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This article lists the most visited art museums in the world. This list of 100 is based on an attendance survey compiled by The Art Newspaper published in April 2013.

The country with the highest number of visitors in the top 100 is the United Kingdom. The country with the most museums appearing in the list is the United States.

The list also includes exhibition centers organizing temporary art displays. Several major art museums, such as the Palace Museum in Beijing, which annually draw close to 12 million visitors, the Museo del Prado in Madrid, with 2,800,000 visitors in 2012, and the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico City, with 1,767,092 visitors in 2011, were not included.

Annual fluctuations occur due to the popularity of special exhibitions and improved collections. For example, the National Gallery of Victoria 2,800,000 visitors in 2017, placing it well into the top 20.

References

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Lists of museums
White asbestos, also called chrysotile asbestos or serpentine asbestos, is one of the six types of asbestos. About 95% of asbestos found in buildings is white asbestos. It is considered by experts to be less dangerous than the other types of asbestos, but it is still a major health hazard and exposure can cause cancer and asbestosis.

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Asbestos
Pope Innocent XII (; 13 March 1615 – 27 September 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli, was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 243rd Pope from 1691 to 1700.

Early life
Pignatelli was born at Spinazzola in Puglia.

He was educated at the Jesuit college in Rome.

Pignatelli developed diplomatic experience when he was papal legate to Poland and to Austria.

He gained administrative experience when he was governor of Perugia.

Bishop
Piganatelli was made Bishop of Faenza in 1681.  Pope Innocent XI made him Archbishop of Naples in 1687.

Cardinal
Pope Innocent XI raised Pignatelli to the rank of Cardinal in 1682.

Pope
Cardinal Pignatelli was elected pope on 12 July 1691; and he chose to be called Innocent XII.

In 1692, Innocent XII issued the papal bull Romanum decet Pontificem which banned the curial office of the cardinal-nephew.

Pope Innocent was involved in Italian and European political disputes.
In the Papal States, Innocent invested in public works.  For example, he caused the harbor of Porto d'Anzo to be constructed on the ruins of Antium.  Also, he constructed the aqueduct of Civitavecchia.

After his death
The tomb of Innocent XII at St. Peter's Basilica was sculpted by Filippo della Valle.

Related pages 
 List of popes

References

Other websites

 
  Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Innocent XII
  Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church,  Cardinal Pignatellit 

Italian popes
1615 births
1700 deaths
Pope Innocent XIII (; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born Michelangelo Conti, was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 245th Pope from 1721 until his death.

Michelangelo Conti was born in Poli, near Rome.

Conti was born into a family that included several popes including Pope Innocent III. (1198–1216), he was a member of the family of the counts and dukes of Segni.

Bishop
In 1695, Conti was made Archbishop of Tarsus.

Cardinal
In 1706, Pope Clement XI raised Conti to the rank of cardinal.

Pope 
Cardinal Conti was elected pope on May 8, 1721; and he chose to be called Innocent XIII.

Pope Innocent was involved in Italian and European political disputes.

Related pages 
 List of popes
 List of popes from the Conti family

References

Other websites

 
  Catholic Hierarchy,  Pope Innocent XIII
  Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church,  Cardinal Conti

Italian popes
1655 births
1724 deaths
The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum is an art museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. It is often called  just the de Young Museum. It is named for early San Francisco newspaper publisher M. H. de Young. The museum opened in 1895. It was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A new museum building opened in 2005.

References

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Official website 

Art museums in the United States
Buildings and structures in San Francisco
1895 establishments in the United States
1890s establishments in California
Museums in California
Hurricane Roxanne was a destructive storm that hit the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula during October 1995. The hurricane had winds next to 115 miles per hour when it hit. Because of its impact, the name Roxanne was later retired and replaced by Rebekah.

1995 Atlantic hurricane season
1995 in Mexico
October events
Retired tropical cyclone names
The Bible is a collection of texts that are commonly referred to as books. Many of these books have the name of only one person. There is a controversy about how the texts of these books were fabricated. For example, there is a discussion if all the Pauline epistles have been written by Paul the Apostle.

Bible
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (November 12, 1926, Montgomery, Alabama – July 25, 1984 in Los Angeles, California) was an American blues singer, harp player and songwriter. 

Thornton was the first who recorded "Hound Dog" by Leiber and Stoller. Another song which is often covered is "Ball ´n Chain". It is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".  It is one of her best-known songs because of being performed and recorded by Janis Joplin.

Career
She was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She got her musical education in a Baptist church, where her father was a minister and her mother a choir singer. At the age of 14 she joined Sammy Green's Georgia-based Hot Harlem Revue and toured the south. She was also a self-taught drummer and harmonica player. She often played each instrument onstage.
1948 she settled in Houston. In 1951  she was signing a recording contract with Peacock Records. For this label she recorded "Hound Dog" which became #1 in the Rhythm ´n Blues charts. Then she toured with  Junior Parker and Esther Phillips. At the end of the 1950s her career faded. She relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she mostly played local blues clubs.

