MIKHAIL

  

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MIKHAIL

"MIKHAIL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "Who is like God?".


Modern Usage: MIKHAIL

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Mikhail Romm: ispoved kinorezhisera (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: MIKHAIL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ill-Posed and Inverse Problems: Dedicated to Academician Mikhail Mikhailovich Laverentiev on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday (Inverse and Ill-posed (reference)

  • Ah, Mikhail, O Fidel (reference)

  • Mikhail Chekhov : annotirovannyi bibliograficheskii ukazatel§ = Michael Chekov : a bibliography (reference)

  • Mikhail Vasil'evich Lomonosov on the Corpuscular Theory (reference)

  • The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Pual Ii, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood Vol 4: The Wild Swans (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: MIKHAIL

Illustrations:
MIKHAIL

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Photo Album: MIKHAIL

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Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Credit: Library of Congress.

President Ronald Reagan and Donald Regan, full-length portrait, walking and sharing a laugh outdoors, in Geneva, Switzerland, during the summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mikhail Sholokhov. Credit: Library of Congress.

Uspenskaia tserkov' v Makar'evskom monastyrie. Miesto kel'i, gdie zhil TSar' Mikhail Feodorovich. Credit: Library of Congress.

TSiepi, kotorymi byl prikovan Mikhail Nikitich Romanov. Selo Nyrob. Ural. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chasovnia na miestie, gde byl zakliuchen Mikhail Nikitich Romanov. Vid s vostoka. Selo Nyrob. Ural. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ikonostas v chasovnie na miestie, gdie byl zakliuchen Mikhail Nikitich Romanov. Selo Nyrob. Ural. Credit: Library of Congress.

Prisoner of the Soviet secret police : Dr. Mikhail Stern, Soviet Jew : let my people go!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: MIKHAIL

AuthorQuotation

Mikhail A. Bakunin

Throw theory into the fire; it only spoils life.
The passion for destruction (is) a creative passion.
Divine morality is the absolute negation of human morality.
Where the State begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.
In politics, as in high finance, duplicity is regarded as a virtue.
Our first work must be the annihilation of everything as it now exists.
If there is a state, then there is domination, and in turn there is slavery.
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.
The subordination of labor to capital is the source of all slavery: political, moral and material.

Mikhail Bakunin

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MIKHAIL

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Russia

Gusinskiy insisted publicly that he had signed under duress, citing a protocol to the agreement that was cosigned by Press Minister Mikhail Lesin. (references)

Belarus

On January 16, police arrested Ales Abramovich, Alesia Yasiuk, Nadzieya Grachukha, and Dmitry and Mikhail Kuznitsov who had picketed for 30 minutes in Borisov; they were charged with defamation for verbal abuse of the President's honor and dignity. (references)

Georgia

Channel 25 is the only independent television station broadcasting in the autonomous region of Ajara; however, three of the four owners of the station alleged that they were coerced in February 2000 by Ajaran regional government officials and Mikhail Gagoshidze, chairman of Ajaran Television and Radio, to cede 75 percent of the company's shares to Gagoshidze. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

In the years of perestroika, under U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev, national goals were again advanced by Ukrainian officials. (references)

Germany

On October 7, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited Berlin to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the GDR and urged the East German leadership to pursue reform. (references)

Russia

Ivan III (1462-1505) was able to refer to his empire as "the Third Rome" and heir to the Byzantine tradition, and a century later the Romanov dynasty was established under Tsar Mikhail in 1613. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

There were no developments in the 1999 killing of St. Petersburg Deputy Mayor Mikhail Manevich. (references)

Belarus

On February 10, police arrested Alexander Chigir, son of former Prime Minister and active Lukashenka opponent Mikhail Chigir. (references)

Belarus

In the interview, he stated he was aware of the existence of the death squad unit and confirmed that he was questioned by Deputy Prosecutor Mikhail Snyahir in connection with the Lopatik report. (references)

Minorities

Russia

According to a press report, a Samara judge reportedly found the leader of a local group of "Satanists," Mikhail Pankov, responsible for the desecration of the cemetery in Samara and declared him insane. (references)

Political Economy

Russia

President Vladimir Putin was elected in March 2000, and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov took office in May 2000. Both the presidential elections and the December 1999 Duma elections were judged by international observers to be largely free and fair, although in both cases pre-election manipulation of the media was a problem. (references)

Russia

Vladimir Putin became Acting President when Boris Yeltsin resigned December 31, 1999. He was elected president in March 2000. The President, upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister (currently Mikhail Kasyanov), appoints other Cabinet ministers, who are responsible for enforcement of legislation and decrees in their respective fields. (references)

Political Rights

Russia

Despite applicable term-limit laws that appeared to preclude a third term by the incumbent President Mikhail Nikolayev as a candidate; it also registered Shtyrov as a candidate, despite allegations that he failed to meet the legal requirements for registration. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: MIKHAIL

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

You don't want to believe that the people who love the spotted owl, clean water and pure air are the same kinds of people as Yuri Andropov, Leonid Brezhnev, Nikita Khrushchev, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MIKHAIL

