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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's cap...
15: ...Atlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were buil...
17: ...dation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A纣ar). Later, the whole city w...
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25: Rio was maintained as Brazilian capital after the military overthrew the [[monarchy]] and im... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
6: ...dora's installment as co-empress with her sister. After two months of active participation in governme...
8: ...s noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]]. - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
1: ...e of the [[Byzantine]] emperor [[Constantine X]]. After his death ([[1067]]) she became the wife of [[...
3: ...s a child and two, Constantius and Zoe, were born after Constantine became [[Byzantine emperor]] in [[...
7: ...fter the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1081]]. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ллонта́й — born '''Domontovich''', До&#...
7: ...od of exile for her earlier political activities. After the Bolshevik revolution in October [[1917]], ...
11: ...in]] managed to dissolve the Workers' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally polit... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
3: ...] to depose her brother [[John II Comnenus|John]] after his accession; and when her husband refused to...
5: ...status as a nun, but becomes especially defective afterwards, as she was obviously isolated from her P... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ...o]], a small village in the [[Yaroslavl Oblast]]. After school she worked in a tire factory, and then ...
7: ...h]]: [[Seagull]]; {{lang-ru|Ча́йка}} ). Even though there were plans ...
9: After her flight she studied at the [[Zhukovski Air ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
45: ...094;, который танцует...
60: ...res of Time (Фигурй времени... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...балала́йка</font>) is a stringed instrument o... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
6: ...uttle Enterprise]], a Concorde and scores of aircraft. The [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] museum in [[...
15: ...became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]].
50: ...ram and general aerospace research. It was formed after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the dissol...
56: ...he impoverished instead of being wasted on spacecraft that sometimes don't work. Some examples include...
164: ||[[Space shuttle|Reusable manned spacecraft]] - Albania (24647 bytes)
72: ...er, Arb뮯r, Arb뮥sh묠Arbresh묠 [http://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/albania01_frosina.html...
85: ...r the [[second millennium BC]] and did not really affect northern or central Albania, an area that at ...
87: ... century BC|6th]] centuries BC. Excellent metal craftsmen and fierce warriors, the Illyrians formed wa...
94: After the [[Balkan Wars|First Balkan War]], Albania ...
96: ...m left Albania in September 1914, only six months after his arrival, while bands of Greek bandits effe... - World War II (58065 bytes)
6: ...rranean Sea]], [[African Theatres of World War II|Africa]], the [[Middle East Theatre of World War II|...
8: ...] to a new degree. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Techno...
33: ...[Admiral Graf Spee]]''" was sunk in South America after the [[battle of the River Plate]].
46: ...ritain's skies. The Luftwaffe initially targeted RAF Fighter Command, but turned to terror bombing Lon...
58: ...about three transport planes every five minutes). After a week it was decided that so many German troo... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...ang-ru|Росси́йская Фед...
6: ...two [[superpower]]s, lay in Russia. Consequently, after the breakup of the USSR, Russia again vied for...
15: ...nasty lasted several centuries, during which they affiliated with the Byzantine, or [[Orthodox]], chur...
19: ...] yoke and was largely spared the atrocities that affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it ha...
21: ...many of the country's democratic institutions and affected its culture and economy in a very negative ... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
10: Because of the Russians' dominance in the affairs of the union, the RSFSR failed to develop so...
16: ...tion of the plotters, caused the coup to collapse after three days.
20: ...ation could be established. In December, one week after the Ukrainian Republic approved independence b...
22: In October 1991, during the "honeymoon" period after his resistance to the Soviet coup, Yeltsin con...
24: ...liament was the supreme organ of power in Russia. After Russia added the office of president in 1991, ... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly ef...
30: ... build, but can only handle a limited amount of traffic and are consequently only used on [[branch lin...
32: ... direction) are used to handle large amounts of traffic.
38: ==Safety and railway disasters==
42: The most important safety measure is [[railway signalling]]. [[Train whi... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
9: ...ng [[plate armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
31: ...ings occurred in the [[Welsh Marches]] and at [[Stafford]]. Most seriously William faced separate atte...
40: ...d not fit in the stone [[sarcophagus]], and burst after some unsuccessful prodding by the assembled [[...
42: ...ngland|Henry]] also became King of England later, after William II died without a child to succeed him...
52: #Richard ([[1057]]-c. [[1081]]), killed by a stag in [[New Forest]] - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
2: ...rrency''', money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two ...
12: ...ourteenth century it was also frequently debased. After 1400, Byzantine coinage became insignificant, ... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...from [[Russian language|Russian]] тайга́) is a [[biome]] characterize...
3: ...o the cold climate. Some [[flowering plant|broadleaf trees]] also occur, notably [[birch]]es, [[aspen]...
11: ...anted in other biomes, such as [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]], slowing the rate at which th... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
16: ...ed usher in the [[Second Industrial Revolution]]. After Tesla's demonstration of [[Transmission (telec...
45: * [[VTOL]] [[aircraft]]
49: ...e was Николай (''Nikola'').
51: ...;uka Mandić]], who talented in making home craft tools. Tesla was one of five children, having on...
55: ... to him were, "You've arrived, Nidzo, my pride." After her death, Tesla fell ill. He spent two to thr... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
79: ...p;– Altajdyng/Алтайдынг)
87: ...giaj Mochk/Гiалгiай Мохк)
89: ...#1098;эбэрдей-Балъкъэ...
99: ...Mari El]] (Marij El/Марий Эл)
120: ...avtonomnaja Oblast'/Еврейская авт... - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
99: ...s III]] Botaniates (1001-1081, ruled [[1078]] - [[1081]]) – married Michael VII's wife Maria of Al...
100: *[[Alexius I Comnenus]] (1057-1118, ruled [[1081]] - [[1118]]) – nephew of Isaac I; married ...
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