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751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
to cultivate them. The Vas shire county and the Economics Association of Szombathely were founded with Batthyány's help.
At the start he agreed with Széchenyi that the new noblemen and aristocrats had to lead the new reform movement, but Batthyány's views were much closer to that of the nobility. Becau... | 54,000 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
elected as the chairman of the Central Election Office. He had an important role in the other economic associations and set up the (roughly: "Defence society" ). On 15 March 1847 an amalgamation of the Hungarian Leftist movements (the Maverick Party) was founded and Batthyány became its first President.... | 54,001 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
its territory. On 17 March 1848 the Emperor assented and Batthyány created the first Hungarian Diet. On 23 March 1848, as head of government, Batthyány commended his administration to the Diet.
The first task of the new government was to work out the revolution's policies. After these were agreed, the ... | 54,002 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
to repatriate conscripted soldiers to Hungary. He established the Organisation of Militiamen, whose job was to ensure internal security. In May 1848 he started to organise the independent Hungarian Revolutionary Army and recruited men into it. Batthyány took control of the Organisation of Militiamen unt... | 54,003 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
Ferenc Deák went to the Emperor to ask him to order the Serbs to capitulate and to stop Jelačić, who was planning to attack Hungary. At the same time, Batthyány made Jelačić the offer that Croatia - as part of the lands of the Hungarian Crown -, could separate from it peacefully. Batthyány's efforts wer... | 54,004 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
that the Palatine lead it. However the Palatine, under orders from the Emperor, resigned his position and left Hungary.
The Emperor did not recognise the new government on 25 September. He also invalidated Batthyány's leadership and nominated Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg as the leader of the Hungari... | 54,005 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
so on 2 October he resigned again and nominated Miklós Vay as his successor. At the same time, Batthyány resigned his seat in parliament.
## Resignation.
As an ordinary soldier, Batthyány joined József Vidos' army, and fought against general Kuzman Todorović, but on 11 October 1848 he fell off his hor... | 54,006 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
only with the other members of the delegation.
On 8 January 1849 Batthyány went back to Pest, where he was captured at the Károly Palace and imprisoned in the Budai barracks. When the Hungarian army was nearer Pest, Batthyány was taken away to Pozsony, Ljubljana and Olmütz (now Olomouc, Czech Republic)... | 54,007 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
the Austrian Empire they instead sentenced Batthyány to death.
The Hungarians carried Batthyány to Pest, because they hoped that Haynau (in the name of the Emperor) would give him mercy, but Haynau sentenced him to hang. In her last visit, Batthyány's wife smuggled a small sword into the prison. Batthy... | 54,008 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
see that there were no gallows. Johan Kempen, the commander of the military district in Pest and Buda knew that it was impossible to execute Batthyány by firing squad in his drugged state, but he sought no delay, so decided to shoot him in the head. Batthyány knelt in front of the firing squad and shout... | 54,009 |
751252 | Lajos Batthyány | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos%20Batthyány | Lajos Batthyány
y speeches are preserved in contemporary diaries and political newspapers. His essay on cultivating sugar beet was printed in the periodical in 1842.
# Monuments.
- Batthyány's Mausoleum in the Kerepesi Cemetery (Budapest, Hungary), built by Albert Schickedanz at the request of the town of Székesfehér... | 54,010 |
1403001 | Gymel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gymel | Gymel
Gymel
In medieval and early Renaissance English polyphonic music, gymel (also gimel or gemell) is the technique of temporarily dividing up one voice part, usually an upper one, into two parts of equal range, but singing different music. Often the two voices sing a passage of intricate polyphony, beginning and fi... | 54,011 |
1403001 | Gymel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gymel | Gymel
during the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. Indeed, the earliest surviving notated examples are from continental sources.
The significance of the development of gymel is three-fold. First, that a single voice part could be split into two indicates that the music of the time was being sung with multi... | 54,012 |
1403001 | Gymel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gymel | Gymel
of textural contrast as a structural device; this is one of the critical distinctions between medieval and Renaissance music, a distinction which would carry forward to the present day.
