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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
2: ...056]]) ruled as [[Byzantine emperor|Byzantine Empress]] from [[January 11]], [[1055]] to [[August 31]]...
4: ...ere character, she refused the hand of the heir-presumptive, [[Romanus III|Romanus]], who was married ...
6: ... V]] also led to Theodora's installment as co-empress with her sister. After two months of active part...
8: ...s noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]]. - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
1: ...antinople]], whose sister married John Macrembolites.
3: ...l was old enough to rule on his own, but nevertheless was considered co-emperor with his younger broth...
7: ...fter the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1081]].
13: *Lynda Garland, ''Byzantine Empresses: Woman and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204''. Rou... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... thus one of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[19...
7: ...on worked to improve the conditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and ...
11: ...s' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined. - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
3: ... she exclaimed that "nature had mistaken their sexes, for he ought to have been the woman."
5: ...s she was obviously isolated from her Palace sources.
9: ===References===
11: ...tml The Alexiad]'', translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes in 1928
12: ... more idiomatic English and has more extensive notes) - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
1: ...age:Tereshkova.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Valentina Tereshkova]]
3: '''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' ({{lang-ru|Вале&#...
5: ...hanna Yerkina]], [[Valentina Ponomareva]], and Tereshkova.
7: ...a]] flew into space. None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
9: ...he [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959...
5: ...s in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[music...
7: ...roup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
11: ... on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
15: ...he legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recom... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...iangle|triangular]] body and 3 strings (or sometimes 6, in pairs).
5: The modern balalaika is found in six sizes:
18: ...ma, while a [[plectrum]] is used on the larger sizes. One can play the prima with a plectrum, but it i...
26: ...with the nature of the Central Asian instruments described above. Similarly, [[fret]]s on earlier bal...
28: ..., sort of free-lance musical [[jester]]s whose tunes ridiculed the [[Tsar]], the [[Russian Orthodox Ch... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...on in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ... the development of adequate propulsion technologies, stronger and lighter materials and other technol...
6: ... next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-size replica ...
11: ...ve Earth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]]....
13: ...4]], [[1957]]. This spectacular success led to an escalation of the American space program, and to an ... - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ...t, and a coast on the [[Ionian Sea]] in the southwest. The country is an emerging [[democracy]] and is...
15: ...n of the Albanians is Albanian national consciousness)</small>
21: ...<br><br> - Population:<br> - [[Coordinates]]:
24: | '''[[List of Presidents of Albania|Head of State]]'''
25: | [[Alfred Moisiu|Alfred Moisiu]], <small>''President''</small> - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...sion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. [[August 9]], [[1945]]]]
2: ... every inhabited continent. Virtually all countries that participated in [[World War I]] were involve...
4: ...ino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue th...
6: ...ctory]] Days), but continued in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [...
8: ... of World War II casualties by country|died as a result of the war]], including acts of genocide such ... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...donesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
4: ...l member of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[19...
13: ...ch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...ies]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diver...
17: ...om the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west. - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...eration|A new constitution]], creating a strong presidency, was approved by referendum in December [[1...
4: ...w constitution, the two branches continued to represent fundamentally opposing visions of Russia's fut...
8: ...ght" to secede from the union. Russia was the largest of the union republics in terms of territory and...
10: ...with substantial blocs of pro-reform representatives.
12: ...n June 1991, handily defeating five other candidates with more than 57 percent of the vote. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...a series of individual powered or unpowered vehicles linked together).
8: ...le than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
9: ...f freight (or given number of passengers), than does [[road]] transport. Furthermore, together with th...
11: ...one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: a double tracked...
13: ...the major form of public transport in many countries. In [[Asia]], for example, many millions use trai... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
12: William was born the [[Family#Western_kinship_terminology|grandnephew]] of Queen [[...
14: ...n barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]].
16: ... married [[Matilda of Flanders]], against the wishes of the [[Pope Leo IX|pope]] in [[1053]] at the [[...
18: ...[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life. - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
1: [[Image:ByzantineBronzes.jpeg|thumb|Anastasius 40 ''nummi'' (''M'') and 5 ...
2: ... the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of [[coin]]s: the [[gold]] [[solidus (coin)|solid...
4: ...(back) featured the value of the denomination represented according to the [[Greek numerals|Greek numb...
6: ...s most common in the seventh through ninth centuries. Small transactions were conducted with bronze co...
8: ...1028]]–[[1034]]). Until that time, the fineness of the gold remained consistent at about .955-.9... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...t of this biome; the term '''taiga''' is used to described the more barren northern areas south of the...
3: ...a]]. The taigas are one of the world's major sources of [[oxygen]].
7: ...e live prey or [[carrion]] will also maintain a presence in this zone in winter. They include [[Crossb...
11: ...iomes, such as [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]], slowing the rate at which the area returns t...
20: ...ons/habitat_types/habitat/habitat06.cfm Boreal Forests/Taiga (WWF)] - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
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5: ...lspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Dr. Nikola Tesla
7: ...sed them to operate a motive device.''" - Nikola Tesla; Brooklyn Eagle, July 10th, 1931.]]
16: ... [[1893]] and winning the "[[War of Currents]]", Tesla became world-famous.
18: ...to make real these plans, while others made fortunes with his [[invention]]s. - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: ...ritory, usually giving autonomy to ethnic minorities or isolated areas.
5: ! Sovereign states
11: | [[Buenos Aires]]
67: ...ransnistria]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Придне&...
71: | [[Azores]] (A篲es) - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ...mbering system. Of course, the Byzantines themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" for...
14: ...328-378, ruled [[364]] - [[378]]) - brother of [[Western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian I]]
48: *[[Justinian II]] Rhinotmetus (restored, second rule [[705]] - [[711]])
49: *[[Philippicus]] Bardanes (ruled [[711]] - [[713]]) – soldier; usurpe...
57: *[[Constantine V]] Copronymus (restored, second rule [[743]] - [[775]])
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