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  1. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
    38: ...A view of Ipanema from Corcovado. The [[Cagarras Islands]] can be seen on the background]]
    63: ...ousing. The worst of these poorer areas are the [[slum]]s and [[shanty town]]s known as ''[[favela]]s'...
    71: ...he Redeemer statue's arm. The name in English translates to "Christ's armpit", and was chosen for that...
    111: ...086; де Жанейро]]
    125: [[sl:Rio de Janeiro]]
  2. Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
    8: ...s noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]].
  3. Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
    7: ...fter the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1081]].
  4. Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
    1: ...ллонта́й — born '''Domontovich''', До&#...
    5: ...side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects of Bolshevism and opted to join the Me...
  5. Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
    5: ...especially defective afterwards, as she was obviously isolated from her Palace sources.
    11: ...asis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad.html The Alexiad]'', translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes in 1928
    12: * Anna Comnena, ''The Alexiad'', edited and translated by E.R.A. Sewter. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 196...
  6. Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
    5: ...in [[Maslennikovo]], a small village in the [[Yaroslavl Oblast]]. After school she worked in a tire fa...
    7: ...h]]: [[Seagull]]; {{lang-ru|Ча́йка}} ). Even though there were plans ...
  7. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    7: ...oup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
    45: ...094;, который танцуе&#1090...
    60: ...res of Time (Фигурй времен&#1080...
    84: ...he first performed by cellist and conductor [[Mstislav Rostropovich]] and [[London Voices]] conducted ...
  8. Balalaika (5108 bytes)
    1: ...&#1073;&#1072;&#1083;&#1072;&#1083;&#1072;&#769;&#1081;&#1082;&#1072;</font>) is a stringed instrument o...
    34: Andreyev simultaneously revived two other long-lost Russian instruments:
    37: * the [[gusli]], an autoharp chorded with piano-type keys.
    41: ...a in its full form -- balalaikas, [[domra]]s, [[gusli]], [[bayan (music)|bayan]], and several types of...
  9. Space exploration (14877 bytes)
    40: ... [[PSLV]] (Polar satellite launch vehicle) and [[GSLV]] (Geostationary satellite Launch Vehicle). Mos...
    41: ...[Chandrayan|Chandrayan-1]] (Moon-Ship-1) which is slated to be launched by [[2007]].
    50: ...n Russian: ''&#1056;&#1086;&#1089;&#1089;&#1080;&#1081;&#1089;&#1082;&#1086;&#1077; &#1072;&#1074;&#1080...
  10. Albania (24647 bytes)
    47: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Muslim]] <small>70%</small><br>[[Greek Orthodox]] <sma...
    70: The term "Albanoi" may have been slowly spread to other Illyrian tribes until its usa...
    72: ...ring the reign of her father Alexius I Comneus ([[1081]]-[[1118]]). In the ''History'' written in [[1079...
    74: ... The Albanian name of the country, Shqip벩a, translates into English as "Land of the Eagles", hence t...
    78: ...ir Greek, Latin, Italian (Venetian), Turkish, Slavic, or even French versions. For instance, D...
  11. World War II (58065 bytes)
    46: ...man [[U-Boat]]s attempted to deprive the British Isles of necessary [[Lend Lease]] cargo from the Unit...
    52: ===1941: Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete, Soviet Union, Continuation Wa...
    54: ...41]]. Hitler's forces then invaded Greece and Yugoslavia on [[April 6]], [[1941]]. Hitler reluctantly ...
    56: ...f the [[Metaxas Line]]. The rapid downfall of Yugoslavia, however, allowed German forces to pour into ...
    58: ...roops. The Germans attacked the island simultaneously on the three airfields. Their invasion on two of...
  12. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...56;&#1086;&#1089;&#1089;&#1080;&#769;&#1103;, transliteration: ''Rossiya'' or ''Rossija''), is a count...
    13: ...e population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as...
    15: ...irst came to be applied to the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|...
