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+[[Image:Barnstar.png|frame|For your exceptional images and fine articles pertaining to [[Russia]], I, [[User:KNewman|KNewman]] , award you the original '''Barnstar'''. Keep up the good work!]]
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+Hello, I live in [[Yaroslavl]], [[Russia]].
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+I joined Wikipedia on Dec. 7th, 2004.
-Wikipedia, the best place in the world!
+You can reach me at yaroslavl@gmail.com
-Very true...I have got addicted to it now..all d information at one place...but i wonder how the authenticity of the info inserted by users is checked...ANYONE WHO CAN SHED LIGHT ON IT....
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+'''DECEMBER 2004'''
+Pages that I've started/written myself:
+* '''Biographies''': [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]] | [[Robert Campin]] | [[Kirill Razumovsky]] | [[Gytha of Wessex]] | [[Mstislav the Great]] | [[Tolstoy]]
+* '''Geography''': [[Uglich]] | [[Rostov]] |  [[Kostroma]] | [[Smolensk]] | [[Koporye]] | [[Strelna]] | [[Pavlovsk]] | [[Ostankino]] |  [[Kuskovo]] | [[Menshikov Tower]] | [[Sukharev Tower]]
+* '''History and arts''': [[Hermitage Museum]] | [[Tretyakov Gallery]] | [[Pushkin Museum]] | [[Our Lady of Vladimir]] | [[Blachernitissa]] | [[Nevsky Prospect]] | [[Naryshkin baroque]] | [[Battle of Vedrosha]] | [[Battle of Vorskla]] | [[List of Russian Foreign Ministers]]
+Articles that I adapted from EB 1911:
+* [[Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin]] | [[Alexander Herzen]] | [[Alexander Gorchakov]] | [[Gorchakov]] | [[Galitzine]] | [[Menshikov]] | [[Repnin]] | [[Bezborodko]] | [[Ivan III of Russia]] | [[Constantine Pavlovich]] | [[Elizabeth of Russia]]
+I substantially revised and edited the following articles:
+*[[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow)]] | [[St Isaac's Cathedral]] | [[Ilya Repin]] | [[Wassily Kandinsky]] | [[Henri Matisse]] | [[Paul Gauguin]] | [[Georges-Pierre Seurat]] | [[Ivan Turgenev]] | [[Aleksey Grigorievich Razumovsky]] | [[Dimitrie Cantemir]] | [[Sochi]] | [[Veche]]
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+'''JANUARY 2005'''
+Pages that I've started/written myself:
+* '''Biographies''': [[Konstantin Thon]] | [[Stasov]] | [[Dionisy]] | [[Yaroslav the Wise]] | [[Romanov Dynasty]] | [[Vasily Tatishchev]] | [[Vasily Zhukovsky]] | [[Alexander Blok]] | [[Afanasy Fet]] | [[Nicholas Trubetskoy]] | [[Nicholas Marr]]
+* '''Geography''': [[Ferapontov Convent]] | [[Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery]] | [[Simonov Monastery]] | [[Novgorod-Seversky]] | [[Novospassky Monastery]] | [[Belozersk]] | [[Izborsk]] | [[Tmutarakan]] | [[Murom]]
+* '''History and arts''': [[Boris and Gleb]] | [[Battle of the Ice]] | [[Muscovy Company]] | [[Sanguszko]] | [[Slavophile]]
+Articles that I adapted from EB 1911:
+* [[Domenico Ghirlandajo]] | [[Giovanni da Pian del Carpini]] | [[Vasili IV of Russia]] | [[False Dmitriy II]] | [[False Dmitriy III]] | [[Mikhail I of Russia]] | [[Patriarch Filaret]] | [[Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin]] | [[Miloradovich]] | [[Peter Wittgenstein]] | [[Joseph Gurko]] | [[Mikhail Katkov]] | [[Mikhail Speransky]]
+I substantially revised and edited the following articles:
+* [[Saint Petersburg]] | [[Nizhny Novgorod]] | [[Staraya Russa]] | [[Khotin]] | [[Rurik]] | [[False Dmitriy I]] | [[Patriarch Nikon]] | [[Dmitry Mendeleyev]] | [[Vladimir Dahl]] | [[Modest Mussorgsky]] | [[Maud Gonne]] | [[Moulin Rouge]] | [[Franco-Russian Alliance]] | [[Konstantin Pobedonostsev]] | [[Amber Room]] | [[Edward the Exile]]
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+'''FEBRUARY 2005'''
+Pages that I've started/written myself:
+* '''Biographies''': [[Igor of Kiev]] | [[Rogneda of Polotsk]] | [[Vladimir Monomakh]] | [[Oleg of Chernigov]] | [[Svyatoslav II of Kiev]] | [[Vsevolod I of Kiev]] | [[Vseslav of Polotsk]] | [[Sviatopolk II of Kiev]] | [[Rumyantsev]] | [[Mikhail Orlov]] | [[Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]] | [[Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin]] | [[Mikhail Vrubel]]
+* '''Geography''': [[Azov]] | [[Ostrog]] | [[Belgorod]] | [[Mozhaysk]] | [[Galich Mersky]] | [[Gatchina]] | [[Alexander Nevsky Lavra]]
+* '''History and arts''': [[Russian Museum]] | [[Ostrogski]] | [[Antonio Rinaldi]] | [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787-92]]
+Articles that I adapted from EB 1911:
+* [[Vladimir the Great]] | [[Gedymin]] | [[Olgierd]] | [[Boris Godunov]] | [[Feodor III of Russia]] | [[Count Orlov]] | [[Prince Potemkin]] | [[Madame de Stael]]
+I substantially revised and edited the following articles:
+* [[Sviatopolk I]] | [[Mikhail Hlinski]] | [[Ode]] | [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov|Ushakov]] | [[Kutuzov]] | [[Sergey Uvarov]] | [[Decembrist revolt]] | [[List of famous duels]] | [[Mikhail Lermontov]]
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+'''JUNE 2005'''
+Pages that I've started/written myself:
+* '''Biographies''': [[Alexandre Benois]] | [[Alexander Vorontsov]] | [[Catherine Woronzow-Dachkoff]] | [[Alexander Ivanov (painter)]] | [[Mikhail Nesterov]] | [[Vsevolod III]] | [[Michael Rostovtzeff]] | [[Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov]] | [[Andrei Konchalovsky]] | [[Iosif Kobzon]]
+* '''Geography''': [[Ladoga]] | [[Kem']] | [[Kholmogory]] | [[Vologda]] | [[Galindae]] | [[Rzhev]] | [[Tver]] | [[Krutitsy]] | [[Volga Bulgaria]] | [[Vladimir-Suzdal]] | [[Sikhote-Alin]] | [[Western Caucasus]]
+* '''History and arts''': [[Albertina University]] | [[Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod]] | [[St. Vladimir's Cathedral]] | [[The Last Day of Pompeii]] | [[Madonna Litta]] | [[The Benois Madonna]] | [[Salvator Mundi]] | [[Tented roof]] | [[Mir iskusstva]] | [[Russian Symbolism]]
+I substantially revised and edited the following articles:
+* '''Biographies''': [[Alexander Nevsky]] | [[Sophia Paleologue]] | [[Ivan the Young]] | [[Karl Briullov]] | [[Vasily Surikov]]
+* '''Geography''': [[Pskov]] | [[Vladimir]] | [[Novgorod]] | [[Vyazma]] | [[Staritsa]] | [[Volokolamsk]] | [[Rostov-on-Don]] | [[Seven Sisters (Moscow)]] | [[Pushkin Square]] | [[Kizhi]] | [[Laon]] | [[List of country name etymologies]]
+* '''History and arts''': [[Novodevichy Convent]] | [[Alexander Palace]] | [[Summer Palace (Russia)]] | [[Mariyinsky Palace]] | [[St. Andrew's Church]] | [[Onion dome]] | [[Notre-Dame of Laon]] | [[Gardariki]]
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+'''JULY 2005'''
+Pages that I've started/written myself:
+*'''Biographies''': [[Stefan De&#269;anski]] | [[Mstislav the Bold]] | [[Konstantin of Rostov]] | [[Yuri II]] | [[Yaroslav II]] | [[Andrei II]] | [[Yaroslav of Tver]] | [[Vasily of Kostroma]] | [[Dmitry of Pereslavl]] | [[Andrey of Gorodets]] | [[Yury of Moscow]] | [[Andrey of Staritsa]] | [[Vladimir of Staritsa]] | [[Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky]] | [[Metropolitan Philip]] | [[Patriarch Hermogenes]] | [[Aleksey Shchusev]] | [[Vorontsov]]
