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Recent Changes In The Axiological Status Of Encyclopedic Anthroponyms

Table 3: The beginnings of four encyclopedic entries devoted to

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1952) The Great Russian Encyclopedia (2007) The New Russian Encyclopedia (2008) The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropedia, Vol.5 (1994b)
HITLER (real surname – Schiclkgruber), Adolf (1889–1945) – ringman of the German fascism, German Reichschancellor (1933–45) and “Fuehrer”, executioner of the German nation and the other countries temporarily occupied during the World War II by the German predatory imperialism, the major war criminal, ardent enemy of the Soviet Union. In his fight for the power and influence H., demagogue and conceited maniac, used the vilest means. HITLER, Adolf (20.4.1889, Braunau,  Austria-Hungary, 30.4.1945, Berlin), the head of the German State during the nazi dictatorship (1933–45), the major war criminal. HITLER, real surname Schiclkgruber, Adolf (20.4.1889-30.4.1945) – German statesman, the head of the Third Reich, the leader of the Nazis. Hitler, Adolf, byname DER FüHRER (German: “The Leader”) (b. April 20,1889, Braunau am Inn, Austria—d. April 30, 1945. Berlin), leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party (from 1920/21) and dictator of Germany (1933-45). He was officially chancellor (Kanzler) from Jan. 30, 1933, and, after President Paul von Hindenburg’s death, assumed the twin titles of Führer and chancellor (Aug. 2,1934).
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