It also seems that many times gymel was improvised by skilled singers. An anonymous treatise of around 1450, known as the "Pseu... | 54,013 |
1403001 | Gymel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gymel | Gymel
Cornysh, Richard Davy, John Browne, and (much later) both Thomas Tallis and Robert Parsons, as well as the numerous named and anonymous composers in sources such as the Eton Choirbook and the Caius Choirbook, among the few collections of English music to survive from the 15th century.
# See also.
- Fauxbourdon
... | 54,014 |
1403001 | Gymel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gymel | Gymel
century.
# See also.
- Fauxbourdon
- Gimell Records
# References and further reading.
- Ernest H. Sanders: "Gymel", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed January 16, 2005), Grove Music Online
- Richard H. Hoppin, "Medieval Music". New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1978.
- "The New Grove Dictionary of Music a... | 54,015 |
1403006 | Munakata Sanix Blues | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Munakata%20Sanix%20Blues | Munakata Sanix Blues
Munakata Sanix Blues
, formerly "Fukuoka Sanix Blues" and "Fukuoka Sanix Bombs", is a Japanese rugby union team based in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Founded in April 1994 (Heisei 6), the team rose rapidly through the Kyūshū leagues and was in the Top League for the first season (2003-4) a... | 54,016 |
1403006 | Munakata Sanix Blues | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Munakata%20Sanix%20Blues | Munakata Sanix Blues
- blindside flanker
- Reuben Parkinson - centre
- Fale Simitaitoko
# Home Ground.
- Global Arena (The Sanix company is involved in the running of the Global Arena in Munakata, which is also the venue for the annual Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament held in May between eight top Japanese and ei... | 54,017 |
1403006 | Munakata Sanix Blues | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Munakata%20Sanix%20Blues | Munakata Sanix Blues
# Home Ground.
- Global Arena (The Sanix company is involved in the running of the Global Arena in Munakata, which is also the venue for the annual Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament held in May between eight top Japanese and eight top foreign high school teams from various countries.)
- Sanix Ge... | 54,018 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Dagestan
Dagestan (; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan (), is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and largest city is Makhachkala, centrally located on the Caspian Sea coast.
With a population of 2,910,249, Dagestan is very ethnically diverse and R... | 54,019 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
word "Dagestan" is of Turkish and Persian origin. The Turkish word means 'mountain', and the Persian suffix "-stan" means 'land'.
Some areas of Dagestan were known as "Albania", "Lezgistan", "Avaria", and "Tarkov" at various times.
Between 1860 and 1920, "Dagestan" was referred to as Dagestan Oblast, corresp... | 54,020 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Russian – Респу́блика Дагеста́н (Respublika Dagestan)
- Avar – Дагъистаналъул Жумгьурият (Daġistanałul Jumhuriyat)
- Dargin – Дагъистанес Республика (Daġistanes Respublika)
- Kumyk – Дагъыстан Жумгьурият (Dağıstan Cumhuriyat)
- Lezgian – Республика Дагъустан (Respublika Daġustan)
- Lak – Дагъустаннал Респ... | 54,021 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Республикасы (Dağıstan Respublikası)
### Non-official languages.
- Turkish –
- Arabic – ()
- Persian – ()
- Georgian – ()
- Ingush – ()
- Kalmyk – ()
# Geography.
The republic is situated in the North Caucasus mountains. It is the southernmost part of Russia and is bordered on its eastern side by the ... | 54,022 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
north-south distance":
- "Maximum east-west distance":
## Rivers.
There are over 1,800 rivers in the republic. Major rivers include:
- Sulak River
- Samur River
- Terek River
Kazikumuchskoe koysu,
Avarskoe koisu,
Andiyskoe koisy,
Shura-ozen'
## Lakes.
Dagestan has about of coastline on the Caspian ... | 54,023 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
resources.
