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(Encyclopedia) Cesis tsāˈsēs, –zēz [key], Ger. Wenden, town, central Latvia, on the Gauja River. It is...

(Encyclopedia) Vidin vēˈdĭn [key], city (1993 pop. 64,029), extreme NW Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River. The city is a market for the outlying farms and is known for its wine and ceramics. It is linked to Cal...

(Encyclopedia) Radičová, Iveta, 1956–, Slovakian political leader, b. Bratislava. A sociologist, she graduated from the Univ. of Bratislava (B.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1981), later teaching at Comenius Univ. and doing r...

(Encyclopedia) Borgia, Rodrigo: see Alexander VI. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gustaf Adolf: see Gustavus VI.

(Encyclopedia) Indy, Vincent d': see D'Indy, Vincent. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cantacuzene, John: see John VI, Byzantine emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hoffman, Malvina, 1887–1966, American sculptor, b. New York City. She was a pupil of Rodin. Of her spirited figures representative examples are Pavlowa gavotte (Stockholm, Sweden) and Russian Dancer...

(Encyclopedia) Troyat, Henri ŏ–rēˈ trôtäˈ [key], 1911–2007, French novelist and biographer, b. Moscow as Lev Aslanovich Tarassov. He and his family fled the Russian Revolution and settled (1911) in Paris. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles III, king of Hungary: see Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor. ...