In 1966 she  recorded Big Mama Thornton With The Muddy Waters Blues Band featuring Muddy Waters (guitar), Sammy Lawhorn (guitar), James Cotton(harmonica), Otis Spann (piano), Luther Johnson (bass guitar), and Francis Clay (drums). Her Ball 'n' Chain album in 1968 with Lightnin' Hopkins (guitar) and Larry Williams (vocals), included the songs "Hound Dog", "Wade in the Water", "Little Red Rooster", "Ball 'n' Chain", "Money Taker", and "Prison Blues".
One of Thornton's last albums was Jail (1975) for Vanguard Records.The album was recorded in the mid-1970s at two prisons. She became the leader of a blues ensemble .Thornton performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 and 1968, and at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1979. In 1965 she performed with the American Folk Blues Festival package in Europe where she recorded her album Big Mama Thornton in Europe and followed it up the next year in San Francisco with Big Mama Thornton with the Chicago Blues Band. Both albums came out on the Arhoolie label. Thornton continued to record for Vanguard, Mercury, and other small labels in the 1970s and to work the blues festival circuit until her death in 1984. She was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1984.

Thornton died of a heart attack in Los Angeles on 25 July 1984 at the age of  57.
Selected discography
 1965  Big Mama Thornton in Europe  Arhoolie
 1967  Big Mama the Queen at Monterey  MCA
 1968  She's Back
 1969  Stronger Than Dirt
 1970  Maybe  Roulette Records
 1970  The Way It Is  Mercury
 1973  Saved  Pentagram Records
 1975  Jail  Vanguard
 1975  Sassy Mama!
 1978  Mama's Pride  Vanguard

References

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1926 births
1984 deaths
American blues musicians
American blues singers
Blues harp players
Musicians from Alabama
Singers from Alabama
People from Montgomery, Alabama
Martine Aubry (born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She was born in Paris and is the daughter of Jacques Delors (born 1925). 

Aubry was married to Xavier Aubry, and has a daughter from that marriage. In 2004, she married Jean-Louis Brochen, a French lawyer, but decided to keep the family name of her first marriage. Aubry studied economics in Paris. She also has diplomas in political sciences, social sciences and work. She has also studied at the École nationale d'administration. She became active in the Confédération française démocratique du travail, which is currently the biggest trade union of the country.

She is the mayor of Lille since 2001 and the First Secretary of the Socialist Party since 2008.  She wanted to be the Socialist candidate to the 2012 presidential election but François Hollande defeated her.

References

1950 births
Living people
French mayors
Politicians from Paris
A piano concerto is a concerto written for piano and orchestra.

Characteristics

Form
A classical piano concerto is often in three movements.

A quick opening movement in sonata form including a cadenza (which may be improvised by the soloist).
A slow, free expressive movement
A faster rondo

Examples by Mozart and Beethoven follow this model, but there are many others which do not. Beethoven's fourth piano concerto includes a last-movement cadenza, and many composers have made innovations – for example Liszt's single-movement concerti.

Other websites 
Classical and Romantic Piano Concertos , a list of Classical and Romantic piano concertos, and other music for piano and orchestra from the same period.

Musical forms
was a  after Meitoku and before Shōchō. This period started in July 1394 and ended in April 1428. During this time, the  emperors were   and .

Events of the Ōei era
27 August 1394 (Ōei 1, 1st day of the 7th month): Former-Emperor Chōkei died.
 1398 (Ōei 5): Kinkaku-ji or "Gold Pavillion" is built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
 September 1398 (Ōei 5, 8th month): In the 6th year of the reign of King Taejong of Joseon, a Korean diplomatic mission was received in Japan.
 1399 (Ōei 6):  began. Ōuchi Yoshiharu raised an army against Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
 1401 (Ōei 8, 2nd month): The Imperial Palace was destroyed by fire.
 1402 (Ōei 9): A letter from the emperor of China was received by Yoshimitsu; and this formal communication mistakenly gives the title "king of Japan" to the Japanese shogun.
 1419 (Ōei 26) :  was a Joseon military action in Tsushima Province (Tsushima Island).  More than 200 ships and 17,000 fighting men took part in this military expedition.
 10 May 1424 (Ōei 31, 12th day of the 4th month): Former-Emperor Go-Kameyama died.

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References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
1394 establishments
14th-century establishments in Japan
1428 disestablishments
Disestablishments in Japan
was a  after Ōei and before Eikyō.  This period started in April 1428 and ended in September 1429. During this time, the emperors were   and .

Events of the Shōchō era

 3 February 1428 (Shōchō 1, 18th day of the 1st month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi died at the age of 43.

 30 August 1428 (Shōchō 1, 20th day of the 7th month): Emperor Shōkō died at he age of 27.  

 8 September 1428 (Shōchō 1, 29th day of the 7th month): Emperor Go-Hanazono is established on the throne at age 10.

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References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Shocho and before Kakitsu.   This period started in September 1429 and ended in February 1441.  During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Eikyō era

 14 April 1429 (Eikyō 1, 9th day of the 3rd month): The name of Ashikaga Yoshinobu was changed to Yoshinori.

 1429: Yoshinori appointed shogun.

 1433 (Eikyō 5, 6th month):  Letter from Emperor of China to the Shogun assumes wrongly that the head of the Ashikaga shogunate is the "king of Japan."

 1433 (Eikyō 5, 10th month):  Former-Emperor Go-Komatsu died.

 1438 (Eikyō 10): Revolt against the shogunate led by Ashikaga no Mochiuji.

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Other websites 
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
Unilineal evolution, also called classical social evolution, was  a 19th-century social theory about the evolution of societies and cultures. 

There were different theories by various sociologists and anthropologists. However, they all believed that Western culture is the peak of social evolution. Social status is seen as a single line that goes from most primitive to most civilized. This theory is now generally considered obsolete in universities.

