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The Russian Air Force is the air wing of the Russian Military. It is the world's second largest air force after the United States Air Force. It is also the only air force other than the United States Air Force who use modern strategic bombers. The Russian Navy also has its own Naval Aviation force.

History 
During the Cold War, the Soviet Air Force (and Air Defense Force) were as big as the United States Air Force. However, after the collapse of Soviet Union, the Russian Air Force was made much smaller because Russia did not have enough money to keep everything. However, spending on the Russian Air Force increased in the early 21st century.

Military of Russia
Air forces
Ricardo Luis Lorenzetti (born 19 September 1955) is a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina. He was elected President of the high court by his peers on November 7, 2006.

Lorenzetti was born in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province.  He is the son of a primary school teacher and a travelling salesman.  He went to school at the National University of the Littoral.  He became a lawyer in 1978.

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1955 births
Living people
Argentine people
Argentine judges
Football (or soccer in the U.S) is the most popular sport in Argentina. According to FIFA there are 2,658,811 players total; with 3,377 clubs and 37,161 officials. It is played from childhood into old age. 90% of Argentines say they have a favorite Argentine football club.

Football started in Argentina at the end of the 19th century.  It was started by the British immigrants in Buenos Aires. The first Argentine league began in 1891.  This makes it the third oldest league (after Great Britain and the Netherlands). The Argentine Football Association (AFA) was formed in 1893. It is the eighth oldest in the world.

The Argentine national team has won the football World Cup. They won in 1978 and 1986.  They were runner-up in 1930 and 1990. They have also won the top continental tournament, the Copa América, fourteen times. The Argentina Olympic football team has won two Gold Medals. At club level, Argentine teams have won the most Intercontinental Cups (9) and the most Copa Libertadores (22).

Women's football has a national league since 1991.  It is named the Campeonato de Fútbol Feminino. The female national representative qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007.

In futsal, Argentina were FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup champions in 1994. They also compete in the FIFA code of futsal, where they finished third in the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The team also won the FIFA Futsal Copa América in 2003. Argentina was world champion in futsal for the visually impaired in 1998.

Argentina also compete in the beach football World Cup.  Their best finish was third in 2001.

References
Pato is a game played on horseback.  It adds ideas from polo and basketball. It is the national sport of Argentina.

 is Spanish for "duck".  The early games used a live duck inside a basket instead of a ball. Pato has been written about since 1610. The playing field would often go between neighboring ranches. The first team to reach its own ranch house with the duck was the winner.

Pato was banned several times during its history.  This was due to the violence—not only to the duck; many gauchos were trampled underfoot.  Some lost their lives in knife fights started in the heat of the game. In 1796, a Catholic priest said that pato players who died this way should not get Christian burial. Laws saying people could not play pato were common in the 19th century.

During the 1930s, pato had rules added by ranch owner Alberto del Castillo Posse.  He made a set of rules based on modern polo. President Juan Perón made pato Argentina's national game in 1953.

Gameplay

In modern pato, two four-member teams ride on horses.  They try to get a ball which has six handles.  They score by throwing the ball through a ring that is vertical. The rings have a 100 cm (3.3 ft) diameter.  They are on 240 cm (7.9 ft) high poles. A closed net, going up for 140 cm (4.6 ft), holds the ball after goals are scored.

The winner is the team with most goals scored after the time is done.  Game time is six 8-minute "periods".

The field is: length 180 to 220 m (196.9 to 240.6 yd), width 80 to 90 m (87 to 98 yd). The ball is made of leather, with an inflated rubber chamber and six leather handles. Its diameter is 40 cm (15.7 in) handle-to-handle.  The weight is 1050 to 1250 g (2.3 to 2.8 lbs).

The player that has control of the  (i.e. holds the ball by a handle) must ride with his right arm outstretched.  He offers the pato so rival players have a chance of tugging the pato and stealing it. Not holding his arm out while riding with the pato is an offense called  (refusal).

