Milyukov

[ mil-yuh-kawf, -kof; Russian myi-lyoo-kawf ]

noun

1. Pa·vel Ni·ko·la·e·vich [pah, -v, uh, l nik-, uh, -, lah, -y, uh, -vich, pah, -vyil nyi-kuh-, lah, -yi-vyich], 1859–1943, Russian statesman and historian.

Example Sentences

To calm the chaos, Milyukov quickly resigned.

From Literature

Then the gentler sounds of Pavel Milyukov playing Johan Sebastian Bach’s Chaconne for Solo Violin echoed through the eerie desert space.

From New York Times

Ever since the revolutionary days of 1905-6, Professor Milyukov has been playing a most conspicuous part in the Russian emancipatory movement, as the leader of the Constitutional party, as a Duma deputy and the editor of the influential radical newspaper Ryech.

From Project Gutenberg

According to the conservative estimate of Mr. Milyukov, these "true Russians," with the sympathy and coöperation of the police, killed or wounded no less than thirteen thousand other Russians, whom they regarded as not "true," in the very first week after the freedom manifesto was promulgated.

From Project Gutenberg

Americans who have not followed closely the sequence of events in Russia since October, 1905, may feel inclined to ask, "Why should Mr. Milyukov take such a pessimistic view of the future, when his country has not only a representative assembly, but an imperial guaranty of political freedom and 'real inviolability of personal rights'?"

From Project Gutenberg