Volokolamsk (‹See Tfd›Russian: Волокола́мск) is a town and the administrative center of Volokolamsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the...
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Barbarossa and fought in Kiev, Putyvl, Vyazma and Volokolamsk. It later fought in Rusa-Volokolamsk, Rzhev, Vyazma and Yelnya before taking part in Operation...
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Volokolamsk Highway (Russian: Волоколамское шоссе) is a novel written by Alexandr Bek, published in Russian in 1944, with later translations into English...
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Joseph Volotsky (redirect from Joseph of Volokolamsk)
Joseph Volotsky — also known as Joseph of Volotsk or Joseph of Volokolamsk (‹See Tfd›Russian: Ио́сиф Во́лоцкий); secular name Ivan Sanin (‹See Tfd›Russian:...
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Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery (Иосифо-Волоколамский монастырь, Волоцкий Успенский Иосифов монастырь in Russian) is a monastery for men, located 17 km northeast...
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Moscow through Volokolamsk to Russia's border with Latvia. The road runs north of Moscow across the towns of Krasnogorsk, Istra, Volokolamsk, Zubtsov, Rzhev...
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Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery, the Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery, and the Ferapontov Monastery. Among his many rich and notable patrons, Joseph of Volokolamsk alone...
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protecting Moscow's western approaches which extended from Kalinin towards Volokolamsk and Kaluga. Despite recent reinforcements, only around 90,000 Soviet...
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Front). The division engaged in heavy fighting in October 1941 west of Volokolamsk, restraining the German offensive on Moscow. The division suffered heavy...
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the last surviving autonomous provinces: Pskov in 1510, appanage of Volokolamsk in 1513, principalities of Ryazan in 1521 and Novgorod-Seversky in 1522...
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and tasked with defending a 41-kilometer long sector to the south of Volokolamsk, a part of the Mozhaisk fortified line. On 15 October, the Germans attacked...
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Orthodox Church. In May 2011, Hilarion Alfeyev, the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and head of external relations for the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian...
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writing a novel about the fighting in Volokolamsk, which would eventually be published in 1944 under the title Volokolamsk Highway. Bauyrzhan strongly disapproved...
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A New Year tree with a red star in front of a church cupola in Volokolamsk, Russia, 2010....
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non-Orthodox Christians." Hilarion Alfeyev, then the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and head of external relations for the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian...
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Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuryev-Polsky, Dmitrov, Volokolamsk, Tver, and Torzhok. Chinese siege engines were used by the Mongols under...
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International Circuit Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 2012 Moscow Raceway Volokolamsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, United...
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Istra, and Volokolamsk. The stations the line serves are located in Moscow, as well as in the towns of Krasnogorsk, Istra, Volokolamsk, and the urban-type...
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in alliance with the princely authority. Daniel was a monk at Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery and a student of Joseph Volotsky. In 1515, he was elected hegumen...
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started in 1897. On June 30, 1901 the passenger traffic between Moscow and Volokolamsk was opened. Since the main station in Moscow was not ready at the time...
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was given Uglich, Bezhetsk and Verkh and Zvenigorod, Boris was given Volokolamsk, Rzhev and Ruza, while Andrey Menshoy was given Vologda. Ivan's rule...
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least seventy-five manuscript copies survive. Saint Joseph, Abbot of Volokolamsk, Russia (1439–1515), wrote a number of influential works against heresy...
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Gaijin Entertainment game development company. The premiere took place in Volokolamsk on 16 November 2016 and in Russia on 24 November 2016. The plot was written...
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Volga trade route and the Dnieper trade route. The names of the towns Volokolamsk and Vyshny Volochek may be translated as "the portage on the Lama River"...
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City of Military Glory (section Volokolamsk)
in the struggle for the freedom and independence of the Motherland". Volokolamsk was the scene of some major battles between Soviet and Nazi troops during...
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Principality. Several important cities were founded around that time, including Volokolamsk (1135), Moscow (1147), Zvenigorod (1152), and Dmitrov (1154). In the...
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of Moscow in 1941. He produced one of his life's most famous works, Volokolamsk Highway («Волоколамское шоссе»), in 1944, depicting the heroism of Moscow's...
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Bitola, North Macedonia (since 1976) Ioannina, Greece (since 1993) Volokolamsk, Russia (since 2013)...
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St. Sergius by Abbot Joasaph (Skripitsyn), two elders of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery were elected as recipients—the monk Cassian Bossoy and the...
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Belskiy (‹See Tfd›Russian: Лукьян Афанасьевич Бельский) in the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery. One of Skuratov's daughters, Maria Grigorievna, married the...
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