Anthropology
Sociology
was a  after Eikyō and before Bun'an.  This period started in February 1441 and ended in February 1444. During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Kakitsu era

 12 July 1441 (Kakitsu 1, 24th day of the 6th month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori was murdered at age 48.
 1443 (Kakitsu 3): A Japanese-Korean diplomatic agreement (sometimes called the "Kakitsu treaty") was about on pirates (wakō) in the sea between Japan and Korea.
 16 August 1443 (Kakitsu 3, 21st day of the 7th month): Shogun Yoshikatsu died after a fall from a horse.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" – historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Kakitsu and before Hotoku.  This period started in February 1444 and ended in July 1449.  During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Bun'an era

 1444 (Bun'an 1, 4th month): Kitano Tenman-gū and much of western Kyoto was destroyed by fire.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" – historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
 

Japanese eras
Shakin' Stevens, sometimes called "Shaky" (born Michael Barratt, 4 March 1948) is a platinum selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, but he was not very successful in the UK until 1980. In the UK alone, Stevens has had at least 33 top 40 hit singles in the sales charts.

References 

1948 births
Living people
Musicians from Cardiff
Welsh rock musicians
Welsh singer-songwriters
was a   after Hōtoku and before Kosho.  This period started in July 1452 and ended in July 1455.  During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Kyōtoku era 

 1454 (Kyōtoku 3): Ashikaga Shigeuji caused the killing of Uesugi Noritada; and this event is known as the Kyōtoku no Ran.

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Japanese eras
was a  after Bun'an and before Kyotoku.  This period started in July 1449 and ended in July 1452.  During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Hōtoku era

 8 May 1449 (Hōtoku 1, 16th day of the 4th month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa is honored with the gift of a sword from the emperor.
 1451 (Hōtoku 3, 7th month ): A diplomatic mission from the Ryukyu Islands is received for the first time in Heian-kyō (Kyoto).
 1451 (Hōtoku 3, 8th month ): Shogun Yoshimasa sent a letter to the Emperor of China.

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Other websites 
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
 Okinawa Prefectural Archives, http://www.archives.pref.okinawa.jp/publication/2009/04/post-168.html 

Japanese eras
was a  after Kyōtoku and before Chōroku.  This period started in July 1455 and ended in September 1457. During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Kōshō era 

 1456 (Kōshō 2, 3rd month): Ashikaga Yoshimasa visited Iwashimizu Shrine; and all the officials of the Daijō-kan joined him at the shrine.
 1456 (Kōshō 2, 8th month): The father of Emperor Go-Hanazono died at age 85.

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Other websites 
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Kōshō and before Kanshō.  This period started in September 1457 and ended in December 1460.  During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Chōroku era 

 1458 (Chōroku 2, 8th month):  The stolen Sacred Jewel was returned to the emperor.

 1459 (Chōroku 3): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa provided a new mikoshi and a complete set of robes as part of repairs to the Atsuta Shrine.

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Other websites 
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Chōroku and before Bunshō.  This period started in December 1460 and ended in February 1466. During this time, the emperors were   and .

Events of the Kanshō era 

 1460 (Kanshō 1, 9th month): Wakae Castle in Kawachi Province was destroyed when  was forced out of it.
 21 August 1464 (Kanshō 5, 19th day of the 7th month): Go-Hanazono resigned.  He abdication caused the Imperial succession to pass to his son who would be known as Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Kanshō and before Ōnin. The period started in February 1466 and ended in March 1467. During this time, the emperor during this period was .

Events of the Bunshō era

 1466 (Bunshō 1): At Nara, Kinpusen-ji's Nio Gate (niomon) was built.
 1466 (Bunshō 1, 1st month): Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of the Shogun, was promoted to the second rank of the second class in the Imperial court hierarchy.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
Fashion Bug is a women's clothing retailer.  It owned by the Lane Bryant company.  Like Lane Bryant, it is focused on clothing for larger women.

History

Fashion Bug was founded in 1960.  It is headquartered in Margate, Florida.
1960 establishments in the United States
American clothing companies
was a  after Bunshō and before Bunmei. This period started in March 1467 and ended in April 1469. During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Ōnin era

In the Ōnin era, the emperor gave Yoshimasa's villa with a special name -- Higashiyama-dono., Construction work was interrupted by the Ōnin War.

Ōnin War 
The Ōnin War started in 1467.  This conflict is called Ōnin no ran because of the nengō in which it began. The fighting began as a dispute over who should follow Ashikaga Yoshimasa as shogun after his retirement – whether it would be his brother (Yoshimi) or his son (Yoshihisa).
 1467 (Ōnin 1, 1st month): Yamana Souzen and Hatakeyama Yoshinari took up positions around Muromachi-dono in Heian-kyo.  This was the headquarters of the Ashikaga Shogunate.
Rival groups of daimyo fought for military supremacy. In the end, there was no winner. The war stopped because the factions simply exhausted themselves.

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References

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" – historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Ōnin and before Chōkyō. This period started in April 1469 and ended in July 1487.  During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Bunmei era

 18 January 1471 (Bunmei 2, 27th day of the 12th month ): The former-Emperor Go-Hanazono died at age 52.

 16 April 1473 (Bunmei 5, on the 19th day of the 3rd month):  Yamana Sōzen died at age 70.

 1478 (Bunmei 10): The philosopher Ichijō Kanera (1402–1481) published Bummei ittō-ki (On the Unity of Knowledge and Culture) which is about political ethics.

