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  1. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
    7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
    8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
    10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
    11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
  2. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    1: ...1090;овна Губаидулин...
    3: ...ervatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
    5: ...ing|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final exa...
    7: ...d Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Ar...
    9: ...T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
  3. Balalaika (5108 bytes)
    1: ... is a stringed instrument of [[Russia]]n origin, with a characteristic [[triangle|triangular]] body an...
    14: ...wo lower [[string]]s being [[tune]]d to the same pitch).
    16: ...prima, and secunda balalaikas are ideally strung with gut (or, today, usually [[nylon]]) [[string]]s o...
    18: ...izes. One can play the prima with a plectrum, but it is considered rather [[heterodox]] to do so.
    20: ... to the gigantic size of the contrabass' strings, it is not uncommon for the plectrum to be made of a ...
  4. Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
    1: ...cated in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of China]], ...
    3: ...]]) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per sq km (16 per sq mi)...
    9: ...299;kasy)<br>&#1056;&#1077;&#1089;&#1087;&#1091;&#1073;&#1083;&#1080;&#1082;&#1072; &#1050;&#1072;&#1079...
    31: | '''[[Capital]]'''
    34: | '''Largest city'''
  5. Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
    1: ...ited since [[2003]] in a loose [[confederation]]. It is located on the west-central [[Balkan Peninsula...
    3: ... unified capital anymore, dividing its common institutions between [[Belgrade]] in Serbia and [[Podgor...
    5: ...;&#1085;&#1080;&#1094;&#1072;<br/>&#1057;&#1088;&#1073;&#1080;&#1112;&#1072; &#1080; &#1062;&#1088;&#108...
    23: | [[Serbian language|Serbian]] (implicitly)<sup>1</sup>
    25: | '''[[Capital]]'''
  6. California (63989 bytes)
    9: Capital = [[Sacramento, California|Sacrament...
    11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]...
    28: DensityRank = 12<sup>th</sup> |
    29: 2000Density = 83.78 |
    30: AdmittanceOrder = 31<sup>st</sup> |
  7. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
    6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
    7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
    36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
    57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct...
  8. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    3: ...estors of the Western Turks, the present-day inhabitants of [[Turkey]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan...
    5: ...]] proclaimed himself Sultan and established a capital in Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and h...
    7: ...invaded [[Anatolia]] in the [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian be...
    30: ...rovince|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by [[Toghr&uuml;...
    32: * [[Qawurd of Kerman|Qawurd]] [[1041]]-[[1073]]
  9. Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
    1: ...indbergh.jpg|thumb|Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis.]]
    2: ...sh; [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for piloting the fi...
    6: ... training as a U.S. military aviator with the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. After finishing first ...
    10: ...right|The Spirit of St. Louis on display at the Smithsonian.]]
    11: ... done first by the crew of the [[NC-4]] in 1919, with the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and B...
  10. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...pulation, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan...
    13: ...d gradually merged with [[Slavs]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th cen...
    15: ...d was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
    17: ...and Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russi...
    19: ...at affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who attempted...
  11. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
    43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
    112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
    163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}}
  12. Ankara (15129 bytes)
    2: ...(2005), and a mean elevation of 850 m. (2800 ft.) It was formerly known as '''[[Angora|Angora]]''' or ...
    4: ... cat ([[Turkish Angora|Ankara Cat]]), white [[rabbits]], [[pear]], [[honey]], and the region's [[Musca...
    6: ... tributary of the Sakarya (Sangarius) River. The city is located 39&deg;52'30" North, 32&deg;50' East ...
    8: ...re|Roman]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] architecture, the most remarkable being the temple of [[...
    11: ...ed in the 2nd millennium BC by the [[Hittites|Hittites]], in the 10th century BC by the [[Phrygians]],...
  13. Easter (31700 bytes)
    1: {{christianity}}
    2: ...er''' is the most important [[holiday]] of the [[liturgical year|Christian year]], observed in [[March...
    4: ... much of its symbolic meaning but also for its position in the calendar; the [[Last Supper]] shared by...
    6: ...]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of ...
    13: ...hristianity|Western]]''' !! '''[[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]]'''
  14. Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
    2: ...h;[[19 April]] [[1882]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[natural history|naturalist]] who achieved ...
    4: ...ying first medicine, then [[theology]], at university. Five years on [[the Voyage of the Beagle]] brou...
    8: In a national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[W...
    15: ..., and of [[Josiah Wedgwood]], a family of the [[Unitarian]] church. ''See also [[Darwin -- Wedgwood fa...
    17: ...nishing school, Darwin went to [[Edinburgh University]] in [[1825]] to study medicine.
  15. List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
    1: ...territory, usually giving autonomy to ethnic minorities or isolated areas.
    10: | 1 autonomous city
    43: ...;&ndash; Apkazeti&nbsp;&ndash; Abchazija/&#1040;&#1073;&#1093;&#1072;&#1079;&#1080;&#1103;)
    51: | rowspan=5 | [[Italy]]
    89: ...p;&ndash; K'abarty-Malk'ar/&#1050;&#1098;&#1072;&#1073;&#1072;&#1088;&#1090;&#1099;-&#1052;&#1072;&#1083...
  16. Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
    15: ...ivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
    17: ...n]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
    23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
    25: | [[Altitude]]: || 3 m
    33: ! align="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:neva_spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been calle...
  17. Mobile phone (30513 bytes)
    3: ...hone]] which acts as a telephone only within a limited range). Mobile
    5: [[Public Switched Telephone Network|telephone network]], normal...
    8: ...ephone]] [[circuit switching]], though [[packet switching]] is already in use for some parts of the mo...
    10: ...], [[Motorola]], [[Nokia]], [[Panasonic]] (Matsushita Electric), [[Philips]], [[Samsung]], [[SAGEM|Sag...
    12: ... but distinct from mobile phones, such as [[satellite phone]]s and [[Professional Mobile Radio]].
  18. Iceberg (3511 bytes)
    5: Since the density of pure water ice is ca. 920 kg/m<sup>3</sup>, a...
    9: ...n was the destruction of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] on [[April 14]], [[1912]].
    11: ...cientific bodies were established to study and monitor the icebergs. The [[International Ice Patrol]] ...
    15: ...t one axis a name composed of a letter indicating its point of origin and a running number. The letter...
    16: *'''A''' &ndash; [[longitude]] 0&deg; to 90&deg;&nbsp;W ([[Bellingshausen S...

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