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1emancipate — v. (D; tr.) to emancipate from (to emancipate serfs from bondage) * * * [ɪ mænsɪpeɪt] (D; tr.) to emancipate from (to emancipate serfs from bondage) …
2emancipate — verb the young Cowles emancipated his father s serfs Syn: free, liberate, set free, release, deliver, discharge; unchain, unfetter, unshackle, untie, unyoke; rare disenthrall Ant: enslave …
3Catherine II — (Sophia Augusta of Anhalt Zerbst) ( Catherine the Great ) 1729 96, empress of Russia 1762 96. * * * Russian Yekaterina Alekseyevna orig. Sophie Friederike Auguste, princess von Anhalt Zerbst known as Catherine the Great born May 2, 1729, Stettin …
4Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
5Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
6Georgia within the Russian Empire — Between 1801 and 1918 the country of Georgia was part of the Russian Empire. For centuries, the Muslim Ottoman and Persian empires had fought over the various fragmented Georgian states in the southern Caucasus. By the 18th century, a third… …
7History of Georgia (country) — History of Georgia This article is part of a series Prehistory …
8Alexander Herzen — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophers era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Alexander Herzen in 1867 name = Alexander Herzen birth = April 6, 1812 (Moscow, Russia) death = January 21, 1870 (Paris, France)… …
9Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …
10Pugachev's Rebellion — (or the Cossack Rebellion) was the largest peasant revolt in Russia s history.As the Russian monarchy contributed to the degradation of the serfs, peasant anger ran high. Peter the Great ceded entire villages to favored nobles, while Catherine… …
