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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
6: ...[[April 19]], [[1042]] the popular movement which caused the dethronement of [[Michael V]] also led to...
8: ...s noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]]. - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
1: ...Constantine X]]. After his death ([[1067]]) she became the wife of [[Romanus IV]]. She was also the ni...
3: ...stantius, along with Constantine's brother John Ducas. Michael was old enough to rule on his own, but ...
5: ...ian|Varangian Guard]] then compelled Eudocia to vacate the throne in favour of Michael and retire to a...
7: ...fter the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1081]]. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...hus one of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930...
5: ...i did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects of Bolshevism and opted to j...
7: ...cy and educating women about the new marriage, education, and working laws put in place by the Revolut...
11: ...er which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined. - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
3: She was her father's favourite and was carefully trained in the study of [[poetry]], [[scie...
5: ...a regards the [[Crusades]] as a danger both political and religious. Her models are [[Thucydides]], [[... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ...smonaut corps. Out of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [...
7: ...h]]: [[Seagull]]; {{lang-ru|Ча́йка}} ). Even though there were plans ...
9: ...o her prominence she was chosen for several political positions: From [[1966]] to [[1974]] she was a m... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: ...sponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s ...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968)
20: *''Musical Toys'' fourteen piano pieces for children (1969)
40: *''Hommage ࠍarina Tsvetayeva'' for a capella choir - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...балала́йка</font>) is a stringed instrument o...
18: ...e a [[plectrum]] is used on the larger sizes. One can play the prima with a plectrum, but it is consid...
26: ... be moved around by the player at will (as is the case with the modern saz, which allows for the [[mic...
28: ...th the ''[[skomorokh]]s'', sort of free-lance musical [[jester]]s whose tunes ridiculed the [[Tsar]], ...
30: ...istory, the playing of the balalaika was banned because of its use by the ''skomorokhi'', who were gen... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: '''Space exploration''' is the physical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objects and gener...
4: ...tronger and lighter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-...
6: ...le trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
13: ...al flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]].
15: ...ght. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]... - Albania (24647 bytes)
17: | align="center" colspan="2" | [[image:LocationAlbania.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [...
39: ... GDP|2003]])<br> - GDP/capita<br> - GDP/capita
40: ... $2,230 ([[List of countries by GDP (Nominal) per capita|Nominal]])
47: ...>[[Greek Orthodox]] <small>20%</small><br>[[Roman Catholic]] <small>10%</small><br> - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ed, cited as either the German [[Polish September Campaign|invasion of Poland]] on [[1 September]] [[1...
6: ...ean Sea]], [[African Theatres of World War II|Africa]], the [[Middle East Theatre of World War II|Midd...
8: ...]'s [[Unit 731]] experiments in [[Pingfan]]. As a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front...
10: ...on of Japan led to its democratization, and China came to split into the Communist [[People's Republic...
22: ...olonies of the British Empire, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, No... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...twice the territory of the next-largest nation, [[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population...
4: ...mber [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Repu...
13: ...entury]] onwards and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribe...
15: ...y|11th centuries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous,...
17: ... Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...sed military force to dissolve the parliament and called for new legislative elections (''see'' [[Russ...
4: ...ontinued to wane as Russia's regions gained political and economic concessions from [[Moscow]]. Althou...
6: ==Historical background==
8: ...t politics and government; they also controlled local administration.
10: ...d the creation or strengthening of various specifically Russian institutions in the RSFSR. Certain pol... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...5 tons of freight with this and the weight of the car on two four wheel support trucks. Fully loaded, ...
9: ...e the weight of the train evenly, allowing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[ro...
11: ...ient use of space: a double tracked rail line can carry more passengers or freight in a given amount o...
17: ...run through cities and the countryside is impractical.
22: ...switch]]es, [[Railway signal|signals]], [[classification yard]]s, etc. - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...a]], the daughter of a tanner. Born in [[Falaise, Calvados, France|Falaise]], [[Normandy]], now in [[F...
12: ...he Unready]] and later of King [[Canute the Great|Canute]].
14: ...ormandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]]...
16: ... of the [[Pope Leo IX|pope]] in [[1053]] at the [[Cathedral of Notre Dame]] at [[Eu, Seine-Maritime|Eu...
18: ...]] and [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life. - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...mi, and 5 nummi coins (other denominations were occasionally produced). The obverse (front) of these c...
10: ... The tetarteron was unpopular and was only sporadically reissued during the tenth century. The full we...
12: ... coinage became insignificant, as Italian money became the predominant circulating coinage.
14: ...o slowly decrease in size. In the 10th century so-called "anonymous folles" were struck instead of the... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...characterized by its [[conifer]]ous forests. In [[Canada]], the term '''boreal forest''' is used to re...
3: ...e (see [[muskeg]]), which covers most of inland [[Canada]] and northern [[Russia]]. The taigas are one...
7: ...rge omnivorous birds that can take live prey or [[carrion]] will also maintain a presence in this zone...
9: ...]], [[Beaver]], [[Snowshoe Hare]], [[Lemming]], [[Caribou]] and several members of the [[weasel]] fami...
21: ...tlas/themes.aspx?id=artic&lang= Arctic and Taiga (Canadian Geographic)] - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
7: ...one|222px|"''I have harnessed the cosmic rays and caused them to operate a motive device.''" - Nikola ...
16: ...]] and winning the "[[War of Currents]]", Tesla became world-famous.
18: ...an]]'' who conjured up [[Knowledge creation|technical feats]]. Tesla's vision was to find a means to p...
20: ...just only recently coming to fruition. His legacy can been seen across [[Modern world|modern civilizat...
24: |'''Electromechanical devices and principles developed by Nikola Tesla... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
6: ! Category
35: | [[Macau]] (?m鮯澳门 – Macau)
79: ...p;– Altajdyng/Алтайдынг)
87: ...giaj Mochk/Гiалгiай Мохк)
89: ...#1098;эбэрдей-Балъкъэ... - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ...o mark the start of the [[medieval]] period), [[Arcadius]] (treating [[Theodosius I]] as the last empe...
16: *[[Arcadius]], (377-408, ruled [[395]] - [[408]]) –...
17: ...01-450, ruled [[408]] - [[450]]) – son of Arcadius
18: ... ruled [[450]] - [[457]]) – son-in-law of Arcadius, brother-in-law of Theodosius II
35: *[[Phocas]] the Tyrant (???-610, ruled [[602]] - [[610]]) ...
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