    17: ..., the [[Golden Horde]] of the pagan Mongols and Muslim Turkic-speaking nomads who pillaged the Russian...
    37: ... Some of these groups have become increasingly [[Islamist]] over the course of the struggle. It is est...
  13. Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
    2: ...to dissolve the parliament and called for new legislative elections (''see'' [[Russian constitutional ...
    4: .... Although the struggle between executive and legislative branches was partially resolved by the new c...
    10: ...orms that led to the election of new republic legislatures with substantial blocs of pro-reform repres...
    12: In Russia a new legislature, called the Congress of People's Deputies, w...
    22: ...nce to the Soviet coup, Yeltsin convinced the legislature to grant him important special executive pow...
  14. Rail transport (15539 bytes)
    3: ...pon cross-sectional beams (termed "[[Railroad_tie|sleeper]]s" or "[[railroad tie|tie]]s") of [[timber]...
    9: ...[road]] transport. Furthermore, together with the sleepers, the rails distribute the weight of the tra...
    57: ...ways, the first of which was operated at [[Coney Island]] from [[1892]].
    77: For translations of the word 'railroad', see [[International...
    139: ...#1076;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1078;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081; &#1090;&#1088;&#1072;&#1085;&#1089;&#1087;&#1086...
  15. William I of England (8753 bytes)
    31: ...[[Welsh Marches]] and at [[Stafford]]. Most seriously William faced separate attempts at invasion by t...
    36: ...rted large numbers of the old landed classes into slavery through Bristol. Many of the latter ending u...
    52: #Richard ([[1057]]-c. [[1081]]), killed by a stag in [[New Forest]]
  16. Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
    10: ...y 4.48 grams in weight. It was the model for the Islamic Dinar (whose name also is applied to the silv...
    12: ...nly called the ''hyperpyron''. The hyperpyron was slightly smaller than the solidus. It remained in re...
    14: ...e inscription "XRISTUS/bASILEU/bASILE", which translates to "Christ, King of Kings" (see [[iconoclasm]...
  17. Taiga (2576 bytes)
    1: ...from [[Russian language|Russian]] &#1090;&#1072;&#1081;&#1075;&#1072;&#769;) is a [[biome]] characterize...
    11: ...uch as [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]], slowing the rate at which the area returns to its na...
  18. Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
    1: {{Redirect|Tesla}}
    5: ...span="2" style="text-align:center;" |Dr. Nikola Tesla
    7: ...ed 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: ...ured up [[Knowledge creation|technical feats]]. Tesla's vision was to find a means to provide [[humani...
  19. List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
    39: | [[Ŭand Islands]] (Ŭand&nbsp;&ndash; Ahvenanmaa)
    79: ...p;&ndash; Altajdyng/&#1040;&#1083;&#1090;&#1072;&#1081;&#1076;&#1099;&#1085;&#1075;)
    87: ...giaj Mochk/&#1043;i&#1072;&#1083;&#1075;i&#1072;&#1081; &#1052;&#1086;&#1093;&#1082;)
    89: ...#1098;&#1101;&#1073;&#1101;&#1088;&#1076;&#1077;&#1081;-&#1041;&#1072;&#1083;&#1098;&#1082;&#1098;&#1101...
    99: ...Mari El]] (Marij El/&#1052;&#1072;&#1088;&#1080;&#1081; &#1069;&#1083;)
  20. List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
    43: *[[Justinian II]] Rhinotmetus (the Slit-nosed) (668-711, ruled [[685]] - [[695]]) &ndas...
    82: *[[Basil II]] Bulgaroktonus (the Bulgar-slayer) (958-1025, ruled [[976]] - [[1025]]) &ndash;...
    99: ...s III]] Botaniates (1001-1081, ruled [[1078]] - [[1081]]) &ndash; married Michael VII's wife Maria of Al...
    100: *[[Alexius I Comnenus]] (1057-1118, ruled [[1081]] - [[1118]]) &ndash; nephew of Isaac I; married ...

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