Dagestan is rich in oil, natural gas, coal, and many other minerals.
## Climate.
The climate is hot and dry in the summer but the winters are harsh in the mountain areas.
- "Average January temperature":
- "Average July temperature":
- "Average annual precipitation": (northern plains) to (in t... | 54,024 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Dagestan) became a vassal and eventually subordinate to the Parthian Empire. With the advent of the Sassanian Empire, it became a satrapy (province) within the vast domains of the empire. In later antiquity, it was a few times fought over by the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Persians as the former sought to co... | 54,025 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
of Dagestan was overrun by the Huns, followed by the Caucasian Avars. During the Sassanian era, southern Dagestan became a bastion of Iranian culture and civilization, with its center at Derbent, and a policy of "Persianisation" can be traced over many centuries.
## Islamic influence.
In 664, the Persians we... | 54,026 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
a 10th-century church at Datuna as the sole monument to its existence.
## Alternating Persian and Russian rule.
As Mongolian authority gradually eroded, new centers of power emerged in Kaitagi and Tarki. In the early 16th century, the Persians (under the Safavids) reconsolidated their rule over the region, w... | 54,027 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Russo-Persian War (1722–23). The territories were however returned to Persia in 1735 per the Treaty of Ganja.
Between 1730 and the early course of the 1740s, following his brother's murder in Dagestan, the new Iranian ruler and military genius Nader Shah led a lengthy campaign in swaths of Dagestan in order t... | 54,028 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Russian capture of Derbent in 1796. However, the Russians were again forced to retreat from the entire Caucasus following internal governmental problems, allowing Iran to capture the territory again.
## Russian rule consolidated.
In 1806 the khanate voluntarily submitted to Russian authority, but it was not ... | 54,029 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
The 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay indefinitely consolidated Russian control over Dagestan and removed Iran from the military equation.
## Risings against imperial Russia.
The Russian administration, however, disappointed and embittered the highlanders. The institution of heavy taxation, coupled with the expropr... | 54,030 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
for the last time (Chechnya rose again at various times throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries).
## Soviet era.
On 21 December 1917, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan declared independence from Russia and formed a single state called the "United Mountain Dwellers of the North Caucasus" (also known as t... | 54,031 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
in 1920 was reelected for a third term. After the Bolshevik Revolution, Ottoman armies occupied Azerbaijan and Dagestan and the region became part of the short-lived Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus. After more than three years of fighting the White movement and local nationalists, the Bolsheviks ... | 54,032 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
with the aim of creating an "independent Islamic State of Dagestan".
The invaders were driven back by the Russian military. As a retaliation, Russian forces subsequently reinvaded Chechnya later that year. Violence in the Republic exploded from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2012. This upsurge led many p... | 54,033 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
for a four-year term. The People's Assembly is the highest executive and legislative body of the republic.
The Constitution of Dagestan was adopted on 10 July 2003. According to it, the highest executive authority lies with the State Council, comprising representatives of fourteen ethnicities. The members of ... | 54,034 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
the highest executive post in the republic, held by Magomedali Magomedovich Magomedov until 2006. On 20 February 2006, the People's Assembly passed a resolution terminating this post and disbanding the State Council. Russian president, Vladimir Putin offered the People's Assembly the candidature of Mukhu Aliye... | 54,035 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
3 October 2017, the head of the Republic is appointed Vladimir Vasilyev.
# Demographics.
Because its mountainous terrain impedes travel and communication, Dagestan is unusually ethnically diverse, and still largely tribal. It is Russia's most heterogeneous republic. Dagestan's population is rapidly growing.
... | 54,036 |
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for less than 0.4% of the total population.
Such groups as the Botlikh, the Andi, the Akhvakhs, the Tsez and about ten other groups were reclassified as Avars between the 1926 and 1939 censuses.
The indigenous ethnicities of Dagestan are in bold.
