User:Ghirlandajo
Hello, I live in Yaroslavl, Russia.
I joined Wikipedia on Dec. 7th, 2004.
During my first six months of editing, I made more than 10000 edits and uploaded 958 images (not counting the Commons). My longest article to date is the List of Indo-European roots.
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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
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
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 | Ostromir Gospel | Ostrogski | Kudeyar | Antonio Rinaldi | Kholstomer | 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 | Ushakov | Kutuzov | Sergey Uvarov | Decembrist revolt | List of famous duels | Mikhail Lermontov
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
JULY 2005
Pages that I've started/written myself:
- Biographies: Stefan Dečanski | 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 | Dečani
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 | 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
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 | Konstantin Somov | Ivan Bilibin | 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 | Oleg Yankovsky | Mikhail Ulyanov | Aleksey Batalov | Alice Friendlich | Oleg Tabakov | Alla Demidova | Innokenty Smoktunovsky | Yuri Solomin | Mikhail Zharov | Alexander Sokurov | The Mirror (film) | Vasily Vereshchagin | Korney Chukovsky | Dmitry Ivanovsky | Fyodor Shcherbatskoy | Yamburg | Olonets | Borovsk | Volokolamsk | Korochun | Kostroma (folklore) | Ukrainization | Vladimir the Bold | Edigu | Dmitry Shemyaka | Aloisio the New | Severia | Andrey Kurbsky | Yury Krizhanich | Epifany Slavinetsky | Dimitry of Rostov | Paisius Velichkovsky | 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 | Optina Monastery | Poklonnaya Hill | Russian National Library | Konstantin Batyushkov | Boris Pasternak | Anna Akhmatova
SEPTEMBER 2005
Pages that I've started/written myself:
Mons family | Lopukhina Conspiracy | Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin | Ivan Samoylovych | Feodosiya Morozova | Fyodor Rtishchev | Eudoxia Lopukhina | Anton de Vieira | Sergey Aksakov | Faddei Bulgarin | Osip Senkovsky | Saint Petersburg Mosque | Afanasy Shchapov | Massacre of Khotin | Vyacheslav Ivanov | Vladislav Khodasevich | Sulamith Messerer | Viktor Kulikov | Ekaterina Furtseva | Dmitry Likhachev | Lev Gumilev | Moscow International Film Festival | Trebizond Gospel | Kiev Psalter of 1397 | Halych | Golden Gate (Vladimir) | Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir | Arbat Street | Russian architecture
Pages that I've revised/expanded:
Arkaim | Svitrigaila | Stepan Krasheninnikov | Nikolay Gnedich | Anton Delwig | Holy Fire | Faberge egg | Kremlin Armoury | Pervyi Kanal | Alexander Bogdanov | Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko | Veniamin Kaverin | Sergei Apollinarievich Gerasimov | Vasily Lanovoy | Obshchina | Gertrude Psalter