Fatherland—All Russia — (OVR) Political bloc. Known in Russian as Otechestvo Vsia Rossiia, the OVR was a short lived alliance of Yevgeny Primakov, Yury Luzhkov, and former St. Petersburg mayor Vladimir Yakovlelv in order to field a political bloc in the 1999 State… … Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
Fatherland — – All Russia (Russian: Отечество – Вся Россия, ОВР) was a political bloc formed in 1999 by the Fatherland and All Russia blocks to take part in the 1999 State Duma election and led by Yevgeny Primakov, Yury Luzhkov and Vladimir Yakovlev. During… … Wikipedia
Fatherland Party — is the name of several current or former political parties:*Afghanistan Watan Party (i.e. Fatherland Party), the modern incarnation of the Parcham faction of the People s Democratic Party of Afghanistan *German Empire Fatherland Party (… … Wikipedia
Russia — • Geography and history Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russia Russia † Catholic E … Catholic encyclopedia
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
Russia — This article is about the current country. For other uses, see Russia (disambiguation). Russian Federation Российская Федерация Rossiyskaya Federatsiya … Wikipedia
RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Fatherland (novel) — Infobox Book name = Fatherland title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover pre publication copy author = Robert Harris illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Thriller, Alternate … Wikipedia
Nicholas II of Russia — Nicholas II redirects here. For other uses, see Nicholas II (disambiguation). Nicholas II Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Reign 1 Novem … Wikipedia
United Russia — Infobox Political party party name = United Russia name native = Единая Россия party leader = Vladimir Putin membership = 1.98 million colorcode = blue foundation = 1 December 2001 ideology = Centrism, Centralism headquarters = Moscow… … Wikipedia