 21 February 1482 (Bummei 14, 4th day of the 2nd month): Construction of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's Silver Pavilion was started.

 1484 (Bunmei 16): Ginkaku-ji or "Silver Pavillion" is built by Ashikaga Yoshimasa

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Japanese eras
was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Bunmei and before Entoku. This period started in July 1487 and ended in August 1489. During this time, the emperor was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇).

Events of the Chōkyō era

 1487 (Chōkyō 1, 8th month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa led a large army against the daimyo of southern Ōmi Province.
 1488 (Chōkyō 2): Ryōan-ji is built by Hosokawa Katsumoto.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
Honoré de Balzac  (; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His most famous work is La Comédie humaine. It is a collection of novels and short stories and is about French life after 1815. La Peau de chagrin (1831), Eugénie Grandet (1833) and Le Père Goriot (1835) are some of the most famous works from this collection. His books influenced many other people such as Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe.

Works

Tragic verse

Cromwell (1819)

Incomplete at time of death

Le Corsaire (opera)
Sténie
Falthurne
Corsino

Published pseudonymously

As "Lord R'Hoone", in collaboration

L'Héritière de Birague (1822)
Jean-Louis (1822)

As "Horace de Saint-Aubin"

Clotilde de Lusignan (1822)
Le Centenaire (1822)
Le Vicaire des Ardennes (1822)
La Dernière Fée (1823)
Annette et le Criminal (Argow le Pirate) (1824)
Wann-Chlore (1826)

Published anonymously

Du Droit d'aînesse (1824)
Histoire impartiale des Jésuites (1824)
Code des gens honnêtes (1826)
Selected titles from La Comédie humaine

Les Chouans (1829)
Sarrasine (1830)
La Peau de chagrin (1831)
Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (1831)
Le Colonel Chabert (1832)
Le Curé de Tours (1832)
La Fille aux yeux d'or (1833)
Eugénie Grandet (1833)
Le Contrat de mariage (1835)
Le Père Goriot (1835)
Le Lys dans la vallée (1835)
La Rabouilleuse (1842)
Illusions perdues (I, 1837; II, 1839; III, 1843)
La Cousine Bette (1846)
Le Cousin Pons (1847)
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1847)

Plays

L'École des ménages (1839)
Vautrin (1839)
Les Ressources de Quinola (1842)
Paméla Giraud (1842)
La Marâtre (1848)
Mercadet ou le faiseur (1848)

Tales

Contes drolatiques (1832–37)
La Grande Bretèche
An Episode of terror

Other websites
La Comedie Humaine - extra information about Balzac's works

1799 births
1850 deaths
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
French novelists
French Roman Catholics
People from Tours
Writers from Centre-Val de Loire
Leona Cavalli (stage name Alleyona Canedo da Silva, November 6, 1969 in Rosário do Sul) is a Brazilian actress.

Biography 

Her father politician, lawyer and poet and teacher mother's name, has three brothers. At birth, was named Alleyona. His mother wanted it to be Leona, but the father thought the name too strong for a baby and decided to adapt - it. Cavalli comes from their sponsors.

His childhood was in nature, playing fields by the gauchos, where the horse ran, climbed trees, swam praticaca and many other sports. With his father, who was twice mayor of the city, learned early to live with a lot of people climbing on the stump, attending rallies without bothering to be the daughter of a public person alive. With his mother, learned to appreciate the beauty and love freedom.

At age ten he was traveling, had boyfriends and wanted to be an actress.

He participated in several parts as, A Divina Sarah, As Lágrimas Amargas de Petra Von Kant, Brincando em cima Daquilo, O Homem e o Cavalo, etc.
Then came the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in the course of Performing Arts and the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC), in the course of law. But, dropped everything and went to St. Paul in an attempt to do theater professionally.

Participated in several movies such as, Um Céu de Estrelas, Amarelo Manga, Carandiru, Olga, Antônia, Aparecida - O Milagre, etc.

Is also participated in several telenovelas and miniseries as, Belíssima, Bang Bang, the miniseries Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes, Duas Caras, Negócio da China, etc.

In 2011, he made a cameo on the soap opera, Araguaia. Currently, this air, soap opera, A Vida da Gente as Dra. Celina.

References

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1969 births
Living people
Brazilian movie actors
Brazilian television actors
People from Rio Grande do Sul
was a  after Chōkyō and before Meio.  This period started in August 1489 and ended in July 1492.  During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Entoku era 

 26 April 1489 (Entoku 1, 26th day of the 3rd month): The Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshihisa died at age 25.  He was killed in battle in Ōmi Province.

 27 January 1490 (Entoku 2, 7th day of the 1st month): The former-Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa died at age 56.

 1490 (Entoku 2, 7th month): Ashikaga Yoshitane became shogun at age 25.

Jonen-ji, a Buddhist temple near Edo, was founded in the Entoku era.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
Hurricane Juan in 1985 was the most costly of all the storms of the hurricane season. It killed about 24 people and caused about $1.5 billion in damage even though it was a weak hurricane. Even though the damage was bad, the name Juan was not removed from the list of hurricane names in the spring of 1986.

Hurricanes in the United States
, also known as Mei-ō, was a  after Entoku and before Bunki. This period started in July 1492 and ended in February 1501. During this time, the emperors were  and .

