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1913 In Russia
Events from the year 1913 in Russia Incumbents * Monarch – Nicholas II * Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov Events * * * * * * * 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty * Brusilov Expedition * Baymak * Benliahmet Railway Station * Bilozerske * Cuvânt Moldovenesc (magazine) * DLT (department store) * Glasul Basarabiei * Hotel Polonia Palace * Insignia of Saint Olga * Ismailiyya building * Kharkiv Choral Synagogue * Kiev Conservatory * Kronstadt Naval Cathedral * Mykolayiv Regional Museum of Local History * Qazaq * Regional Museum of local lore of Mykolaiv * Saint Petersburg Mosque * Sarıkamış railway station * Selim railway station * Shakhmaty v SSSR * Sochi railway station * Soğanlı Railway Station * Spaso House * Tallinn Power Plant * Di Tsayt (Saint Petersburg) * Vilnis * Vinnytsia Tramway Births * Deaths * * April 24 – Vsevolod Abramovich, aviator (b. 1890) * May 6 – Elena Guro, painter and write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiev Conservatory
Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine ( uk, Національна музична академія України імені Петра Чайковського) or Kyiv Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education. Located in Kyiv, Ukraine. History The Kyiv Conservatory was founded on 3 November 1913 at the Kyiv campus of the Music College of the Russian Musical Society. The organization of the conservatory was spearheaded by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Glazunov. The first directors were V. Pukhalsky (1913) and Reinhold Glière (1914–1920). In 1925, the junior classes were separated from the conservatory to form a Music College, while the senior classes were merged into the formerly private Music and Drama Institute of Mykola Lysenko (today the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University). Viktor Kosenko taught at both institutions. The conservatory was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Di Tsayt (Saint Petersburg)
''Di Tsayt'' ( yi, די צײט, 'The Time') was a Yiddish language weekly newspaper published from Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was an organ of the General Jewish Labour Bund. Whilst the editorial team of ''Di Tsayt'' was based in the Austrian capital of Vienna, officially Saint Petersburg was the site of publishing for the journal.Brenner, Michael. In Search of Jewish Community: Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933'. Bloomington .a. Indiana University Press, 1998. p. 117 Prominent editors included Esther Frumkin, Raphael Abramovitch, Vladimir Medem, Henryk Ehrlich, Moisei Rafes and D. Zaslavsky. The founding of ''Di Tsayt'' ended a four and half year absence of a legal Bundist press, a void created by the banning of ''Folkstsaytung'' in 1907. Saint Petersburg had been selected by the Bund Central Committee over Warsaw for the publishing of ''Di Tsayt'', as the Saint Petersburg press censors were perceived as less strict than their Warsaw colleagues. The launchin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn Power Plant
The Tallinn Power Plant ( et, Tallinna elektrijaam) is a former power plant located in Tallinn, Estonia. Construction of the power plant was initiated by Volta company and it was decided by the Tallinn City Council in 1912 after the work of special committee established in 1909. The plant was located next to the Tallinn Gas Factory at the location of the former Stuart fortress. The plant was designed by Volta and the architect was Hans Schmidt. Originally it used three Laval-type steam turbines and three electric generators—all produced by Volta. Two coal-fired boilers were manufactured by AS Franz Krull. The power plant was opened on 24 March 1913, and originally it was fired by coal. In 1919–1920 the plant was expanded and transferred to peat and wood. In 1924 the power plant was switched to oil shale. It was the first power plant in the world to employ oil shale as its primary fuel. In 1939, the plant achieved capacity of 22 MW. In 1929, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