There are also 40 or so tiny groups such as the Hinukh, numbe... | 54,037 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
20 of Russia's 131 endangered languages as identified by UNESCO can be found in Dagestan. Most of these endangered languages have Dagestani speakers in the mountainous region on the Dagestan-Georgia border.
Prior to Soviet rule, the literary lingua-franca status to some extent belonged to Classical Arabic. Th... | 54,038 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
local peoples.
The first Russian grammar written for Dagestani languages was that for locally international Kumyk. Author Timofey Makarov wrote:
## Religion.
According to a 2012 survey which interviewed 56,900 people, 83% of the population of Dagestan adheres to Islam, 2.4% to the Russian Orthodox Church, 2... | 54,039 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
around the port city of Derbent, the population (primarily made up of Azerbaijanis) is Shia. There is also a Salafi population, which is often a target of official repression.
A relatively large number of native Tati-speaking Jews – the "Mountain Jews" – were also present in this same coastal areas. However, ... | 54,040 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
and the Qadiriya. The mystic tariqas preached tolerance and coexistence between the diverse people in the region. The Communist total intolerance for any religion after the Communist Revolution of 1917 also suppressed the Sufi movements. Shaykh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi was a prominent scholar, spiritual leader ... | 54,041 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Economy.
The major industries in Dagestan include oil production, engineering, chemicals, machine building, textile manufacturing, food processing, and the timber. Oil deposits are located in the narrow coastal region. The Dagestani oil is of high quality and is delivered to other regions. Dagestan's natural ... | 54,042 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
on the Sulak River providing hydroelectric power. It has been estimated that Dagestan's total potential hydroelectric power resources are 4.4 billion kW. Dagestan has a well-developed transportation system. Railways connect the capital Makhachkala to Moscow, Astrakhan, and the Azerbaijani capital, Baku. The Mo... | 54,043 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
government. Corruption in Dagestan is more severe than in other regions of the former Soviet Union and is coupled with a flourishing black market and clan-based economic system.
In 2011 Rostelecom started implementation of WDM-based equipment on the backbone network for data transmission in the Republic of Da... | 54,044 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
police forces—as well as many Dagestani national rebels and civilians.
More recently, among other incidents:
- On 15 May 2008, two MVD officers were killed and one police officer heavily wounded during an ambush on their vehicle in Gubden.
- On 8 September 2008, Abdul Madzhid and several rebels were killed ... | 54,045 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
outside the offices of the local interior ministry and the FSB security agency. The second bomb went off twenty minutes after the first, as a crowd had gathered. In the early hours of the next morning, two people died as a bomb went off in their car, apparently prematurely, near the village of Toturbiikala.
-... | 54,046 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Republic of Dagestan, which borders Chechnya, face harassment and intimidation from various groups. Pastor Suleimanov's life had been threatened on several previous occasions.
- On 23 September 2011, Magomed Murtuzaliyev, a high-level law enforcement official, was shot and killed by gunmen.
- On 28 September... | 54,047 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
2016, all subversive and terrorist groups operating in Dagestan were eliminated.
# Notable people.
- Abdulkhakim Ismailov (1916–2010), World War II soldier.
- Abdulrashid Sadulaev – freestyle wrestler, a three-time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2018), European Champion (2014), European Games Champion (2015), ... | 54,048 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
a Chechen, Russian Master of sports of international class, Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2000), three-time champion of Russia (1999, 2000, 2002), three-time champion Europe (1999, 2000, 2006), two-time world champion (1999, 2002), Olympic champion (2000).
- Ali Aliyev (wrestler) - Avar Dagestani-born S... | 54,049 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Olympic champion, six-time world champion, six-time European champion, five-time Russian champion, seven-time winner of the tournament Krasnoyarsk Ivan Yarygin winner Goodwill Games will. Honored Master of Sports of Russia (1995).
- Dzhabar Askerov - He is the World Muay Thai Council's Muay Thai Welterweight ... | 54,050 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Fatimat has made a major contribution to the development of Dagestan and Russian culture.
