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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...#1085;а) ([[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[P...
5: ...ven the birthname of Marfa Skavronska and was the daughter of Samuil Skavronski, a [[Lithuania]]n peas...
7: ...o, and became the mistress of, Prince [[Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov|Aleksandr Menshikov]], the best...
20: ...r=[[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]]|years=[[1724]]–[[1727]]<br>''with [[Peter the Great|Peter I]] ... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...[1729]] - [[November 6]], [[1796]] ([[Julian calendar|O.S.]])), born ''Sophie Augusta Fredericka'', kn...
5: ...osed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on current events in Russia and the rest of Eur...
9: ...eccaria-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine d...
25: ...ulminated in the [[Battle of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. T... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...1095;) ([[March 31]] ([[March 19]], [[Julian calendar|O.S.]]), [[1872]] - [[March 9]], [[1952]]) was a...
17: ...on: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai'', with [[Glenda Jackson]] as the voice of Kollontai. - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...1085;а Горенко'', [[June 23]], [[1889]] (June 11, Old St... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...#1072; Сави́цкая}}); born [[August 8]], [[1948]], i... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...1085;а Терешко́ва}}; born [[March 6]], ...
7: ...Seagull]]; {{lang-ru|Ча́йка}} ). Even though there were plans for fur...
11: ...layev]] (1929–2004) and gave birth to their daughter Elena in [[1964]], who is now a doctor. The... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...кая) ([[January 15]], [[1850]]–[[February 10]], [[1891]]) was a [[Russia]]n [...
5: ...a Fyodorovna Schubert]] (1820-1879). She was granddaughter of [[Theodor Schubert]] aka [[Fyodor Ivano...
19: ...ings pieces of which I'll try to slip in here one day =)--> - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
45: ...1103; трещотка)'' for six percussionists (1991)
49: *''Lauda'' for alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, mixed choi...
52: *''Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seilt䮺er)'' for violin ... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...алала́йка</font>) is a stringed instrument of [[Rus...
9: *secunda
16: ...nda balalaikas are ideally strung with gut (or, today, usually [[nylon]]) [[string]]s on the lower peg...
32: ...the multiple balalaika sizes and tunings in use today. He arranged many traditional Russian folk song...
50: * [http://www.bdaa.com/ Balalaika and Domra Association of America... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
9: ...#1077;спублика Казахс...
41: | [[Daniyal Akhmetov]]
72: ...o the Great, Middle and Little (or Small) Hordes—confederations based on extended family network...
76: ...#1077;ленческое Управ...
78: ...n|Soviet]] rule. In [[1920]], the area of present-day Kazakhstan became an [[Republics of Russia|auton... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
37: established_dates = From the [[Soviet Union]]<br> [[31 Au...
52: ... and [[China|Chinese]] historians, Kyrgyz history dates back to [[201 BC]]. The earliest ancestors of ...
58: ...so was notable. [[Literacy]] increased, and a standard literary language was introduced. The [[Kyrgyz ...
64: ..., was changed back to its pre-revolutionary name—[[Bishkek]].
72: ...nitiated a [[referendum]] asking for a renewed mandate to complete his term of office. He received 96.... - Tajikistan (10867 bytes)
30: ...''[[Area]]'''<br/> – Total<br/> – % water
33: ...n]]'''<br/> – Total (2003)<br/> – [[Population density|Density]]
36: ... Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br/> – Date
51: ...c of Tajikistan''' (Тоҷикистон), formerly kn...
62: ...ader of the nation, and continues to rule to this day. However, he has been accused of ethnic cleansin... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
1: '''Ukraine''' ({{lang-ua|Україна}}, ''Ukraina'...
3: The territory of present-day Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture ...
6: |+<big><big>'''Україна<br>Ukrayina''...
37: ...e of the Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br> Date || From [[Soviet Union]]<br>[[August 24]] [[199...
53: ...ylistic reasons (compare "the Lebanon" and "the Sudan") and partly because of its implication that Ukr... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
9: ...r interwoven with [[feather]]s and [[fur]]) which dated back to approximately 7,000 years ago. There i...
11: ...usand years, and it is referred to in the [[Rig-Veda]], written in 1500 BC. A thousand years later the...
26: Today cotton is produced in many parts of the world, i...
30: ...ine that removes the cotton from the boll without damaging the cotton plant or by a [[cotton stripper]...
71: ... Photo documentation and commentary on collateral damage to the environment from cotton spraying] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
11: ...s sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
22: ... is the government department responsible for Canada's space programme.
28: ...hing 14 orbits before returning to Earth the next day.
33: ...hich has grown to be a much bigger organisation today.
44: ...rmed [[October 1]], [[2003]], by the merger of NASDA, the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan and t... - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
3: ...al of 27,876 crew-days in space including 99 crew-days of spacewalks. 437 people qualify under the FAI...
7: ...ut" is an anglicization of the [[Russia]]n word космонав...
20: ... on [[STS-95]]. The longest stay in space was 438 days by [[Valeri Polyakov]]. [[As of 2005]], the mos...
24: ...United States, persons selected as astronaut candidates receive silver [[Astronaut wings]]. Once they ...
28: ...ny]], in [[1983]] by [[Canadian space program|Canada]], in [[1985]] by [[Japan]] and [[Italy]] in [[19... - Politics (7193 bytes)
11:
18: ... was supplanted by monarchy, and a system of [[Feudalism]] as an arrangement where a single-family dom...
23: ...llapse of the Roman Empire, Europe reverted to feudal monarchy.
30: ...wer in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles.
37: ...ary monarchies where authority was given to descendants of previous leaders. Followers submit to this ... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ses of the war]] are a matter of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either ...
6: ...an surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...ee. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during Wor...
10: ...y as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which were fundamental to the ensuing [[Cold War]]. In Asia, the U...
18: ...id they supply the Axis powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies. - Meerkat (4260 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Herpestidae]]}}
12: ...Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1776]]}}
24: ...forage in a group with one sentry watching for predators while the others search for food. Sentry duty...
26: ...ood and also to create dust clouds to distract predators. - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...e the territory of the next-largest nation, [[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population, fo...
17: ...uled the southern and central expanses of present-day Russia, while its western zone was largely incor...
27: ...n Czar) of Russia, finalized this process, consolidated surrounding areas under Moscow's dominion, and...
43: ...#1072;я Дума, ''Gosudarstvennaya Duma''), comprising 450 ''deputies'' al...
58: ...tries, the great area south of these still accommodates a great variety of landscapes and [[climate]]s...
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