Nikolaos Trikoupis (Greek Νικόλαος Τρικούπης) was a Major General with the Greek army during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922. During the disastrous Battle of Dumlupinar his troops were in the front line.
Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos (1826-1909) was a Greek painter. Born in Kefallonia, he studied in Italy and in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; he lived in France until returning to Greece in the 1890s; he died in Athens.
Nikolas Asimos Nikolas Asimos (Νικόλας Άσιμος) was one of the greatest composers and singers of the Greek rock scene. His real name was Asimopoulos (Ασιμόπουλος), which was a derivative of the word silver.
Nikolas Gvosdev Nikolas Gvosdev is Editor-in-Chief of the bi-monthly foreign policy journal, The National Interest. He was appointed to the post in 2005, and had been Managing Editor of the journal previously, as well as founding Editor of the journal's separate web edition, In The National Interestreceived his D.
Nikolaus GroĂź Nikolaus GroĂź (born 30 September 1898 in Niederwenigern (Hattingen/Ruhr); died 23 January 1945 in Berlin) was a German resistance fighter in the time of the Third Reich who was later beatified by Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on 7 October 2001.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nikolaus Harnoncourt, (born Johann Nicolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt December 6, 1929 in Berlin). He is an Austrian conductor, known for his authentic performances of music from the classical era and earlier.
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (January 17, 1885 – June 18, 1968) was a German General who planned 'Operation Weserübung', the invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940. After the invasion he became Commander of the German troops in Norway between 1940 and 1944.
Nikolausberg [is a north-east borough] of the [[university town of Göttingen, Germany. Its name derives from a legend according to which three pilgrims came to the church in 999 AD, of whom one left relics of Nicholas of Myra following his death there.
Nikolay Akimov Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov (1901-1968) was an experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. His most notorious production was the cynical version of Hamlet (1932), with Ophelia as a drunken prostitute and the king's ghost as a clever mystification arranged by Hamlet.
Nikolay Basov Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian:Николай Геннадиевич Басов) (December 14, 1922 – July 1, 2001) was a Russian physicist and educator. He was born in the town Usman, now in Lipetsk Oblast.
Nikolay Bogachev Nikolay Bogachev (, born August 17, 1953) is a Russian entrepreneur and politician. He is the CEO of TambeyNefteGaz, current leader of Russian Conservative Party and part-time professor at High School of Economics of Russia.
Nikolay Bogolepov Nikolay Pavlovich Bogolepov (Russian: Николай Павлович Боголепов) (December 9, 1846 - March 15, 1901) was a Russian jurist and Minister of National Enlightment, assassinated by Socialist-Revolutionary activist.
Nikolay Bogolyubov Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov, (, ) (21 August 1909, Nizhny Novgorod – 13 February 1992, Moscow) was a Russian-Ukrainian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for his work in statistical field theory and dynamical systems. He was awarded the Dirac Medal in 1992.
Nikolay Boguslavsky Boguslavsky Nikolay Alexeevich () (1850 – 1933) Was an organiser and sponsor of the kobzar renaissance in the Kuban, a community leader, publisher. Boguslasky (alternative translit - Bohuslavsky) organized the first (1913) and second (1916) schools of kobzar art in the Kuban.
Nikolay Gnedich [Ivanovich Gnedich () (February 2](13), [[1784, Poltava - February 3(15), 1833, Petersburg) was a Russian poet and translator best known for his idyll The Fishers (1822). His brilliant translation of the Iliad (1807-29) is still the standard one.
Nikolay Gumilyov Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (, April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. Among the English-language poets, he should be best compared with Rupert Brooke.
Nikolay Hristozov Nikolay Dimitrov Hristozov (born 1931) is a Bulgarian writer and poet, with some 19 published books to his credit. His most well-known work is the novel Po diryata na bezsledno izcheznalite (On the Tracks of the Missing), which has been adapted into a miniseries of the same name.
Nikolay Chkheidze Nikoloz Chkheidze (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ჩხეიძე; transliterated Russian: Nikolay Semyonovich Chkheidze, commonly known as Karlo Chkheidze; 1864 – June 13, 1926) was a Georgian Menshevik politician who helped to introduce Marxism to Georgia in the 1890s and played a prominent role in the Russian and Georgian revolutions of 1917 and 1918.