+*'''Russian monuments and localities''': [[Kazan Cathedral]] | [[Red Gates]] | [[Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra]] | [[Andronikov Monastery]] | [[Zvenigorod]] | [[Ostashkov]] | [[Toropets]] | [[Ksnyatin]] | [[Dmitrov]] | [[Ivanovo]] | [[Shuya]] | [[Kineshma]] | [[Gorodets]] | [[Astrakhan]] | [[Pitsunda]] | [[Kazan Kremlin]] | [[Söyembikä Tower]] | [[Kitay-Gorod]]
+*'''World Heritage Sites''': [[Uvs Nuur]] | [[Old Urgench]] | [[Itchan Kala]] | [[Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi]] | [[Soltaniyeh]] | [[Shemakha]] | [[Bahla Fort]] | [[Rohtas Fort]] | [[Thatta]] | [[Orkhon Valley]] | [[Nesvizh Castle]] | [[De&#269;ani]]
+I substantially revised and edited the following articles:
+* '''Biographies''': [[Max Vasmer]] | [[Vasily Dokuchaev]] | [[Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve]] | [[Aleksandr Oparin]] | [[Nikolai Fyodorov]] | [[Boris Kurakin]] | [[Michael VIII]] | [[Batu Khan]] | [[Yury Dolgoruky]] | [[Dmitry Konstantinovich]] | [[Dmitri Donskoi]] | [[Ivan the Terrible]] | [[Simeon Bekbulatovich]] | [[Demidov]]
+* '''Geography''': [[Curonian Spit]] | [[Shahrisabz]] | [[Nakhichevan (city)|Nakhichevan]]  |  [[Torzhok]] | [[Kashin]] | [[Yuriev-Polsky]] | [[Balakhna]] | [[Tula]] | [[Kirov]] | [[Arkhangelsk]] | [[Novorossiysk]] | [[Tobolsk]] | [[Sukhum]] | [[Sudak]] | [[Narikala]]
+* '''History and arts''': [[Knyaz]] | [[Okolnichy]] | [[Slavery in medieval Europe]] | [[Mat (language)]] | [[Mongol invasion of Russia]] | [[Donskoy Monastery]] | [[Great Northern War]]
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+'''AUGUST 2005'''
+Pages that I've started/written myself:
+[[Nikolai Rezanov]] | [[Mathilde Kschessinska]] | [[Galina Ulanova]] | [[Maya Plisetskaya]] | [[Paul Gerdt]] | [[Olga Preobrajenska]] | [[Elizaveta Gerdt]] | [[Yekaterina Geltzer]] | [[Agrippina Vaganova]] | [[Yury Grigorovich]] | [[Mariinsky Theatre]] | [[Fyodor Volkov]] | [[Ivan Dmitrievsky]] | [[Avdotia Istomina]] | [[Vasily Karatygin]] | [[Pavel Mochalov]] | [[Mikhail Shchepkin]] | [[Prov Sadovsky]] | [[Maria Yermolova]] | [[Alexander Yuzhin]] | [[Vera Komissarzhevskaya]] | [[Olga Knipper]] | [[Alla Tarasova]] | [[Olga Chekhova]] | [[Yakov Protazanov]] | [[Nikolay Okhlopkov]] | [[Igor Ilyinsky]] | [[Faina Ranevskaya]] | [[Igor Moiseyev]] | [[Georgiy Zhzhonov]] | [[Vasily Vereshchagin]] | [[Korney Chukovsky]] | [[Dmitry Ivanovsky]] | [[Fyodor Shcherbatskoy]] | [[Yamburg]] | [[Olonets]] | [[Borovsk]] | [[Volokolamsk]] | [[Vladimir the Bold]] | [[Edigu]] | [[Dmitry Shemyaka]] | [[Aloisio the New]] | [[Severia]] | [[Andrey Kurbsky]] | [[Yury Krizhanich]] | [[Mikhail Kheraskov]] | [[Mikhail Shcherbatov]] | [[Nikolay Novikov]] | [[Aleksey Khomyakov]] | [[Alexander Vostokov]] | [[Timofey Granovsky]] | [[Sergey Solovyov]] | [[Nikolay Danilevsky]] | [[Konstantin Leontiev]] | [[Macarius Bulgakov]] | [[Vasily Klyuchevsky]] | [[Dmitry Ilovaisky]] | [[Dmitry Merezhkovsky]] | [[Sergey Platonov]] | [[Boris Turayev]] | [[Vasily Radlov]] | [[Vasily Bartold]] | [[Mikhail Artamonov]] | [[Boris Rybakov]] | [[Igor Diakonov]] | [[Mikhail Chernyayev]] | [[Boris Chicherin]] | [[Konstantin Kavelin]] | [[Paul Miliukov]] | [[Nikolay Chkheidze]] | [[Alexander Garden]] | [[Antoniev Siysky Monastery]] | [[Khutyn Monastery]] | [[Poklonnaya Hill]] | [[Russian National Library]] | [[Boris Pasternak]] | [[Anna Akhmatova]]