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Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzin (also spelled Lusin; Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Лу́зин, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈluzʲɪn] ⓘ; 9 December 1883 – 28 February 1950) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his work in descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology.
Eastern Promises is a 2007 British-Canadian gangster film directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Steven Knight.The film tells the story of Anna (Naomi Watts), a Russian-British midwife who delivers the baby of a drug-addicted 14-year-old trafficked Ukrainian girl who dies in childbirth.
Coat of arms of Berlin Recipients of the honorary citizenship of Berlin ( German : Ehrenbürger von Berlin ), in order of date of presentation. In total 119 people have been awarded honorary citizenship.
Henriette Kohlrausch (12 July 1781 – 7 November 1842) née Eichmann was a German botanist and naturalist known for transcribing Alexander von Humbolt's "Kosmos" lectures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In recognition of her contributions to his work Flora Berolinensis , Carl Sigismund Kunth, in 1838, named the plant genus Kohlrauschia in her honour. [ 3 ]
He never returned. In June 1921, he left his second wife in Paris and went to Berlin. [28] [unreliable source] In 1921–1923, Alekhine played seven mini-matches. In 1921, he won against Nikolay Grigoriev (+2−0=5) in Moscow, drew with Richard Teichmann (+2−2=2) and won against Friedrich Sämisch (+2−0=0), both in Berlin.
The Defense (also known as The Luzhin Defense; [1] [2] [3] Russian: Защита Лужина, romanized: Zashchita Luzhina) is the third novel written by Vladimir Nabokov after he had immigrated to Berlin. It was first published in Russian 1930 and later in English in 1964.
The State Stalin Prize, usually called the Stalin Prize, existed from 1941 to 1954, although some sources give a termination date of 1952.It essentially played the same role; therefore upon the establishment of the USSR State Prize, the diplomas and badges of the recipients of Stalin Prize were changed to that of USSR State Prize.
On the night of 2–3 May, General von Manteuffel, commander of the III Panzer Army along with General von Tippelskirch, commander of the XXI Army, surrendered to the US Army. [110] Von Saucken's II Army, that had been fighting north-east of Berlin in the Vistula Delta, surrendered to the Soviets on 9 May. [112]