"MIKHAIL" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.97% of the time. "MIKHAIL" is used about 347 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)95.97%33315,728
Lexical Verb (infinitive)1.73%6143,867
Lexical Verb (base form)1.15%4175,879
Noun (singular)0.86%3202,518
Noun (common)0.29%1339,140
                    Total100.00%347N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: MIKHAIL

The following table summarizes the usage of "MIKHAIL" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
MikhailLast name20037,357
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: MIKHAIL

"MIKHAIL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "Who is like God?".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "MIKHAIL."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
MikelMaleBasqueMichael
MitxelMaleBasqueMichael
MichaelMaleBiblicalN/A
MiquelMaleCatalanMichael
MyghalMaleCornishMichael
MichaelMaleCzechN/A
MichaelaFemaleCzechMichael
MichalMaleCzechMichael
MichaelMaleEnglishN/A
MichaelaFemaleEnglishMichael
MichealMaleEnglishMichael
MichelleFemaleEnglishMichael
MickMaleEnglishMichael
MikeMaleEnglishMichael
MilesMaleEnglishMichael
MitchellMaleEnglishMichael
MichjoMaleEsperantoMichael
MihhaeloMaleEsperantoMichael
MikeloMaleEsperantoMichael
MikkoMaleFinnishMichael
MichèleFemaleFrenchMichael
MichelMaleFrenchMichael
MichelineFemaleFrenchMichael
MichelleFemaleFrenchMichael
MichaelMaleGermanN/A
MichaelaFemaleGermanMichael
MichelMaleGermanMichael
MikalaMaleHawaiianMichael
MihályMaleHungarianMichael
MícheálMaleIrishMichael
MicaelaFemaleItalianMichael
MichelaFemaleItalianMichael
MichelangeloMaleItalianMichael
MicheleMaleItalianMichael
MichelinaFemaleItalianMichael
MykolasMaleLithuanianMichael
MichalMalePolishMichael
MichalinaFemalePolishMichael
MiguelMalePortugueseMichael
MihaelaFemaleRomanianMichael
MihaiMaleRomanianMichael
MihaitaMaleRomanianMichael
MikhailMaleRussianMichael
MikhailaFemaleRussianMichael
MishaMale, FemaleRussianMichael
MikaelMaleScandinavianMichael
MikaelaFemaleScandinavianMichael
MikkelMaleScandinavianMichael
MìchealMaleScottishMichael
MicheilMaleScottishMichael
MihaelMaleSloveneMichael
MiguelMaleSpanishMichael
MikaylaFemaleUkrainianMichael
MikhailoMaleUkrainianMichael
MeicalMaleWelshMichael
MihangelMaleWelshMichael
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: MIKHAIL

Expressions using "MIKHAIL": Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin Mikhail Bakunin Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MIKHAIL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mikhail gorbachev

160

gorbachevs mikhail wife

6

mikhail baryshnikov

127

picture of mikhail baryshnikov

6

mikhail

58

barishnikov mikhail

6

chess mikhail

26

baryshnikov born dancer in mikhail u.s.s.r where

5

champ chess mikhail

17

kalashnikov mikhail

5

gorbachev mikhail picture

16

mikhail youzhny

5

mikhail simkin

15

mikhail glinka

4

champion chess mikhail

14

mikhail pletnev

4

mikhail tal

13

khodorkovsky mikhail

4

mikhail wife

11

champ chess former mikhail

4

biography gorbachev mikhail

11

magdi mikhail

4

mikhail bulgakov

10

dubinin mikhail

4

1960 champion chess mikhail

10

mikhail lermontov

3

mikhail bakhtin

10

mikhail botvinnik

3

mikhail rusinov

9

mikhail ryabko

3

darafeev mikhail

8

best chess game mikhail tals

3

mikhail bakunin

7

baryshnikov born mikhail where

3

gorbachev mikhail wife

7

mikhail s wife

3

baryshnikov biography mikhail

7

mikhail nemirovsky

3

mikhail baryshnikov photo

7

glinka ivanovich mikhail

2

gorbachev history mikhail

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: MIKHAIL

Misspellings

"MIKHAIL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bichai, Dikhil, Kirkharl, Machali, Machalik, Mahali, Mahwali, Makuhari, Mechai, Micafil, Michai, Michail, Michavila, Mihail, Mihailo, Mihailov, Mihajlo, Mihalis, Mihalj, Mihiel, Mikailli, Mikhael, Mikhailov, Mikhaylov, mikhlal, Mkhahle, Mykhailo, Riohgail, Tikhait, Tikhii. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: MIKHAIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-i-i-k-l-m"

-2 letters: hakim, kilim, milia.

-3 letters: haik, hail, halm, hila, hili, ilia, ilka, kail, kami, lakh, lima, mail, milk.

-4 letters: ail, aim, ami, ham, him, ilk, khi, lam, mil.

-5 letters: ah, ai, al, am, ha, hi, hm, ka, la, li, ma, mi.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-i-k-l-m"
 

+4 letters: machinelike.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MIKHAIL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 49 4B 48 41 49 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ..    -.-    ....    .-    ..    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001001 01001011 01001000 01000001 01001001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#73 &#75 &#72 &#65 &#73 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0049 004B 0048 0041 0049 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47434542354346

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Spoken
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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