Nikolay Karamzin Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin () (December 1, 1766--June 3, 1826) a Russian author credited with reforming the Russian literary language. He is best remembered for his History of the Russian State, a 12-volume national history modelled after the works of Gibbon.
Nikolay Karpol Nikolay Karpol (Николай Васильевич Карполь) (born May 1, 1938 in Brest) is a Russian women's volleyball coach, who is considered to be one of the most experienced international coaches in the history of the modern game.
Nikolay Kharitonov Nikolay Mikhailovich Kharitonov, (born 30 October 1948), is a Russian politician, from the Novosibirsk region. He is a leading member of the Agrarian Party of Russia, and a member of the state duma, the Russian parliament.
Nikolay Kokorin Nikolay Kirillovich Kokorin ( in Russian Николай Кириллович Кокорин b. May 8, 1889, village Khebnikovo - perished on May 16, 1917), was one of the most successful Russian flying aces and fighters pilot during World War I.
Nikolay Koksharov Nikolai Ivanovich Koksharov (Николай Иванович Кокшаров in Russian) (November 23(December 5), 1818 - December 21 (January 2), 1893) was a Russian mineralogist, crystallographer, and major general in the Russian army.
Nikolay Kolesnikov Nikolay Kolesnikov () (born in 1953) is a retired 100 metres runner who represented the USSR. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics as well as the 60 metres at the 1978 European Indoor Championships in Athletics.
Nikolay Kostomarov [Ivanovich Kostomarov (; ) (May 16], [[1817, vil. Yurasovka, Voronezh Guberniya, Russia - April 19, 1885, Saint Petersburg, Russia), of mixed Ukrainian and Russian origin, is one of the most distinguished Russian and Ukrainian historians, a Professor of History at the Kiev University and later at the St.
Nikolay Kozlov Nikolay Kozlov (born July 21, 1972 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squads at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.
Nikolay Merkushkin Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin (Николай Иванович Меркушкин) (born February 5 1951 in Novye Verkhissy, Mordovia) is the head of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia. He has held that office since 1995.
Nikolay Milyutin Nikolay Alekseyevich Milyutin (1818—1872) was a Russian statesman remembered as the chief architect of the great liberal reforms undertaken during Alexander II's reign, including the emancipation of the serfs and the establishment of zemstvo.
Nikolay Mordvinov Count Nikolay Semyonovich Mordvinov (17 April, 1754 — 30 March, 1845) was one of the most reputable Russian political thinkers of Alexander I's reign. He is associated with the reforms of Mikhail Speransky, who he advised on the ways to improve the performance of the national economy.
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy) () (August 11 (August 23 in the Julian calendar), 1809—November 30(18), 1881) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in expansion of the Russian Empire to the Pacific rim.
Nikolay Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (, – ) was a Russian poet, best remembered as the long-standing publisher of Sovremennik (The Contemporary) (from 1846 until July 1866, when the journal was shut down by the government in connection with the arrest of its radical editor, Nikolai Chernyshevsky).
Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin (Russian: Николай Николаевич Зинин), born on 25 August 1812 in Shusha, died on 18 February 1880, Saint Petersburg, was a Russian organic chemist. He is known for so-called Zinin reaction.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev () (1761–1836) was a Russian statesman and a close aide to Alexander I of Russia. He was a natural son of a wealthy nobleman, married to the aunt of Count Pavel Stroganov.
Nikolay Nosov Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov (Николай Николаевич Носов) ( Kiev - 26 July 1976 Moscow) was a Russian children's literature writer, the author of a number of humorous short stories, a school novel, and the popular trilogy of fairy tale novels about the adventures of the infamous Neznaika and his friends.
Nikolay Novikov Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov (Russian: Николай Иванович Новиков) ( - ) was a Russian writer and philanthropist most representative of his country's Enlightenment. Frequently considered to be the first Russian journalist, he aimed at advancing the cultural and educational level of the Russian public.
Nikolay Pankratov Nikolay Pankratov (born December 23, 1982) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Obersdorf and finished 10th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at those same championships.
