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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|righ...
5: ...59_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor ...
9: ...litan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
6: ... her sister. After two months of active participation in government she allowed herself to be virtuall...
8: ...s noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]]. - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
3: ...younger brother, while Eudocia ran the administration of the empire.
5: ...erceiving that she was not able to avert the invasions which threatened the eastern frontier of the em...
7: ...fter the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1081]].
11: ==Bibliography== - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revolutionary, first as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, the...
5: ... [[1903]], Kollontai did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects of Bolshe...
7: ...tion, and working laws put in place by the Revolution. She was well recognized later for [[socialist f...
11: ...[[Lenin]] managed to dissolve the Workers' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally ...
13: ...er of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]]. - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
3: ...brother [[John II Comnenus|John]] after his accession; and when her husband refused to join in the ent...
5: ...es especially defective afterwards, as she was obviously isolated from her Palace sources.
7: A fictional account of Anna Comnena's life is given in the...
12: ...h: Penguin, 1969. (This print version uses more idiomatic English and has more extensive notes)
14: ...8&view=c&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSzBS&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=373640abd792303fadf8061c83c90f8... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...n [[March 6]], [[1937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the fir...
7: ...h]]: [[Seagull]]; {{lang-ru|Ча́йка}} ). Even though there were plans ...
9: ...minence she was chosen for several political positions: From [[1966]] to [[1974]] she was a member of ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...[[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...], in the [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied composition and piano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduat...
5: ...ostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken pa...
7: ...lina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vy...
9: ...ium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual mast... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...балала́йка</font>) is a stringed instrument o...
26: Early representations of the balalaika show it with anywhere from two...
30: ...e when one is confronted with the fact that at various times in Russian history, the playing of the ba...
32: ...and tunings in use today. He arranged many traditional Russian folk songs and melodies for the orches...
41: ...an (music)|bayan]], and several types of [[percussion instrument]]s -- has a distinctive sound: strang... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...ntific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...dvar-Hazy Center|NASM annex]] at [[Dulles International Airport]] in Northern Virginia displays an un...
11: ...The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].) - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ...[Adriatic Sea]] in the west, and a coast on the [[Ionian Sea]] in the southwest. The country is an eme...
15: ...ligion of the Albanians is Albanian national consciousness)</small>
17: | align="center" colspan="2" | [[image:LocationAlbania.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [[Coordinates]]:
36: | '''[[Population]]'''<br> - Total: <br> - [[Density]]: - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles)...
4: ...ese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue that the [[...
8: ...y [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...mmunist [[People's Republic of China]] and the Nationalist [[Republic of China]].
18: ...0, and vowed to defend one another against aggression. This replaced the German-Japanese [[Anti-Comint... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United St...
4: ...ssolution in December [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federat...
6: ...but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...s]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assi...
15: ...o the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[11th century|... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...Constitution of Russian Federation|A new constitution]], creating a strong presidency, was approved by...
4: ...]], was a bastion of antireform communists and nationalists.
8: ...government; they also controlled local administration.
10: ...ought constitutional reforms that led to the election of new republic legislatures with substantial bl...
12: ...fice, whereas Gorbachev had eschewed such an election and had himself appointed by the Soviet parliame... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...ly of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (termed "[[Railroad_tie|sleeper]]s" or "...
8: ...]s of the train may roll with a minimum of [[friction]]. As an example, a typical rail car can hold up...
9: Trains also have a small frontal area in relation to the load they are carrying, which cuts down o...
13: ...any countries. In [[Asia]], for example, many millions use trains as regular transport in [[India]], [...
15: ... to having receipts equal costs (see [[Transportation in South Korea]]). Similarly, passenger rail in ... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
9: ...wearing [[plate armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
14: ...sfully dealing with threats of rebellion and invasion. With the assistance of King Henry, William fina...
25: ...[[Hastings]] as a base. This was a direct provocation to Harold Godwinson as this area of Sussex was H...
27: ... to some accounts, perhaps based on an interpretation of the [[Bayeux Tapestry]] commemorating the Nor...
31: ...te to deny his enemies its resources. The last serious resistance came with the [[Revolt of the Earls]... - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...reverse (back) featured the value of the denomination represented according to the [[Greek numerals|Gr...
6: ... conducted with bronze coinage throughout this period.
8: The golden solidus remained a standard of international commerce until the eleventh century, when it b...
10: ...r (weight roughly 1.5g) which was struck in imitation of the Roman Denarius which widely circulated in...
12: ...solidus. It remained in regular issue and circulation until the end of the Byzantine Empire in [[1453]... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...'' is used to refer to the southern part of this biome; the term '''taiga''' is used to described the ...
3: ...rn subarctic and humid [[ecozone|biogeographic region]] in which the main plant life is coniferous [[l...
5: ...hrush]] and [[Dark-throated Thrush]] [[bird migration|migrate]] to this habitat to take advantage of t...
7: ...omnivorous birds that can take live prey or [[carrion]] will also maintain a presence in this zone in ...
11: ... comes when evergreen trees are planted in other biomes, such as [[temperate broadleaf and mixed fores... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
16: ...nsmission (telecommunications)|wireless communication]] in [[1893]] and winning the "[[War of Currents...
18: ...lans, while others made fortunes with his [[invention]]s.
20: ...n been seen across [[Modern world|modern civilization]].
22: ==Biography==
26: ...ting magnetic field]] principle ([[1882]]) and various devices that use rotating magnetic fields - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
17: | 1 autonomous region
21: | rowspan=5 | 5 autonomous regions
32: | rowspan=2 | 2 special administrative regions *
38: | 1 autonomous province under international law
48: | 1 autonomous region - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ... as late as [[Heraclius]] (who replaced the traditional Roman imperial title of "Augustus" with "Basil...
51: ...ndash; tax-collector; proclaimed emperor by rebellious troops
92: *[[Michael VI]] Stratioticus (ruled [[1056]] - [[1057]]) – chosen b...
98: *[[Romanus IV]] Diogenes (1032-1072, co-emperor [[1067]] - [[1071]]) ...
99: ...s III]] Botaniates (1001-1081, ruled [[1078]] - [[1081]]) – married Michael VII's wife Maria of Al...
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