During the tug itself, or , both players must stand on the stirrups and not sit on the saddle. The hand not tugging must hold the reins. The tug is usually the most exciting part of the game.

Pato is similar to the game of horseball played in France, Portugal, and other countries.

References

Sport in Argentina
Equestrian sports
The Congress of the Argentine Nation is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. It has two parts.  There is a 72-seat Senate and a 257-seat Chamber of Deputies.

The Congress building is in Buenos Aires.

The Congress is in charge of setting taxes and customs.  These must be the same across the country. It rules the Central Bank of Argentina, manages internal and external debt payment, and the value of national currency (currently the Argentine peso).

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New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England. This district includes New Plymouth City and a few smaller towns. The district has 1.7 percent of the country's people.

New Plymouth Airport is the 11th busiest airport in New Zealand, with regular flights to Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.

History 
In 1828, Richard Barrett set up a trading post at Ngamotu after he arrived on the ship Adventure. Barrett dealt with the local Māori and bought land from them.

The British tried to occupy the area during the early 1840s. But when they arrived, they found an area with few Māori - remaining survivors of a number of inter-tribal wars. At first, land was easily bought but then as time went on, it became more difficult and Europeans wanted more and more of Maori farmland, as Maoris were returning to the area and did not want to sell the land. War finally started in 1860 and lasted for nearly 10 years, resulting in land confiscations by the British government.

Geography
The area is known for its dairy farms and its location. It is very close to both sea and mountain, with Mount Taranaki just south of the city. The volcanic cone of Mt Taranaki gives a view of the coastline. Taranaki, which is 2518 metres high, is one of the most climbed mountains in New Zealand. It is one of the places in New Zealand that attracts the most rainfall and the mountain has created a unique environment perfect for plants, alpine herb fields, and native and tropical forest. This attracts many bird species that can be observed in the National Park and surrounding areas.

Cities in New Zealand
1841 establishments
1840s establishments in New Zealand
The May Revolution happened from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires.  Buenos Aires was the capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.  It was a Spanish colony that included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The result was the removal of Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros and the forming of a local government now called the "Primera Junta". In Argentina this is now celebrated as "May Week" ().

The May Revolution was a direct reaction to Spain's Peninsular War of the previous two years. In 1808, King Ferdinand VII of Spain abdicated in favor of Napoleon.  Napoleon gave the throne to his brother, Joseph Bonaparte. 

The May Revolution began the Argentine War of Independence.  No formal declaration of independence was made.  The Primera Junta continued to govern in the name of the deposed king, Ferdinand VII. The Argentine Declaration of Independence was made at the Congress of Tucumán on July 9, 1816.

1810
19th century rebellions
Buenos Aires
19th century in Argentina
19th century in Spain
Revolutions
What today is commonly called the Independence of Argentina was made on July 9, 1816.  It was done by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen that were together in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America.  This is still today one of the legal names of the Argentine Republic. The Federal League Provinces, were at war with the United Provinces.  They were not allowed into the Congress. Many provinces from Upper Peru were at the Congress.

Independence began with the 1810 May Revolution.