Nikolay Pechalov Nikolay Pechalov (Николай Пешалов, born on May 30, 1970 in Pazardjik, Bulgaria) is Olympic and World champion in weightlifting. In first part of his career he competed under Bulgarian flag, but later moved to Croatia and represented his new country, this time as Croatian athlete.
Nikolay Raevsky Nikolay Nikolaevich Rayevsky () (14 September 1771 – 16 September 1829) was a Russian general and statesman who achieved fame for his feats of arms during the Napoleonic wars. His family left a lasting legacy in Russian society and culture.
Nikolay Rastorguev Nikolay Rastorguev, Russian: Николай Вячеславович Расторгуев (born February 21, 1957 in the Soviet Union) is a Russian rock star and lead singer of the group Lubeh. He has also starred in a couple of movies.
Nikolay Semyonov Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov () (April 15 (April 3, Old Style), 1896 – September 25, 1986) was a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.
Nikolay Sergeyevich Krylov Nikolay Sergeevich Krylov (10 August 1917 – 21 June 1947) was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his work on the foundations of statistical physics. He showed that a sufficient condition for a dynamical system to relax to equilibrium is for it to be mixing.
Nikolay Shchors Nikolay Aleksandrovich Shchors (Николай Александрович Щорс) ( – 30 August 1919) was a talented Ukrainian military commander, renowned for his personal courage during the Russian Civil War. In 1918-1919 he fought against the German invaders and later commanded the Bogunsky regiment, brigade, 1st Ukrainian Soviet division and 44th rifle division against Petlyura and Polish invaders.
Nikolay Shvernik Nikolay Mikhailovich Shvernik (Никола́й Миха́йлович Шве́рник) (1888-1970) was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (or President of the USSR) from March 19, 1946 until March 15, 1953. Though the titular head of state Shvernik, in fact, had little power as the real authority lay with Josef Stalin as General Secretary of the Communist Party.
Nikolay Sidorov Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sidorov (Russian: Николай Александрович Сидоров) (born November 23, 1956) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Nikolay Smaga Nikolay Yakovlevich Smaga () (22 August,1938 in village Bobrovo, Sumy Oblast - March 28 1981 in Kiev) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 20 kilometer walk. He trained at VSS Trud in Penza and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev.
Nikolay Sokolov Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (March 26 1859–March 27 1922) was a Russian composer of classical music, and a member of the circle that grew around the publisher Mitrofan Belyayev. A student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sokolov taught Dmitri Shostakovich and Yuri Shaporin (at the Moscow Conservatory].
Nikolay Sokolov (athlete) Nikolay Nikolaevich Sokolov () (born 28 August, 1930 in village Vasyunino, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He trained at Lokomotiv in Vologda.
Nikolay Strakhov Nikolay Nikolayevich Strakhov, also transliterated as Nikolai Strahov (Russian: Страхов Николай Николаевич) (October 16, 1828 - January 24, 1896) was a Russian philosopher, publicist and literary critic who shared the ideals of pochvennichestvo. He was a long-time friend and correspondent of Leo Tolstoy.
Nikolay Suleimanov Nikolay Suleimanov, known more commonly as "Hoza", was allegedly a leader of the Chechen mafia organization Obshina along with Khozh-Ahmed Noukhaev.BBC News, So Who are the Russian Mafia, BBC Online Network, April 1, 1998 In 1986 his group controlled car sales business in the Southern Port of Moscow, and by 1988 the Obshina managed to force some of the top mafia organizations out of Moscow and assume the dominant position.
Nikolay Turgenev Nikolay Ivanovich Turgenev (1789–1871) was an early Russian economist and political theoretician who gained renown for his Essay on the Theory of Taxation (1818) and Russia and the Russians (1847). A relative of the novelist Ivan Turgenev, Nikolay co-founded several reformist societies, notably the Northern Society of the Decembrists.
Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsev Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsev (Николай Владимирович Мезенцев) (1827-1878) was Russian Adjutant General of the Svita, Chief of Staff of the Special Corps of Gendarmes (1864-1876), Chief of Gendarmes and Executive Director of the Third Section of H.I.
