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    Boris I (also Bogoris), venerated as Saint Boris I (Mihail) the Baptizer (Church Slavonic: Борисъ А҃ / Борисъ-Михаилъ Bulgarian: Борис I / Борис-Михаил;...
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    the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After the end of his reign, Russia descended into the Time of Troubles. Boris Godunov was the most...
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    Boris Mikhailovich Skossyreff (Russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Ско́сырев, romanized: Boris Mikhailovich Skosyrev; Catalan: Borís Mikhàilovitx Skóssirev pronounced...
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    Boris III (Bulgarian: Борѝс III ; Boris Treti; 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1894 – 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus...
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    against Great Moravia to the north-east and Boris I agreed to negotiate. The Byzantines' only demand was that Boris I adopt Orthodox Christianity and to accept...
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    Germanic name meaning "fame-bright". Boris is first found in written records in the case of the Bulgarian ruler Knyaz Boris I (852–889), who adopted Christianity...
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    tolerated by Feodor's father. Elizabeth I sent a new ambassador, Giles Fletcher, the Elder, to demand of Boris Godunov that he convince the tsar to reconsider...
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  • name Boris Boris (surname) Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his death Boris II of...
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    Boris and Gleb (Old East Slavic: Борисъ и Глѣбъ, romanized: Borisŭ i Glěbŭ), respective Christian names Roman (Романъ, Romanŭ) and David (Давꙑдъ, Davydŭ)...
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    Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the...
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    of Boris I. This is very unlikely, as Malamir is attested as having been succeeded by his nephew (the son of his brother Zvinitsa), while Boris I was...
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    971). Boris II was the eldest surviving son of Emperor Peter I of Bulgaria and Maria (renamed Eirene) Lekapena, a granddaughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos...
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    When Bulgaria converted to Christianity in the ninth century, the ruler Boris I (852–889) was using the title knyaz (prince). For much of its later history...
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    Christianity in state level by Boris I in 865 that an independent Bulgarian ecclesiastical entity was established. Boris I believed that cultural advancement...
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    Simeon was born in 864 or 865, as the third son of Knyaz Boris I of Krum's dynasty. As Boris was the ruler who Christianized Bulgaria in 865, Simeon was...
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    Bulgarian state. In 971 John I Tzimiskes, the Byzantine emperor, subjugated much of the weakening Bulgarian Empire by defeating Boris II and capturing Preslav...
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  • on 2007-08-07. Golubov, Boris I. (2001) [1994], "Arzelà variation", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press. Golubov, Boris I. (2001) [1994], "Fréchet...
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  • (Bulgarian: Мария) was a Bulgarian royal consort as the wife of the Knyaz Boris I of Bulgaria. Her parents are unknown. She is mentioned in one charter from...
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    889 to 893. In 853 or 854, the Bulgar Army led by Vladimir, the son of Boris I of Bulgaria, invaded Serbia in an attempt to exact vengeance for the previous...
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    was a Bulgarian princess and a daughter of Prince Boris I of Bulgaria (852–889). Anna was Boris's second daughter and the youngest of six children born...
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  • Boris Ilich Marshak (Russian: Бори́с Ильи́ч Марша́к; 9 July 1933 – 28 July 2006) was an archeologist who spent more than fifty years excavating the Sogdian...
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    First Bulgarian Empire. It was established by Boris I in 886 in Bulgaria's capital, Pliska. In 893, Simeon I moved the seat of the school from the First...
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    converted Boris I of Bulgaria. Numerous other Epistles also survive. Photios is also the writer of two "mirrors of princes", addressed to Boris-Michael...
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    sent to the Bulgarian capital of Pliska, where they were commissioned by Boris I to instruct the future clergy of the state in the Slavonic language. After...
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    Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet...
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    himself the sovereign of Andorra. On 8 July 1934 Boris issued a proclamation in Urgell, declaring himself Boris I, King of Andorra, simultaneously declaring...
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    Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (/ˈkoʊdʒuː/; born March 8, 1973) is a German actor and former model best known for his roles as Kelby in...
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    Boris Theodore Pash (born Boris Fyodorovich Pashkovsky; Russian: Борис Фёдорович Пашковский; 20 June 1900 – 11 May 1995) was a United States Army military...
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    Boris Brejcha (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbrɛjxaː]; born November 26, 1981, in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German DJ and record producer. He describes his...
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    Time of Troubles. Fyodor II was born in Moscow, the son and successor to Boris Godunov. His mother Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya was one of the...
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