Signatories of the declaration
Francisco Narciso de Laprida, Deputy for San Juan, President
Mariano Boedo, Deputy for Salta, Vice-president 
José Mariano Serrano, Deputy for Charcas (present-day Bolivia), Secretary 
Juan José Paso, Deputy for Buenos Aires, Secretary
Dr. Antonio Sáenz, Deputy for Buenos Aires 
Dr. José Darragueira, Deputy for Buenos Aires 
Friar Cayetano José Rodríguez, Deputy for Buenos Aires 
Dr. Pedro Medrano, Deputy for Buenos Aires 
Dr. Manuel Antonio Acevedo, Deputy for Catamarca 
Dr. José Ignacio de Gorriti, Deputy for Salta 
Dr. José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Deputy for Chibchas (present-day Bolivia)
Dr. Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante, Deputy for Jujuy
Eduardo Pérez Bulnes, Deputy for Córdoba 
Tomás Godoy Cruz, Deputy for Mendoza 
Dr. Pedro Miguel Aráoz, Deputy for Tucumán
Dr. Esteban Agustín Gazcón, Deputy for Buenos Aires 
Pedro Francisco de Uriarte, Deputy for Santiago del Estero 
Pedro León Gallo, Deputy for Santiago del Estero 
Pedro Ignacio Rivera, Deputy for Mizque (present-day  Bolivia)
Dr. Mariano Sánchez de Loria, Deputy for Charcas (present-day  Bolivia)
Dr. José Severo Malabia, Deputy for Charcas (present-day  Bolivia)
Dr. Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Deputy for La Rioja
Lic. Gerónimo Salguero de Cabrera y Cabrera, Deputy for Córdoba 
Dr. José Colombres, Deputy for Catamarca 
Dr. José Ignacio Thames, Deputy for  Tucumán
Friar Justo de Santa María de Oro, Deputy for San Juan 
José Antonio Cabrera, Deputy for Córdoba 
Dr. Juan Agustín Maza, Deputy for Mendoza 
Tomás Manuel de Anchorena, Deputy for Buenos Aires

Recognition of independence
 Kingdom of Hawaii: 1818
 Portugal: 1821
 Brazil, United States of America: 1822
 United Kingdom: December 15, 1823
 France: 1830
 Denmark: 1841
 United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway: 1847
 Spain: April 29, 1857

References

 9 de Julio de 1816: Declaración de la Independencia  
Act of Independence - Spanish Wikisource 
Machine translations of the full text at College of Humanities and Social Sciences - North Carolina State University

1816
Declarations of independence
19th century in Argentina
Politics of Argentina
Gul Mohamad Zhowandai (1905-1988) was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was a poet and writer. He wrote novels in Persian. His published works include:

Ferroz — short stories (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Ahrezo ah ye per ahshoob — short stories (Kabul, Afghanistan: Islla Publications)
Kachkol — novel (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Collection of Poems (Kabul, Afghanistan: Islla, Anis)

References
Modern Fiction In Afghanistan (Taraneh Publication)
An Encyclopedia of Persian Literature in Afghanistan Vol. 3 (Tehran, 1999)
Mahseerin Sukhanwar (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Other websites
Zhowandai.com 

1905 births
1988 deaths
Afghan writers
Poets
People from Kabul
Zwonowice  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is west of the regional capital Katowice.

Pastors
 Antoni Gasz (1942-1950)
 Oswald Niedziela (1950-1954)
 Jerzy Stefani, pastor of Lyski in the years 1954-1956 led ministry in Zwonowice
 Antoni Kraus (1956-1962)
 Kazimierz Wyciślik (1962-1978)
 Antoni Pieczka (1978-1995)
 Roman Gołąb (1995-present)

Villages in Poland
A presenter, or host / hostess, is a person who guides or introduces an event, especially on television.

A similar term is master of ceremonies (MC, emcee, or host). The main use of the term 'presenter' is on television, where the presenter introduces other speakers, and introduces program sections. The role is similar to narrator, who talks over visuals ("voice over")  or plays a main role in the program. A presenter does not have to be an expert on the content of the program, but a narrator or commentatior is often an expert.

Television presenter
A television presenter is a person who introduces or hosts television programmes.  It is common for minor celebrities to do this. There are also many people whose main job is presenting. This is very common with children's television series. One example of this is Mister Rogers.

Some presenters may also be an actor, model, singer, comedian or other profession.  Others may be experts on certain things. These include scientists or politicians They work as presenters for a programme about what they are an expert at. For instance, Carl Sagan, an astronomer was the host of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, a television series that dealt understanding the universe. Some television presenters are celebrities who have made their name in one area and use their fame to work in other areas.  Examples of this include British comedian Michael Palin who now presents programmes about travel (such as Around the World in 80 Days), and Alan Alda, who has presented Scientific American Frontiers.

