Wikipedia:WikiProject Russia/New article announcements/May-June 2005

This is the May-June 2005 archive of Portal:Russia/New article announcements.

June 2005

• Vologda (formerly contained just two lines) --Ghirlandajo
• Western Caucasus, Sikhote-Alin, Uvs Nuur, Kem', and Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod - stubbish articles on World Heritage Sites. --Ghirlandajo 28 June 2005 21:20 (UTC)
• Mansi language. It had to be done after the Khanty language. KNewman 19:09, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
• Khanty language. This was a small article, but a tough one. KNewman 05:34, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
• Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Michael Rostovtzeff, Andrey Konchalovsky - written/rewritten by Ghirlandajo.
• Leaning Tower of Nevyansk. Phew, I finally did it! Some proofreading and pictures would be extremely appreciated. KNewman 19:38, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
• Svyatogor. It was a one-sentence stub for quite some time. I added a bit of spoiler. mikka (t) 17:40, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Zinaida Serebryakova written by Alex Bakharev.
• Volga Bulgaria and Vladimir-Suzdal rewritten. --Ghirlandajo 14:48, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky. Requesting review and categorization.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 16:57, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Equal-to-apostles (Равноапостольный), created ealrier forgot to announce. -Irpen 05:25, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
• Russian Symbolism, just a first draft, lots and lots of work needed. --Ghirlandajo
• Krutitsy, Mir iskusstva, Alexandre Benois. --Ghirlandajo
• Novodevichy Convent, requesting review and pictures. KNewman 23:10, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Vsevolod the Big Nest written by Ghirlandajo. --Irpen
• Rzhev, Tver, Pskov, Ladoga, Vladimir, Kholmogory --Ghirlandajo
• Alexander Vorontsov and Ekaterina Dashkova adapted from 1911 EB --Ghirlandajo
• Tented roof and onion dome were rewritten. --Ghirlandajo
• "Lavra" stub recently created. Was a redir to Monastery. -Irpen
• Caucasophobia, a highly biased attack on Russia. mikka (t) 00:41, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Kosmopoisk. It is not exactly new, but worth looking. mikka (t) 08:52, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Selkups. KNewman 15:01, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
• Garrison school (Гарнизонные школы) organized by Peter I for children of peasant army recruits. Little known fact (at least to me, found in Britannica) that Peter formally liberated them from serfdom as well as their children, hence these schools, hence the article. Please read and correct. -Irpen 06:17, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

The article is now featured in WP:DYK on the main page. Please take another look, whether it needs any corrections. Thanks! -Irpen 20:17, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

• Penal battalion. "Всего лишь час дают на артобстрел" mikka (t) 05:05, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Votchina. I translated some of the B&E article; hopefully this will give people a start.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 20:19, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
• Filling in the gaps
  • Namestnik. mikka (t) 02:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Artel of Artists. mikka (t) 05:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Artel. mikka (t) 05:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Created Partizansk (heck, I feel like a god saying that! :)). As I was using my very old works and sources, the article is very POV'd, has poor grammar, and is incomplete. Please feel free to revise.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 20:35, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
• New stubs Volost and Uyezd. Please improve. Irpen 05:45, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

May 2005

• Created recently: Novorossiya, Great Russia (Velikorossiya) and Malorossiya. Please improve. Thanks! Irpen 06:02, May 23, 2005 (UTC)