See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER NIKOLAIVICH See also:

• ALEXANDER NIKOLAIVICH OSTROVSKIY (1823-1886)

OSTROVSKIY (1823-1886)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian dramatic author,.was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1823 in See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate . He studied By those whose experience is derived from the observation of See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive ostriches this fact has been often disputed . But, the difference of circumstances under which they find themselves, and in particular their removal from the See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat-retaining sands of the See also:

• DESERT

desert and its burning See also:

• SUNSHINE

sunshine, is quite enough to See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account for the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit . Von See also:

• HEUGLIN, THEODOR VON (1824-1876)

Heuglin also (p . 933) is explicit on this point . See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the university of that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, which he quitted 'without having submitted to the final examination . He was then employed as a clerk in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of the " See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

Conscience," and subsequently in that of the Commercial Court at Moscow . Both tribunals were called upon to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle disputes chiefly among the Russian See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant class, from which See also:

• OSTROVSKIY, ALEXANDER NIKOLAIVICH (1823-1886)

Ostrovskiy was thus enabled to draw the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief characters for his earliest comedies . Among these are Byednaya Nivesta (" The Poor See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

Bride "), Byednost ne Porok (" Poverty not a See also:

• VICE

Vice "), and Ne v'svoi sani ne sadis (literally " See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don't put yourself in another's sledge," meaning " Don't put yourself in a position for which you are not suited ") . Of this last See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas I. said, " it was not a See also:

• PLAY

play, but a See also:

• LESSON (through Fr. lecon from Lat. lectio, reading; legere, to read)

lesson." The uncultured, self-satisfied Moscow merchants are strikingly portrayed in Grozk (" The See also:

• TEMPEST, MARIE (1866– )

Tempest ") and Svoyi lyudi sochtyomsya (" Between near relatives no accounts are needed "), which was originally called " The Bankrupt." The last-mentioned See also:

• COMEDY

comedy was prohibited for ten years, until the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander II., and Ostrovskiy was dismissed the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government service and placed under the supervision of the See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police . The Liberal tendencies of the new reign, however, soon brought See also:

• RELIEF

relief, Ostrovskiy was one of several well-known See also:

• LITERARY

literary men who were sent into the provinces to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . Ostrovskiy's See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of inquiry See also:

• LAY

lay along the upper See also:

• VOLGA (known to the Tatars as Etil, Jill or Atel; to the Finnish tribes as Rau, and to the ancients as Rha and Oarus)

Volga, a See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country memorable for some of the most important events in Russian See also:

• HISTORY

history .

This See also:

• MISSION

mission induced him to write several See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical dramas of See also:

• GREAT

great merit, such as Kuzma Zakharich Minin Soukhorouk (the full name of the famous See also:

• BUTCHER

butcher who saved Moscow from the Poles); " The False See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius" and " Vassily Shuisky "; Vassilisa Melentieva (the name of a favourite court See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady of See also:

• IVAN (JOHN)

Ivan the Terrible), and the comedy, Voivoda eeli Son na V olge (" The Military See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander," or " A See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream on the Volga ") . Many of his later See also:

• WORKS

works treat of the Russian See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility, and include Byeshani Dengi (literally " Mad See also:

• MONEY

Money "), Vospeetinitsa (" A Girl brought up in a Stranger's See also:

• FAMILY

Family "), and Volki e Ovtsi (" Wolves and See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

Sheep "); others relate to the See also:

• WORLD

world of actors, such as Liess (" See also:

• FOREST

Forest "), Bez vini vinovatiya (" Guiltlessly guilty "), and Talenti e Pokloniki (" Talents and their Admirers ") . Ostrovskiy enjoyed the patronage of Alexander III., and received a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of 3000 roubles a See also:

• YEAR

year . With the help of Moscow capitalists he established in that city a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and school of dramatic See also:

• ART

art, of which he became the first director . He also founded the Society of Russian Dramatic Art and See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera Composers . His See also:

• DEATH

death took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 24th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1886, while travelling to his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in See also:

• KOSTROMA

Kostroma .