- Gadzhimurad Antigulov, MMA Fighter
- Gasan Umalatov, MMA Fighter
- Gasret Aliev - Hero of Soviet Union.
- Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov - boxer of Avar heritage, who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight including the ... | 54,051 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
and the current undisputed Lightweight champion.
- Khadzhimurad Magomedov - Olympic gold medalist and two time world wrestling champion.
- Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (b. 1978), freestyle wrestler who competed for Russia in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won a world title in 1997.
- Magomed Abdusalamov - is a ... | 54,052 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
wrestler. World freestyle wrestling champion 2016 in 70 kg.
- Magomed Magomedkerimov, MMA Fighter, PFL Million Dollar Finalist
- Magomed Magomedov - the professional WMC and IMF Light Heavyweight World Muay Thai Champion.
- Magomed Mustafaev, MMA Fighter
- Magomedkhan Aratsilov - former wrestler who compet... | 54,053 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
medal for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Mansur Isaev - In 2012, he won the gold medal in judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- Mavlet Batirov - freestyle wrestler, world and 2-time Olympic champion, who competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gol... | 54,054 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Nurmagomed Shanavazov - Shanavazov won the Light Heavyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.
- Omari Akhmedov, MMA Fighter
- Ramazan Emeev, MMA Fighter
- Ramazan Şahin - Olympic Gold Medalist (2008), World Champion (2007) in Freestyle wrestling.
- Rashid Magomedov - UFC fight... | 54,055 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Absaidov - Olympic champion and World Champion 1981 in Freestyle wrestling.
- Sazhid Sazhidov - Russian Olympic wrestler who represented Russia at the world-level from 2003 to 2006. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- Sergey Izgiyayev (1922–1972) – Mountain Jew Soviet poet, playwright and ... | 54,056 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
Founded the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation as a vehicle for his charitable projects.
- Sultan Aliev, MMA Fighter
- Sultan Ibragimov- professional boxer held the WBO heavyweight title from 2007 to 2008. As an amateur he won silver medals at the 2000 Olympics and 2000 European Championships, and bronze at the 200... | 54,057 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
and political prisoner, political activist.
- Yagutil Mishiev (b. 1927) – Honored Teacher of the Republic of Dagestan and the Russian Federation, publicist, author of books about the history of Derbent.
- Zabit Magomedsharipov (b. 1991) - UFC fighter fighting in the featherweight division.
# See also.
- Fo... | 54,058 |
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Publishing house: Makhachkala, 2008.
- Kaziev, Shapi. Caucasian Highlanders. Everyday life of the Caucasian highlanders. 19th century (In the co-authorship with I.Karpeev). "Molodaya Gvardiy" publishers. Moscow, 2003.
- Kaziev, Shapi. "Crash of tyrant". Nader Shah (Крах тирана). The historical novel about Na... | 54,059 |
751099 | Dagestan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagestan | Dagestan
yrant". Nader Shah (Крах тирана). The historical novel about Nader Shah. "Epoch", Publishing house: Makhachkala, 2009.
# External links.
- Official governmental website of Dagestan
- Dagestan in Iranica Encyclopaedia
- History of Islam in Russia
- "The North Caucasus," Russian Analytical Digest No. 22 (5 ... | 54,060 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
Alfred Bester is a "Babylon 5" character played by Walter Koenig. He is a senior Psi Cop and a recurring antagonist in the series. J. Michael Straczynski named the character after the science fiction writer Alfred Bester, since telepathy is a recurring theme in his w... | 54,061 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
Vacit, in order to conceal his parentage. His chosen assumed name refers to the science fiction author, Alfred Bester.
