Nicolai

"He saw that he was passing into nothingness," he said of his brother, as though there could be no question as to the nothingness of the individual consciousness that he had known as Nicolai, his brother.

Cosmic Consciousness

The Nicolai was the property of a merchant (Mr. Ludorf) at Nicolayevsk.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

When the driver, later identified as Nicolai, stopped at a traffic light, Brennan approached the car, opened the driver's door and told Nicolai to put the car in park.

Phillies Zone 2010

The Vladimir Putin era sometimes calls to mind Nicolai Gogol, a master of absurdist and biting social critiques of Czarist Russia.

Russia's Dead Soul 2011

Carsten Nicolai AKA Alva Noto is the head of the Raster-Noton label, and they put out amazing electronica.

Boys Noize Q&A 2011

At Ellis Island, immigration officials thought his name would be too hard to pronounce, so Nicolai Gjelsvik became Nick Thune.

Sen. John Thune says he could offer GOP more than just a fresh face in 2012 2011

To Nicolai, the weapon had talismanic power; it was both noble and ferocious, with the prospect of horrific violence only barely masked by the knife's placid beauty.

Here Come the Cops—Steppe on It Joshua Yaffa 2011

I cannot really think of a better explanation for this than what Nicolai Ouroussoff said in 'Future Vision Banished to the Past' ardently opposing the proposed demolition of Nakagin Capsule Tower: like all great buildings, it is the crystallization of a far-reaching cultural ideal.

Tom Mallory: Is Nostalgia Dead? Retro-Futurism, Architecture & Film Tom Mallory 2011

One day when he was 6 years old, Nicolai Lilin was given his first knife.

Here Come the Cops—Steppe on It Joshua Yaffa 2011

My relationship with Nicolai Gedda's voice has been mostly through his recordings, though I did have the thrilling experience of singing alongside him at EMI's centenary gala at Glyndebourne in 1997.

The artists' artist: tenors 2011