The term is also used in other countries, such as Ireland.  In the United States, the term host or MC (Master of Ceremonies) is commonly used.

News presenter 
A news presenter (also called an anchor, news anchor or newscaster) is a person who presents news during a news program. The program can be on television, on the radio or on the Internet. A news presenter, or anchor, puts together the entire program. This may include writing, selecting, and reading stories on the air. The job of an anchor is often more improvised than scripted. This is especially true during breaking news (when events are happening quickly). They have to coordinate other reporters, interviews and behind-the-scenes events as they happen. They must also deal with technical difficulties and keep the broadcast going.

Other presenters
There are presenters for many types of things. These include: 
 Radio presenter: A radio presenter (or radio personality) is similar to a television presenter, except that they present radio programs instead of television programs. 
 Sports presenter: A presenter introduces the programme, but a sports commentator is an expert role: it must be done by someone with detailed knowledge of the sport.
 Weather presenter: A weather presenter  is a type of journalist on television who presents weather forecasts. He or she does not compose the weather report: they present the work of people who the viewer never gets to see.

References

Entertainers
A television presenter (often referred to as a television personality or television host) is a person who introduces or hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garnered fame in other fields to take on this role, but some people have made their name solely within the field of presenting—such as children's television series or infomercials—to become television personalities.

Related pages
 Television director
 Television producer
Television presenters
UTC−04:00 makes clocks 4 hours earlier than Greenwich Mean Time. 

These are the places who are on the UTC−04:00 time zone.

As standard time (all year round)

ECT - Eastern Caribbean Time Zone
Anguilla (UK)
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Montserrat (UK)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
British Virgin Islands (UK)

Atlantic Standard Time
Puerto Rico (US)
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)

Other Caribbean
Aruba
Curaçao
Dominican Republic
Guadeloupe (France)
Martinique (France)
Sint Maarten

South America
Bolivia
Guyana
Brazil - parts of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima

North America
Canada - Quebec (east of the 63°W longitude)

As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter)

Atlantic Standard Time
Bermuda (UK)
Canada
all of New Brunswick (legally offset from GMT), Nova Scotia (legally offset from GMT), Prince Edward Island 
Newfoundland and Labrador - most of Labrador
Greenland (Denmark) (Kalaallit Nunaat)- northwestern (observes United States daylight saving time rules)

As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)

South America
Chile - Mainland. See also Time in Chile
Falkland Islands
Paraguay

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer)

Caribbean
Bahamas
Cuba
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)

Eastern Daylight Time
Canada
Nunavut (eastern), most of Ontario and most of Quebec
United States
All of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia (U.S. state), Maine, Maryland,Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
Most of Florida, Indiana, Michigan
Eastern parts of Kentucky, Tennessee

References

UTC offsets

cs:Časové pásmo#UTC-4 Q, AST (Atlantic Standard Time)
es:Huso horario#UTC−04:00, Q
UTC−03:00 makes clocks 3 hours earlier than Greenwich Mean Time.

These are countries who use UTC-03:00 for time.

As standard time (all year round)
Suriname
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
Brazil - Brasília Time
Except the western states of Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, and far-away islands
Argentina
 Antarctica - Graham Land

As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)
Uruguay

As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter)
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) - most of island, including south coast and southwest coast - observes European Union DST rules
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) - observes North American DST rules

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer)
Canada (Atlantic Daylight Time)
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Labrador except the southeastern tip
Bermuda (UK)
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) - Northwest - area around Thule - observes North American DST rules

As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer)
Chile - mainland
Paraguay

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UTC offsets
The House of Savoy was the ruling dynasty of the Duchy of Savoy, then the Kingdom of Sardinia and later Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946. 