His biological parents were Matthew and Fiona Dexter, both leaders in the earliest days of the resistance against the Psi Corps. While director of the Psi Corps, Kevin Vacit ... | 54,062 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
and selective breeding would produce telepaths strong enough to protect humanity from future threats. This led directly to the purges of 2189, a Psi Corps offensive which decimated the resistance and in which Bester's parents were killed. He was found by the Psi Corps, renamed, and placed in C... | 54,063 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
strongest naturally occurring category of human telepaths, he was able to join the metasensory police and eventually tracked down the resistance's leader, Stephen Walters. He did not yet know that Walters had been his parents' closest friend and ally, or that the man was in fact his godfather ... | 54,064 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
discussed. Only with the appearance of the second novel in the Bester trilogy (which was published in 1999, when the series had already ended), do we get the explanation.
Bester was notorious even among his fellow telepaths of the Corps for his ruthlessness, performing illegal mind scans on M... | 54,065 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
that one lost a piece of one's soul by being in contact with the person as they crossed the threshold. Almost no telepath, having once done so, would willingly do so a second time, with subsequent attempts thought to be very damaging to the psyche. However, Bester repeatedly volunteered for su... | 54,066 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
being resuscitated by the hospital staff attending to the dying subject.
During his career as a member of the Psi Corps, he was responsible for retaking the post of director of the Psi Corps from the mundanes by assassinating the director of the Psi Corps.
## Involvement within the Series.
... | 54,067 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
with Captain John Sheridan at several points during the Shadow War particularly after the Shadows captured someone very close to Bester. However, after Michael Garibaldi was captured during an attack by the Shadows on the station, Bester was able to secretly recover and capture him in turn. Be... | 54,068 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
William Edgars, the plot's mastermind, believed that a civil war among humanity would be counterproductive no matter how totalitarian the current regime. Edgars insisted that Garibaldi draw out Sheridan before he would bring Garibaldi fully into his confidence. Garibaldi, not suspecting why he... | 54,069 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
race and avert the war which many normals and telepaths believed loomed on the horizon. After learning this, Garibaldi entered a fugue state, and alerted Bester and the Psi Corps. The Corps murdered William Edgars and captured the only known samples of both the virus and antidote. Bester came ... | 54,070 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
block - adapted from the first of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics (Bester stated that it had been adapted from the first "two" of Asimov's laws, but his explanation only covered the first law) - knowing that Garibaldi would likely murder him on sight if not prevented from doing so. Lyta ... | 54,071 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
have shown him encountering the crew of the "Excalibur", who require a powerful telepath to open a lock that responds to powerful telepathy. The episode would have ended with him escaping once again.
He spent several years on the run before moving to Paris, France, where he fell in love with ... | 54,072 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
spent the next 10 years in a maximum-security prison, and died shortly after the death of John Sheridan in 2281. The very day before his death, he finally accepted that he was indeed the 'lost child' of Matthew and Fiona Dexter, and his left fist finally reopened as a result. Even in death, Ga... | 54,073 |
751261 | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred%20Bester%20(Babylon%205) | Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
2281. The very day before his death, he finally accepted that he was indeed the 'lost child' of Matthew and Fiona Dexter, and his left fist finally reopened as a result. Even in death, Garibaldi pursued him. After Bester's funeral, Garibaldi went to the gravesite and hammered a wooden stake in... | 54,074 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
Feteiras
Feteiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is situated in the western part of the island of São Miguel, on the south coast. The population in 2011 was 1,571, in an area of .
# History.
In the 16th century, the coastal area around ... | 54,075 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
occurred half a century after the island's settlement. Gaspar Frutuoso, writing in "Saudades da Terra" indicated that it obtained the name "Feteiras" for the pasturelands of ferns that grew in the pasturelands. Has he noted:
By royal charter, from King Manuel I Feteiras was de-annexed from the jurisdiction of... | 54,076 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
of the 16th century.
By the beginning of the 19th century, the estimated population of 860 people of the parish, was supported by the remodelled and expanded church of Nossa Senhora da Guadalupe, which was rechristened to "Santa Luzia". The older image from the abandoned church was quickly transported to the ... | 54,077 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
and Capelas. In addition to these parishes, Feteiras is bounded on the east by Relva and west by Candelária and connected by the regional E.R.1-1ª roadway to the island centre of Ponta Delgada, some to the east.