Events of the Meiō era 

 1492 (Meiō 1, 8th month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimura led an army into Ōmi Province.
 1492 (Meiō 2, 1st month): The kampaku Ichijō Fuyuyoshi was named daijō-daijin.
 1492 (Meiō 2, 2nd month): Shogun Yoshimura led an army against the daimyo of Kawachi Province.

 1495 (Meiō 4):  Statue of Kannon carved in the 8th century was lost to fire at Hase-dera in Nara.
 12 September 1495 (Meiō 4, 24th day of the 8th month): Earthquake at Kashima (Latitude: 35.100/Longitude: 139.500), 7.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale.
9 July 1498 (Meiō 7, 20th day of the 6th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.400/Longitude: 137.700), 6.4 on the Richter Scale.
 20 September 1498 (Meiō 7, 2nd day of the 7th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.000/Longitude: 138.100), 8.6 on the Richter Scale; and also on that same day, another earthquake in Nankaido (Latitude: 33.500/Longitude: 135.200), 7.5 on the Richter Scale.

 21 October 1500 (Meiō 9, 28th day of the 9th month): Emperor Go-Tuschimikado died.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
Hurricane Hortense cut across Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in September of 1996. The storm took next to 40 lives and did $139 million in damage. The storm also affected portions of eastern Canada, striking southeastern Nova Scotia as a Category 1 hurricane. The name Hortense was later retired.

Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes
1996
Retired tropical cyclone names
1990s in weather
was a   after Meiō and before Eishō.  This period started in February 1501 and ended in February 1504. During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Bunki era 

 1501 :  The era name was changed  to mark the 58th year of the Chinese zodiac.  The previous era ended and a new one started in 1501 (Meiō 10, 29th day of the 2nd month).

 1501 (Bunki 1): Ashikaga Yoshitane was exiled to Suruga province.

 1502 (Bunki 2,  7th month): Minamoto-no Yoshitaka was elevated to the 2nd tier of the 4th class official in the Imperial court.

 1503 (Bunki 3): There was a great drought in the summer.

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 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
In ballistics, the ballistic coefficient (BC) of a bullet is a measure of its ability to overcome air resistance in flight. A high BC means the object will slow down less. It will have more of its speed left when it reaches the target. BC depends on mass, diameter, and drag coefficient. Ballistic coefficient has units of lb/in² or kg/m². BCs for bullets are normally stated in lb/in² by their manufacturers without referring to this unit. The values for BC can be as low as 0.12 and as high as 1.00 for commonly used bullets.

Bullet performance

A bullet with a high BC will travel farther than one with a low BC since  it will keep its speed better, resist the wind better, and “shoot flatter” (see external ballistics).
When hunting with a rifle, a higher BC is good for several reasons.  A higher BC results in a flatter flight. The effect of mistakes in estimating the distance to the target is smaller for  bullet with a higher BC.  This is important when attempting an effective hit on a game animal.  If the target animal is closer than estimated, then the bullet will hit higher than expected.  On the other hand, if the animal is further than estimated the bullet will hit lower than expected.  Such a difference in bullet drop can make the difference between a clean kill and a wounded animal.

This difference in flight path becomes more important at longer distances. Sometimes, the difference in two bullet designs fired from the same rifle can result in a difference between the two of over 30 cm (1 foot) at 500 meters (550 yards). A bullet with a high BC arrives at the target faster and with more energy than one with a low BC.
Since the higher BC bullet gets to the target faster, it is also less affected by crosswinds.
General trends
Sporting bullets have BC’s in the range 0.12 to slightly over 1.00, with high being the most aerodynamic, and low being the least. Very-low-drag bullets with BCs ≥ 1.10 can be designed and produced on special lathes using mono-metal rods. These special bullets often have to be fired from custom made full bore rifles with special barrels.

Bullet makers often offer several weights and types for a given size.  Heavy-for-caliber pointed (spitzer) bullets with a boat tail design have high BCs. Lighter bullets with square tails and blunt noses have lower BCs.
In the United States, hunting cartridges such as the .25-06 Remington (a 6.35 mm caliber), the .270 Winchester (a 6.8 mm caliber), and the .284 Winchester (a 7 mm caliber) are used when high BCs are desired.
In the larger sizes, the .338 Lapua Magnum and the .50 BMG are popular with very high BC bullets for shooting beyond 1000 meters. They have very high BCs. Other choices in the larger size are the .375 and .408 Cheyenne Tactical and the .416 Barrett.
Changes in bullet ballistic coefficients
Differences in BC claims for exactly the same projectiles can be explained by differences in the air density used for these BC statements or differing range-speed measurements on which the stated G1 BC averages are based. The BC changes during a projectile's flight and stated BCs are always averages for certain distances and speeds. Some more explanation about the transient nature of a projectile's G1 BC  during flight can be found at the external ballistics article. This article suggests that knowing how a BC was established is almost as important as knowing the stated BC value itself.
To find the correct BC (osome scientists would call it drag coefficients), Doppler radar-measurements are required. The normal shooting or aerodynamics person, however, does not have this expensive equipment. Weibel 1000e Doppler radars are used by governments, professional ballisticians, defense forces, and a few ammunition manufacturers to get exact real world data on the flight behavior of projectiles of interest.

Test results came from many shots, not just a single shot. Any single bullet can have a  very different BC than another. It is important to know the average behavior of a bullet. How different speed regimes affect several rifle bullets made by Lapua can be seen in the .338 Lapua Magnum product brochure which states Doppler radar established BC data.
Mathematical models and bullet ballistic coefficients
Most ballistic mathematical models and hence tables or software assume that one specific drag function correctly describes the drag and hence the flight characteristics of a bullet related to its ballistics coefficient. Those models do not have any differences for wadcutter, flat-based, spitzer, boat-tail, very-low-drag, etc. bullet types or shapes. However, some different drag curve models have been made for several standard projectile shapes.