The House of Savoy began in Switzerland in the Middle Ages. The Savoy rose to power in Sicily War of Spanish Succession then gave up Sicily for Sardinia in 1720 later adding Piedmont to their kingdom.

In 1792 they joined the alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte. They were defeated at first but had their kingdom restored after Napoleon was defeated. 

In 1859, King Victor Emmanuel II led the unification of Italy and ruled until 1878. His grandson Victor Emmanuel III came to power in 1900 after King Umberto I was assassinated. Victor Emmanuel III was king during both World War I and World War II. He also appointed Benito Mussolini Prime Minister in 1922. 

After World War II, public support for the monarchy fell and Victor Emmanuel III abdicated in 1946. His son Umberto II was king for a month before a referendum abolished the monarchy. Today the leadership of the House of Savoy is contested between Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples, who is the son on Umberto II, and his cousin Prince Amedeo, Duke of Asota.

There was also a branch of the family that settled in France they were known as the Dukes of Nemours and often had close ties with the Court of Louis XIV. 

From 2006 until his death in 2021, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta was the disputed head of the House of Savoy.
The Bourbon Restoration was the return of the House of Bourbon to France after the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte. It began in 1814 after Napoleon was defeated and exiled to Elba island off the coast of Italy. Louis XVIII of France, the younger brother of Louis XVI of France, was named king in 1814 by the Congress of Vienna.

After being removed by Napoleon during the Hundred Days, Louis XVIII was returned to power in 1815 and died in 1824. Louis XVIII was succeeded by his younger brother Charles X of France who ruled until he was removed in 1830 by the July Revolution.

House of Bourbon
19th century in France
1814 establishments
1830 disestablishments
1810s establishments in Europe
19th-century establishments in France
Disestablishments in France
19th-century disestablishments in Europe
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was a kingdom in southern Italy from 1816 until 1861. It was created by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, after the Congress of Vienna of 1814, by uniting the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, which had been ruled by Joseph Bonaparte who conferred the title "Prince of Naples" to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren, during the reign of Napoleon. The ruling dynasty was a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.

The capital of the kingdom was Naples. Roman Catholicism was the state religion.  The kingdom was full of corruption and poverty: mainly because of this, most of the population welcomed the Risorgimento with the unification of southern Italy to the rest of Italy in 1861.

In 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi and his men, who were known as "red shirts", captured Sicily. This was welcomed by the local population. Garibaldi then crossed the Strait of Messina and captured Naples. South Italy and Sicily then joined the Kingdom of Italy.

Administrative division

The peninsula was divided into fifteen "departments" and the island of Sicily was divided into seven departments. The island itself had a special administrative status, with its base at Palermo.

After the Two Sicilies were conquered by Garibaldi, the departments became provinces of Italy.

Royal family

For a time the heir to the throne was given the title of "Hereditary Prince of Naples". But this was later changed to the Duke of Calabria after the uniting of the two kingdoms. Collectively the royal family generally lived at the Palace of Caserta. Children of the monarch were born with the style of Royal Highness as well as the title of Prince/ss of the Two Sicilies. Several males in the family were given titles such as "Duke of Castro", "Count of Caserta", "Prince of Salerno", a majority of which were lost due to a lack of male heirs. The present pretending monarch is Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, who does use the title of Duke of Calabria.
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* The city of Benevento was formally included in this department, but it was occupied by the Papal States and was de facto an exclave of that country.

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19th century in Italy
1816 establishments in Europe
1861 disestablishments
Former monarchies in Italy
House of Bourbon
19th-century establishments in Italy
1860s disestablishments in Italy
Black Rain is a 1989 American-Japanese crime action movie. It stars Andy Garcia, Michael Douglas and Ken Takakura. It was released in September 1989. The movie is about the Japanese underworld of crime with American crimes mixed in.