This sloping region of forest and pasturelands extend from the coastal cliff at approximately abov... | 54,078 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
(in Capelas).
The main village parallels the regional roadway, along a stretch of road beginning at Grota da Areia (near the main lookout from Ponta Delgada). This stretch of road winds down the hillside and laterally to the main square at "Rua do Fonte" and "Rua da Igreja", before continuing pass the parochi... | 54,079 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
the coast.
# Economy.
The majority of its residents are dedicated to agricultural activities and animal husbandry, including a factory that is linked to meat processing services (Salsiçor).
In addition, the site continues to be served by two small fishing ports, that supports small subsistence or artesnal f... | 54,080 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
Consisting of four taps, oriented to the cardinal positions of the island, some believe that the structure was a regal gift from Lisbon, that was given to the community of Ponta Delgada (sometime in the 19th century), but which was later transferred to the community of Feteira.
# Culture.
Festivities in cele... | 54,081 |
1403022 | Feteiras | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feteiras | Feteiras
the first Sunday of September, while religious celebrations marking the patron saint occur in December, in addition to annual Holy Spirit rituals throughout the summer. The events of the Holy Spirit feasts include an ethnographic procession that includes oxe-driven carts, sharing of sweet bread and wine, the t... | 54,082 |
751265 | Peugeot 407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peugeot%20407 | Peugeot 407
Peugeot 407
The Peugeot 407 is a large family car produced by the French automaker Peugeot from 2003 to 2010. It is available in saloon, coupé and estate variants, with both diesel and petrol engines. The petrol engines range from 1.8 to 2.9 litres displacement, whereas the diesels range from 1.6 to 3.0 li... | 54,083 |
751265 | Peugeot 407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peugeot%20407 | Peugeot 407
streamlined design of the car was seen as quite radical , its most distinctive features being its large front grille and the steeply raked screen pillars. The car was first announced and presented to the press in Paris in December 2003.
The estate, known as the Peugeot 407 SW, was launched four months afte... | 54,084 |
751265 | Peugeot 407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peugeot%20407 | Peugeot 407
One model was available with AMVAR electronic suspension, that controls each wheel’s damping independently, adapting the hardness of the ride every 2.5 milliseconds to suit the driving style.
# Television commercials.
The first advertisement, known as "The Toys" or "Les Jouets", featured life size toy car... | 54,085 |
751265 | Peugeot 407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peugeot%20407 | Peugeot 407
an adaptation of their earlier song, "Can You Trust Me".
The next advertisement featured the same scenario of life size toy cars in Sydney, this time taking a new Peugeot 407 SW out of the city to a beachside home. Along the way, we see old and decrepit stationwagons breaking down, or suffering from image ... | 54,086 |
751265 | Peugeot 407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peugeot%20407 | Peugeot 407
previewed with the name "407 Elixir" at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show. The "407 Silhouette" is a race car with most design features of the current coupé. A version almost identical to the released coupé was presented at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show under the name "407 Prologue". The "407 Macarena" is a four d... | 54,087 |
751265 | Peugeot 407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peugeot%20407 | Peugeot 407
407 will not be called Peugeot 408, but instead Peugeot 508, which was officially launched at the Paris Motor Show in October 2010.
The 508 saloon is approximately 12 cm (5 inches) longer than the 407 and also replaces the larger Peugeot 607. The Peugeot 408 name is used for a Chinese built notchback versi... | 54,088 |
751265 | Peugeot 407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peugeot%20407 | Peugeot 407
lled Peugeot 408, but instead Peugeot 508, which was officially launched at the Paris Motor Show in October 2010.