Related pages
External ballistics - The behavior of a projectile in flight.
Trajectory of a projectile Ballistic coefficient can be used to calculated the path of a projectile. The above page lacks any practical application of BC. BC is an easy way to account for air resistance.

Freeware small arms ballistic coefficient calculators
These free computer programs can be used to calculate ballistic coefficient if other information is known.
JBM Ballistic Coefficient (Velocity)
JBM Ballistic Coefficient (Time)
References

Chuck Hawks Article on Ballistic Coefficient
Ballistic Coefficient Tables
Exterior Ballistics.com 
#header How do bullets fly? The ballistic coefficient (bc) by Ruprecht Nennstiel, Wiesbaden, Germany

Ballistics
was a  after Bunki and before Daiei.  The period started in February 1504 and ended in August 1521. During this time, the emperor was .

Events of the Eishō era
 1504 (Eishō 1): A great famine.

 1508 (Eishō 5, 1st month):  Ashikaga Yoshitane led troops into Kyoto.

 21 September 1510 (Eishō 7, 18th day of the 8th month): Earthquake at Seionaikai (Latitude: 34.600/Longitude 135.400), 6.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale.

 10 October 1510 (Eishō 7, 8th day of the 9th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.500/Longitude: 137.600), 7.0 on the Richter Scale.
1511 (Eishō 8, 2nd month): Yoshida Kanetomo died at the age of 77.

 16 September 1511 (Eishō 8, 24th day of the 8th month): Battle of Funaokayama.

Related pages 
 Muromachi period
 Eishō (Heian period)

References

Other websites 
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Japanese eras
, also known as Taiei or Dai-ei, was a   after Eishō and before Kyōroku. This period started in August 1521 and ended in August 1528.  During this time, the emperors were   and .

Events of the Daiei era

 24 January 1525 (Daiei 5, on the 1st day of the 1st month):  All ceremonies in the court were suspended because of the lack of funds to support them.

 29 April 1525 (Daiei 5, 7th day of the 4th month): Emperor Go-Kashiwabara died.

 1526 (Daiei 6, 4th month): Emperor Go-Nara was made emperor at age 31.

 1526 (Daiei 6, 7th month): An army from Awa Province was stopped before it reached Kyoto (Heian-kyō).

 1526 (Daiei 6, 12th month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest.

 1526 (Daiei 6, 12th month): Large-scale mining operations started at the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in what is now Shimane Prefecture.

Related pages 
 Muromachi period

References
References

Other websites 
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Japanese eras
0-9
2B-P-25 (Machine gun - 7.62 x 39 mm)
2B-A-30 (Assault rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
2B-A-35 (Assault rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
2B-A-40 (Assault rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
2B-P-10 (Machine Gun - 7.62 x 54mm)
2B-P-40 (Machine gun - 7.62 x 39 mm)
40-P (Assault rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
6P62 (Fully Automatic Rifle (hand-held) - 12.7 x 108 mm)
720-P (Assault rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
80.002 (Assault Rifle/Automatic Grenade Launcher - 5.45 x 39 mm/12.7mm Grenade)
9A-91 (Compact Assault Rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
A
A-017 (Assault rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AB-5.45 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AB-7.62 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AB-46 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
A-91 (Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm, 5.56 x 45 mm NATO, 7.62 x 39 mm, 12.7mm)
AEK-906 (Revolver - 9 x 18 mm AEK-906 ; 9 x 19 mm AEK-906-1)
AEK-918 (Submachine Gun - 9 x 19 mm; Experimental)
AEK-918G (Submachine Gun - 9 x 19 mm; Experimental)
AEK-918B (Submachine Gun - 9 x 19 mm; Experimental)
AEK-919 / AEK-919K (Submachine Gun - 9 x 18 mm)
AEK-971 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm AEK-971 / AEK-971s ; 5.56 x 45 mm AEK-972 ; 7.62 x 39 mm AEK-973 / AEK-973s)
AEK-978 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AEK-999 (Machine gun - 7.62 x 54 mm)
AG-021 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39mm)
AG-043 (Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AGS-17 (Automatic Grenade Launcher - 30mm grenade)
AGS-30 (grenade launcher / machine gun - 30mm grenade)
AJC-978V (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
AK-47 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AKS-47 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AK-74 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AK-74M (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AKS-74 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AKS-74U (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AKS-74U ( - 5.45 x 39 mm: Night Vision Scope)
AKS-74UB (Compact Assault Rifle/Grenade Launcher - 5.45 x 39 mm/30 mm Grenade)
AKS-74S (Compact Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm, the first small size AK-47 like assault rifle)
AK-97 (Carbine - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AK-101 (Assault Rifle - 5.56 x 45 NATO)
AK-102 (Compact Assault Rifle - 5.56 mm NATO)
AK-103 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AK-104 (Compact Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AK-105 (Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AK-107 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 BARS (Balanced Automatic Recoil System))
AK-108 (Assault Rifle - 5.56 x 45)
AK-200 (Assault rifle - 60 rounds of 5.45 x 39mm)
AKM (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AKMS (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AKMSU (Compact Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AKU-94 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm: Aftermarket Bullpup Conversion for AK-47 Semi-Auto Clones)
AK-9 (Compact Assault Rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
AL-4 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
AL-7 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
AN-94 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Abakan)
AO-9 (Machine Gun - 23 x 115 mm)
AO-10
AO-16 assault rifle
AO-17 (Rifle - 7.62 x 53 mm)
AO-18 (Gatling Machine Gun - 30 mm)
AO-27 (Flechette Assault Rifle - 7.62 mm)
AO-31 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AO-35 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AO-38 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-44 (Machine Pistol - 9 x 18 mm)
AO-46 (Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-62 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-63 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-65 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-222 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
APS (Machine Pistol - 9 x 18 mm PM)
APS (Underwater Assault Rifle - 5.66 x 29 mm MPS)
AS-1 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AS Val (Silent Assault Rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
AVB-7.62 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 54 mm)
AVS-36 (Semi-Auto Rifle - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
А (Cyrillic)
AO-9 (Machine Gun - 23 x 115 mm)
AO-10
AO-16 assault rifle
AO-17 (Rifle - 7.62 x 53 mm)
AO-18 (Gatling Machine Gun - 30 mm)
AO-27 (Flechette Assault Rifle - 7.62 mm)
AO-31 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
AO-35 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39mm)
AO-38 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-44 (Machine Pistol - 9 x 18 mm)
AO-46 (Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-62 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-63 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-65 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
AO-222 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)

