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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: ...deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...d for its yearly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an...
17: ...ity developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban mov...
25: ...red, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with...
35: ...erest include both the historic Church of the Candelaria and the modern-style cathedral, the Municipal... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
6: ...ctive participation in government she allowed herself to be virtually superseded by Zoë's new hus...
8: ...s noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]].
11: ...rev=[[Constantine IX]] | CoEmperor= | Next=[[Michael VI]]}} - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
1: ... [[Romanus IV]]. She was also the niece of [[Michael Cerularius]], [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], wh...
3: ...ael was old enough to rule on his own, but nevertheless was considered co-emperor with his younger bro...
5: ...ed Eudocia to vacate the throne in favour of Michael and retire to a [[convent]]
7: ...fter the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1081]].
9: ... to Psellus she was very noble, beautiful, and intelligent. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...m [[1914]] on as a [[Bolshevik]]. She was effectively exiled by [[Stalin]], who sent her abroad as a d...
7: ...ized later for [[socialist feminism]]. The Zhenodtel was eventually closed by [[Stalin]] in [[1930]].
11: ...Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
13: ...[[Sweden]]. She was also a member of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in...
15: ...overnment policy or operations and so was effectively [[exile]]d. - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
5: ... as a danger both political and religious. Her models are [[Thucydides]], [[Polybius]] and [[Xenophon]...
7: ...f Anna Comnena's life is given in the [[1999]] novel ''[[Anna of Byzantium]]'' by [[Tracy Barrett]].
11: ...omnena-Alexiad.html The Alexiad]'', translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes in 1928 - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ... of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [[Irina Solov'yova]...
7: ...h]]: [[Seagull]]; {{lang-ru|Ча́йка}} ). Even though there were plans ...
11: ...1929–2004) and gave birth to their daughter Elena in [[1964]], who is now a doctor. They divorce... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...s a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ...er studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternat...
7: ...reja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomo...
9: ...orium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual ma...
15: * "I am a religious person...and by 'religion' I mean re-ligio, the re-tying of a bond...r... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...балала́йка</font>) is a stringed instrument o...
20: ... to be made of a leather [[shoe]] or [[boot]] [[heel]].
24: ...he balalaika are not precisely known, but most likely it was imported into Russia by the [[Mongol]]s f...
32: ...arranged many traditional Russian folk songs and melodies for the orchestra and also composed many tun...
36: ... instrument with a melon-shaped body, which he developed in prima, alto, tenor, and bass sizes; - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate propulsion technologies, strong...
6: ...rport]] in Northern Virginia displays an unparalleled array of aerospace technology in one place: [[S...
13: ...ieving orbit is a prerequisite for going anywhere else, such as to the [[Moon]] or [[Mars (planet)|Mar...
15: ...[[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]].
35: ...[European Launcher Development Organisation]], or ELDO. - Albania (24647 bytes)
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15: ...ied): Feja e Shqiptareve 볨t렓hqiptaria'' (The religion of the Albanians is Albanian national consci...
47: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Muslim]] <small>70%</small><br>[[...
55: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.al]] - World War II (58065 bytes)
8: Approximately 57 million people [[List of World War II casualt...
10: ...rgely aligned as [[NATO]], and Eastern Europe largely as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which were fun...
16: ...f the Second World War are usually considered to belong to either of the two blocs: the '''[[Axis powe...
20: ... by it in June 1941, the Soviet Union was effectively allied with [[Nazi Germany]] through the [[Molot...
22: ...ounted among the Allies, though many would ultimately be conquered and occupied by Axis forces. - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...ang-ru|Росси́йская Фед...
13: ...and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[...
17: ...ssians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west.
19: ...ies that affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who att...
21: ...ule retarded the country's economic and social development. Asian autocratic influences degraded many ... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...lve the parliament and called for new legislative elections (''see'' [[Russian constitutional crisis o...
4: ...style democracy and authoritarianism being two widely considered alternatives. As the transition perio...
8: ...nty, although they were said to have voluntarily delegated most of their sovereign powers to the Sovie...
10: ...so brought constitutional reforms that led to the election of new republic legislatures with substanti...
12: ...torate from voting for him, Yeltsin was popularly elected as president in June 1991, handily defeating... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...o parallel [[rail tracks|rails]], usually of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (...
8: ...trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel and the rail is the space of about one U.S. ten c...
9: ...owing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
13: ...dia]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[China]], and elsewhere.
15: ...rder to save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and becom... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...[England]] from [[1066]] to 1087. Known alternatively as '''William of Normandy''', '''William the Con...
12: ...ueen [[Emma of Normandy|Emma]], wife of King [[Ethelred the Unready]] and later of King [[Canute the G...
14: ...y secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-...
16: ...e produced four sons and six daughters (see list below).
23: ...ld made the promise under duress and so may have felt free to break it. - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...stem]] (M=40,K=20,I=10,E=5). Silver coins were rarely produced.
8: ...ed a standard of international commerce until the eleventh century, when it began to be debased under ...
10: ...truck in imitation of the Roman Denarius which widely circulated in the Near East) and later Venetian ...
12: ...15% gold content. Under [[Alexius I Comnenus]] ([[1081]]–[[1118]]) the debased solidus was discont...
17: ...aped) coins known as trachy were issued in both [[electrum]] (debased gold) and [[billon]] (debased si... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...from [[Russian language|Russian]] тайга́) is a [[biome]] characterize...
9: ...g]], [[Caribou]] and several members of the [[weasel]] family such as [[Wolverine]] and [[Pine Marten]...
11: ...nifers from growing there. This is known as [[allelopathy]]. This acidic soil also comes when evergre... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
16: ...tration of [[Transmission (telecommunications)|wireless communication]] in [[1893]] and winning the "[...
18: In his early years, his [[Celebrity|fame]] exceeded that of any other inventor ...
24: |'''Electromechanical devices and principles developed by Nikola Tesla''':
26: ... and various devices that use rotating magnetic fields
28: * means for increasing the intensity of electrical [[oscillation]]s - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
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79: ...p;– Altajdyng/Алтайдынг)
87: ...giaj Mochk/Гiалгiай Мохк)
89: ...#1098;эбэрдей-Балъкъэ...
95: | [[Republic of Karelia|Karelia]] (Karelija/Карели... - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ... numbering system. Of course, the Byzantines themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" ...
50: ...]) – non-dynastic, secretary of Philippicus elected by the senate
51: ...) – tax-collector; proclaimed emperor by rebellious troops
65: *[[Michael I Rhangabes]] (ruled [[811]] - [[813]]) – s...
66: ...led [[813]] - [[820]]) – general under Michael I
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