The 508 saloon is approximately 12 cm (5 inches) longer than the 407 and also replaces the larger Peugeot 607. The Peugeot 408 name is used for a Chinese built notchback version of the Peugeot ... | 54,089 |
1403024 | Corwin Hansch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corwin%20Hansch | Corwin Hansch
Corwin Hansch
Corwin Herman Hansch (October 6, 1918 – May 8, 2011) was a Professor of Chemistry at Pomona College in California. He became known as the 'father of computer-assisted molecule design.'
# Early life and childhood.
He was born on October 6, 1918 in Kenmare, North Dakota.
# Education.
He e... | 54,090 |
1403024 | Corwin Hansch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corwin%20Hansch | Corwin Hansch
giving complex lectures without using notes. His course in Physical Bio-Organic Medicinal Chemistry was ground-breaking at an undergraduate level.
Hansch may be best known as the father of the concept of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), the quantitative correlation of the physicochemi... | 54,091 |
1403024 | Corwin Hansch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corwin%20Hansch | Corwin Hansch
relationship between the biological activity of a series of compounds and their physicochemical substituent or global parameters representing hydrophobic, electronic, steric and other effects using multiple regression correlation methodology.
- Hansch-Fujita formula_1 constant - The Hansch-Fujita formula... | 54,092 |
1403024 | Corwin Hansch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corwin%20Hansch | Corwin Hansch
in Claremont, California at 92.
# Notes.
His research group at Pomona College worked on QSAR studies and in building and expanding the database of chemical and physical data as C-QSAR and Bioloom. His postgraduate associates were Rajni Garg, Cynthia D Selassie, Suresh Babu Mekapati, and Alka Kurup.
The... | 54,093 |
1403024 | Corwin Hansch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corwin%20Hansch | Corwin Hansch
in 204 publications in 4 languages and 2,004 library holdings" for Hansch as "author, editor, other". The top item in the list is "Exploring QSAR" by Corwin Hansch, Albert Leo and David Hoekman, an ACS professional reference book in 28 editions published between 1995 and 2014.
- Journal articles: 281 Pub... | 54,094 |
1403024 | Corwin Hansch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corwin%20Hansch | Corwin Hansch
014.
- Journal articles: 281 Pubmed records
- Reviews: authored 33 reviews as indexed in Pubmed
- Title word search: 56 Pubmed records
The Pomona College Archives holds reprints of Hansch’s articles published between 1962 and 2009 in addition to other materials.
# See also.
- Hammett equation
- Cra... | 54,095 |
1402997 | Son of the Mask | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Son%20of%20the%20Mask | Son of the Mask
Son of the Mask
Son of the Mask is a 2005 superhero comedy film directed by Lawrence Guterman. The film stars Jamie Kennedy as Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist from Fringe City who has just had his first child born with the powers of the Mask. It is a stand-alone prequel to the 1994 film "The Mask", a... | 54,096 |
1402997 | Son of the Mask | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Son%20of%20the%20Mask | Son of the Mask
to reestablish the relationship with the mask and Loki. Bill Farmer and Richard Steven Horvitz provide the voice and vocal effects of Masked Otis. The film was panned by critics and became a box office bomb, grossing just $59 million against its $84–100 million budget.
# Plot.
A decade after the event... | 54,097 |
1402997 | Son of the Mask | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Son%20of%20the%20Mask | Son of the Mask
by Odin, the stranger becomes very angry and transforms, revealing himself to be Loki. The tourists panic and flee, but Dr. Neuman stays to argue with the angry god. Loki takes the mask, but realizes it is a fake. In anger, he removes Dr. Neuman's still talking face from his body and puts it on the mask... | 54,098 |
1402997 | Son of the Mask | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Son%20of%20the%20Mask | Son of the Mask
is feeling reluctant to become a father. He has a beautiful wife, Tonya, and a best friend, Jorge. On a tropical island, Loki is relaxing until Odin confronts him and orders his son to find the mask. Loki asks Odin to help him, but Odin tells Loki that this is his mess and he has to clean it up. Later t... | 54,099 |
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