B
B94 (Semi-Auto Rifle 12.7 x 107 mm)
Baikal MP-141K (Semi-Auto Carbine - .22 LR & .22 Magnum)
Baikal-441	(Pistol - 6.35 mm/.25ACP)
Baikal-442 (Pistol - 9 x 18 mm)
 BG-15 (Under-barrel Grenade Launcher - 40 x 46 mm grenade)
BS-1 30 mm	(Grenade Launcher - 30 mm Grenade)

C
CRA-1
CR-1911
C
CRA-1
CR-1911

D
Degtyarev DP
DP-27 / DP-28 (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR)
DPM (Light machine gun - 7.62x54 mmR)
DA (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR)
DT / DTM (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR)
RP-46 (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR)
Device DM (Noiseless Grenade Launcher - 9mm 30mm)
DShK
DShK 1938 (Heavy machine gun - 12.7x107mm)
DShK 1938/1946 / DShKM (Heavy Machine Gun - 12.7x107mm)
DP-64 (Heavy Grenade Launcher - 45 mm)

F
Fedorov Avtomat
Fedorov Avtomat The Fedorov Avtomat was the first service assault rifle, designed by Vladimir Fedorov and made in Russia in 1916. It was chambered for the Japanese Arisaka 6.5 x 50 mm rifle cartridge and used a short-recoil action. About 3000 were built.
Fedorov-Shpagina Model 1922 Twin barrel magazine fed machine gun.

G
GP-25 (Under-barrel grenade launcher - 40x46mm grenade)
GP-30 (Under-barrel grenade launcher - 40x46mm grenade)
GP-95 (Under-barrel grenade launcher - 40x46mm grenade)
GSh-18 pistol (Current standard Russian issued side arm)
GShG-7.62
K
Kord (Heavy Machine Gun - 12.7x108 mm)
Kovrov shotgun (Shotgun - )
KOVROV UDAR  (Revolver- ?)
KB-P 790 (Light Machine Gun - 7.62x39mm)
KPB PP-90M (sub-machine gun 9x18 mm)
KPB U94-TS (Revolver - ?)
KPV (Heavy Machine Gun - 14.5 x 114 mm)
KPVT (Tank Heavy Machine Gun)
KPB-12.7 (Machine gun (hand-held) - 12.7 x 108 mm)
KS-23 (Military shotgun - 12 gauge)

L
LPO-97

M
Makarov PM (Pistol - 9x18mm Makarov)
Makarov PMM (Pistol - 9x18mm Makarov)
Maxim M1910 (Medium machine gun - 7.62x54mmR)
Mosin-Nagant
Mosin-Nagant 1891 Infantry (Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
Mosin-Nagant 1891 Dragoon (Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
Mosin-Nagant 1891 Cossack (Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
Mosin-Nagant 1891/1910 (Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
Mosin-Nagant 1891/1930 (Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
Mosin-Nagant 1938 Carbine (Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
Mosin-Nagant 1944 Carbine (Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
MP-443 Grach (Pistol - 9x19 mm Parabellum)
MR-444 (Pistol - 9 mm)
N
NA-2 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
NA-4 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
Nagant M1895 (Revolver - 7.62x38mmR)
NSV (Heavy Machine Gun - 12.7x108mm)

O
OC-12 (compact assault rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
OC-14-4A (compact assault rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
OTs-23 DROTIK (machine pistol)
OTs-33 Pernach (machine pistol)
OTs-39 (Sub Machine Gun - 7.62x25 mm; Experimental)
OSV-96 (sniper rifle - 12.7 x 108 mm)
OTs-02 Kiparis (Sub-machine gun 9x18mm)
P
PH-45 (Pistol - .45 ACP)
PK (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
PKM (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
PKSMN (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
PKT (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
Pecheneg (Machine gun - 7.62 x 54 mm)
PP-19 Bizon (9x18mm Makarov; 7.62x25mm Tokarev; 9x19mm Parabellum)
Pribor ZB (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
PP-90  (SMG 9x18mm PM )
PP-91 (SMG 9x18mm PMM - Makarov Modernized for Klin)
PP-90M1 (9x19mm 7N21 and 7N31, compatible with all 9x19mm Luger/Parabellum ammo )
PP-93  (SMG 9x18mm PM )
PP-2000 (9x19mm 7N21 and 7N31, compatible with all 9x19mm Luger/Parabellum ammo )
PPD-34 (SMG - 7.62 x 25 mm TT)
PPD-34/38 (SMG - 7.62 x 25 mm TT)
PPD-40 (SMG - 7.62 x 25 mm TT)
PPS-42/PPS-43 (SMG - 7.62 x 25 mm TT)
PPSh-41 (SMG - 7.62 x 25 mm TT)
PTRD-41 (14.5 x 114 mm)
PTRS-41 (14.5 x 114 mm)

