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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni...
21: ...ed suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
25: ... year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a. - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
2: ... ruled as [[Byzantine emperor|Byzantine Empress]] from [[January 11]], [[1055]] to [[August 31]], [[10...
8: ...s noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]]. - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
5: ...ike and self-willed and increasingly excluded her from power. When he was taken prisoner by the [[Selj...
7: ...fter the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1081]]. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ry, first as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, then from [[1914]] on as a [[Bolshevik]]. She was effecti...
11: ...oviet Union|Communist Party]] and joined with her friend, [[Alexander Shlyapnikov]], to form a left-wi... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
5: ...fective afterwards, as she was obviously isolated from her Palace sources.
13: ...nce, "[http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/PDFs/FRANCE2.PDF Anna Comnena, the Alexiad and the First ... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
7: ...h]]: [[Seagull]]; {{lang-ru|Ча́йка}} ). Even though there were plans ...
9: ...he Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps b... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
9: ...posed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quart...
35: *''Garten von freuden und traurigkeiten'' for flute, viola, harp a...
45: ...094;, который танцует...
60: ...res of Time (Фигурй времени...
69: *''The Canticle of the Sun of St Francis of Assisi'' for cello, chamber choir, and or... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...балала́йка</font>) is a stringed instrument o...
18: ...ique is the use of the [[left]]-hand [[thumb]] to fret notes on the bottom string, particularly on the...
24: ...om [[Central Asia]], from whence several kinds of fretted long-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including...
26: ... Asian instruments described above. Similarly, [[fret]]s on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gu...
28: ...particularly with the ''[[skomorokh]]s'', sort of free-lance musical [[jester]]s whose tunes ridiculed... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
3: ==From fiction to fact==
11: From a spaceflight perspective, the definition of sp...
15: ... The first [[organisms]] launched into space were fruit flies and corn seeds aboard a U.S.-launched V2...
22: The [[Canadian Space Agency]] (CSA or, in French, the ASC) is the government department respon...
50: ...n Russian: ''Российское ави... - Albania (24647 bytes)
25: | [[Alfred Moisiu|Alfred Moisiu]], <small>''President''</small>
43: | From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[November 28]], [[19...
66: ...highlands". Alternatively, "Albania" may derive from the ancient [[Proto-Indo-European|Indo-European...
68: ...e-names ending in ''-esh'' that appears to derive from the latin ''-enisis'' or ''-esis'', between the...
72: ...://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/albania01_frosina.html Arb벥sh띮 - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...e:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] ris...
6: ...ranean Sea]], [[African Theatres of World War II|Africa]], the [[Middle East Theatre of World War II|M...
8: ... a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilian...
18: ...7. Spain's fascist government lead by [[Francisco Franco]] was a great asset in trade to the Axis powe...
22: ...of the British Empire, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Gr... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...ang-ru|Росси́йская Фед...
6: ...tage. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ... The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimila...
17: ...ded the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the w...
23: ...unctional Christian state on the Eastern European frontier, allowing it to claim succession to the leg... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
4: ...regions gained political and economic concessions from [[Moscow]]. Although the struggle between execu...
8: ...cs' constitutionally guaranteed "right" to secede from the union. Russia was the largest of the union ...
12: ...chev's attempts to discourage Russia's electorate from voting for him, Yeltsin was popularly elected a...
14: ...go]], [[Gennady Yanayev]], and [[Oleg Baklanov]] (from left) go public with the formation of a State o...
18: ... and they quickly received diplomatic recognition from many nations. Gorbachev's rump government recog... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...le, a typical rail car can hold up to 125 tons of freight with this and the weight of the car on two f...
9: ...0-70% less energy to transport a given tonnage of freight (or given number of passengers), than does [...
11: ...le tracked rail line can carry more passengers or freight in a given amount of time than a four-laned ...
15: ...save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more e...
22: ... system on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...alvados, France|Falaise]], [[Normandy]], now in [[France]], William succeeded to the throne of England...
14: ...rp his place. King [[Henri I of France|Henry I of France]] knighted him at the age of 15. By the time ...
23: ...ade the promise under duress and so may have felt free to break it.
34: ...acing [[History of the English Language#Period of French Domination|English]] as the language of the r...
38: ...e first two large Xs) on the Accord of Winchester from 1072.'']] - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...nations were occasionally produced). The obverse (front) of these coins featured a highly stylized por...
12: ...second half of the fourteenth century it was also frequently debased. After 1400, Byzantine coinage be... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...from [[Russian language|Russian]] тайга́) is a [[biome]] characterize...
11: ...cid that helps prevent plants other than conifers from growing there. This is known as [[allelopathy]... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
10: ... [[Smiljan]], [[Gospic|Gospić]], [[Military Frontier]], [[Habsburg Monarchy]] (now [[Croatia]])
18: ...d a means to provide [[humanity]] the means for [[Free energy (disambiguation)|unlimited energy]]. He ...
20: ...eas and concepts are just only recently coming to fruition. His legacy can been seen across [[Modern w...
27: * [[induction motor]] and high frequency alternator
34: ...ity for the [[invention]] of [[radio]]) and radio frequency [[electronic oscillator|oscillator]]s - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
53: | [[Friuli Venezia Giulia]]
79: ...p;– Altajdyng/Алтайдынг)
87: ...giaj Mochk/Гiалгiай Мохк)
89: ...#1098;эбэрдей-Балъкъэ...
99: ...Mari El]] (Marij El/Марий Эл) - 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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