Nikolay Yakovlevich Danilevsky Nikolay Yakovlevich Danilevsky (28 November 1822–7 November 1885) was a Russian naturalist, economist, ethnologist, philosopher, historian, and ideologue of the pan-Slavism and Slavophile movement who expounded a view of world history as circular. He was the first writer to present an account of history as a series of distinct civilisations.
Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Марр; in Kutaisi – 20 December 1934 in Leningrad) was a controversial Soviet scholar whose monogenetic theory of language constituted the officially approved ideology of Soviet linguists until 1950, when Joseph Stalin personally slammed it as anti-scientific.
Nikolay Zabolotsky Nikolay Zabolotsky - (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Заболоцкий) (May 7, 1903-October 14, 1958) a Russian poet, children's writer and translator. He was a Modernist and a founder of the Russian avant-garde group OBERIU.
Nikolay Zagoskin Nikolay Zagoskin (born February 25, 1985 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian rugby league player currently playing for RC Lokomotiv Moscow in the Championship of Russia competition. His position of choice is usually in the backs.
Nikolay Zhilyayev Nikolay Sergeyevich Zhilyayev (1881-1938/1942), was a Russian musicologist. A pupil of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov and Sergei Taneyev, he taught at the Moscow Conservatory where his pupils included Alexei Stanchinsky, Anatoli Alexandrov and Samuel Feinberg
Nikolayevsk Nikolayevsk () is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left (eastern) shores of the Volga River. The settlement was founded in 1747 as khutor Dmitriyev, which was reorganized into a sloboda in 1794 and renamed Nikolayevskaya sloboda.
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (), often transliterated directly as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure, is a town in and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. The town is located 80 km from the place where Amur River inflows into the Amur estuary, 977 km from Khabarovsk, and 582 km from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur railway station.
Nikoletta Szőke Nikoletta Szőke is a Hungarian jazz vocalist who had won international acclaim as winner of the 2005 Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition. Since then she has been pursuing an increasingly successful performing career.
Nikoli Nikoli (ニコリ) is a Japanese publisher that specializes in games and, especially, logic puzzles. It is also the nickname of a quarterly magazine issued by the company (whose full name is Puzzle Communication Nikoli).
Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus is a rock opera in three acts written by Nikolo Kotzev about the life and times of Nostradamus. It was released in a 2-CD set in 2001; it has as of 2006 not been performed live, although it remains an ambition of Kotzev's to have the rock opera performed on stage.
Nikoloz Baratashvili Nikoloz Baratashvili () (4 December 1817-21 October 1844) was a Georgian poet, whose works are considered to be the high point of Georgian romanticism. In the opinion of Ilia Chavchavadze, the works of Nikoloz Baratashvili mark the introduction of Europeanism into the Georgian literature.
Nikoloz Berdzenishvili Nikoloz Berdzenishvili (1895-1965) was a Georgian historian who served as a Vice President of the Georgian Academy of Sciences from 1951 to 1957 and chaired the Department of History at Tbilisi State University from 1946 to 1956.
Nikoloz Cholokashvili Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Nicholas Irubakidze-Cholokashvili) (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ჩოლოყაშვილი; ნიკოლოზ ირუბაქიძე-ჩოლოყაშვილი), known in Europe as Niciphores Irbachi, (1585-1658), was a Georgian Orthodox priest, politician and diplomat.
Nikoloz Muskhelishvili Nikoloz (Niko) Muskhelishvili (; - July 16, 1976) was a notable Georgian and Soviet mathematician, one of the founders and first President (1941-1972) of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences (now Georgian Academy of Sciences) (then ), Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1934), Professor (1922). He is often referred by the Russian version of his name, Nikolai Ivanovich Muskhelisvili (Николай Иванович Мусхелишвили).
Nikoloz Tskitishvili Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ცქიტიშვილი; (born April 14 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a professional basketball player who currently plays for Caja San Fernando in the ACB. A 7'0", 245 lbs.
Nikolsky's sign Nikolsky's sign is a clinical dermatological sign in which blisters spread easily upon application of tension at the base of the lesion. Positive Nikolsky's sign signifies an intraepidermal splitting of keratinocytes, as in the potentially fatal autoimmune skin disorder Pemphigus vulgaris.

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