R
RMB-95 (Shotgun - )
RPD
RPK
RPG-1
RPG-2
RPG-3
RPG-4
RPG-5
RPG-6
RPG-7
RPG-8
RPG-9
RPG-10
RPG-16
RPG-18
RPG-22
RPG-26
RPG-27
RPG-28
RPG-29
RPG-32
S
SA-006 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
Saiga-12 (Full-Auto shotgun - 12 gauge)
 Saiga-20 (Semi-Auto shotgun - 20 gauge)
 Saiga-410 (Semi-Auto shotgun - 410 gauge)
Saiga semi-automatic rifle (223 Remington, 7.62x39mm, 5.45x39mm, 308 Winchester, 30-06, 9x53R, 5.6x39mm)
SBS-137 (Battle Rifle - 7.62x54mmR)
SG-43 Gorunov (Medium machine gun - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
Silin gun (Medium machine gun - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
Shkval (Bullpup Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
SKS (Semi-Auto Carbine - 7.62 x 39 mm)
Slostin machine gun (Minigun - 7.62x54mmR / 14.5 x 114 mm)
SPP-1 Underwater Pistol (Pistol - ?)
SR-1 "Gyurza" (Pistol - 9 x 21 mm Gyurza)
SVD (sniper rifle Russian 7.62x54mm Rimmed)
SVT
SVT-38 (Battle rifle - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
SVT-40 (Battle rifle - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
SKT-40 (Battle rifle - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
SVU (sniper rifle Russian - 7.62x54mm Rimmed)
SVDK (Sniper Rifle - 9 x 64 mm)
SR-3 (Compact Assault Rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
T
TT pistol (Pistol - 7.62 x 25 mm TT)
TKB-09 No. 1 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm)
TKB-010 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 33 mm)
TKB-011 2M (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
TKB-041
TKB-048
TKB-059 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
TKB-061
TKB-0105
TKB-0111 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
TKB-0116 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
TKB-0136-3M (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
TKB-0145K (Sniper Rifle - 6 x 49 mm: Experimental)
TKB-0146 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
TKB-0216 (Revolver - 9 x 18 mm)
TKB-0247 (Assault Rifle - 9 x 19 mm: Experimental)
TKB-022P (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
TKB-022PM (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm / 5.6 x 39 mm)
TKB-072 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
TKB-408 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
TKB-415 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm; Experimental)
TKB-454 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
TKB-486 (Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm: Experimental)
TKB-494
TKB-500
TKB-504
TKB-506 (Assassination Device - 7.62 x 25 mm TT)
TKB-506A (Assassination Device - 5.45 x 39mm)
TKB-517 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
TKB-523 (Light Machine Gun - 7.62 x 39 mm)
TKB-579 (Battle Rifle - 7.62 x 54 mm R)
V
VAG-73 (Caseless Pistol - )
Vlasov (Shotgun - )
VSS (Silent automatic sniper rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
VSK-94 (Compact automatic sniper rifle - 9 x 39 mm)
VKS (Sniper rifle - 12.7 x 54 mm)

W
WS-229
WALT2000
Walt2000 Custom

Z
Zlatoust RB (Shotgun - )

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Military of Russia
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Russia-related lists
The 9A-91 is a carbine gun currently being used by the Russian police.

Related pages 
List of Russian weaponry

Firearms
Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011) was an American musician. He is best known as the playing bass guitar in Alice in Chains. 

Starr was an original member of Alice in Chains since they were formed in 1987. Starr left Alice in Chains in 1993 which lead singer Layne Staley said to be "just a difference in priorities. We wanted to continue intense touring and press, Mike was ready to go home.".

Starr appeared on the VH1 television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010. 

Police found Starr dead on March 8, 2011. Dr. Drew said that Starr's death was caused from "a prescription-drug overdose."

References

1966 births
2011 deaths
American rock musicians
Bassists
Drug-related deaths
Musicians from Hawaii
People from Honolulu
Alice in Chains members
Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper and record producer. He has had many records and songs throughout the years and is one of the most famous producers in hip hop. He has made albums with many rappers through their careers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and The Game. As of 2011, Dr. Dre is ranked as the third richest rapper by Forbes and is worth two-hundred & fifty million dollars ($250,000,000). Dre began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and he later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. with Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella which made the use of swear words in rap songs in rap to tell about the violence of street life popular. During the 2000s, he produced music for other artists, while sometimes rapping with other artists' on their songs. Dr. Dre signed Eminem to his Aftermath record label in 1998 and 50 Cent in 2003 helping to make their albums with them. Rolling Stone magazine said Dr
. Dre was one of the richest performers in 2001 and 2004. Dr. Dre was also in movies such as Set It Off, and the 2001 movies The Wash and Training Day.