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Mer Hajrenikh (hy. Մեր Հայրենիք / Мер Һајрениқ, pron. [mɛɾ hɑjɾɛˈnikʰ] "mair hahy-reh-NEEK"; lit. 'Our Fatherland') is the national anthem of Armenia, composed by Barsegh Kanachyan and written by Mikael Nalbandian in 1861. It was first adopted in 1918 as the anthem of the First Republic of Armenia, but when the country became part of the Soviet Union, this song became banned and was instead replaced by the Armenian SSR anthem. In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mer Hajrenikh was successfully restored with minor changes to the lyrics.

Lyrics

Current lyrics

Poetic English translation
Our Fatherland, free, independent,
That has fo' centuries liv'd,
Now summoneth its descendents
To free, independent Armenia.

Here a flag for thee, my br'er,
That I have sewn by my hand
O'er the nights which felt fore'er,
Bath'd in my tears now so grand.

O, look at it, tricolour'd,
Fo' us 'tis a symbol priz'd.
Letteth it shine forth 'gainst thy foe.
Mayeth Armenia with grace glow.

Death is no different anywhere
He who dieth but even once,
Bless'd is he who sacrificeth
Fo' the freedom o' his land.

Original lyrics
This is the original version of Mer Hayrenik, based on the first, third, fourth, and sixth stanzas of the poem The Song of an Italian Girl.

References

Armenia
National anthems
The Yazidi (also Yezidi) are a ethnoreligious group with Indo-Iranian roots. They are a separate branch of the Abrahamic religion tree. Their religion blends monotheism with Zoroastrianism and the religions of ancient Mesopotamia. 

They mostly live in the Nineveh Province of northern Iraq. More people are in Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, and Syria. They have been fewer since the 1990s. Their religion is Yazidism. The Yazidis believe in a single god who created the world. They believe that he placed the world under the care of seven holy beings or angels. The main angel is Melek Taus, the peacock angel.

The Yazidis got worldwide attention in 2014. They face religious persecution and expulsion from their ancient home in Iraq by the jihadist Islamic State (ISIL).

References

Abrahamic religions
Ethnic groups in the Middle East
Kurds
Serzh Azati Sargsyan (born June 30, 1954) is the third President of Armenia. He won the February 2008 presidential election. He took office in April 2008.

Political career
Sargsyan was in the Soviet Armed Forces from 1971 to 1972. He is the chairman of the Chess Federation of Armenia. Besides speaking Armenian, he also can speak in Russian.

Even though the former Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, has the same last name, they are not related.

He became the Armenian defense minister in 1993.  In 1995 he was head of Armenian state security department and minister of national security in 1996.  In 1999, he became Robert Kocharyan's chief of staff, then secretary of the national security council, and defense minister. He became prime minister in 2007.

On 17 April 2018, Sargsyan became Prime Minister of Armenia. Following mass-scale protests, he resigned from the office six days later on 23 April. Former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan succeeded Sargsyan as acting Prime Minister.

Personal life
In 1983, he married socialite Rita Sargsyan. She died in 2020 from COVID-19.  They have two daughters, Anush and Satenik, and one granddaughter, Mariam.

References

Other websites

1954 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Armenia
Presidents of Armenia
The Prime Minister of Armenia is the most senior minister in the Armenian government.  They "oversee the Government's regular activities and coordinate the work of the Ministers."  The President of Armenia chooses the Prime Minimster. The office of President is generally thought to be more powerful than the office of Prime Minister.

List of Heads of Government of Armenia (1918 – present)

Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Prime Ministers
Hovhannes Katchaznouni (30 June 1918 – 28 May 1919) (in Tbilisi, Georgia until 19 July 1918)
Alexander Khatisyan (28 May 1919 – 5 May 1920)
Hamo Ohanjanyan (5 May 1920 – 25 November 1920)
Simon Vratsian (25 November 1920 – 2 December 1920)

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)
Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
Sergey Lukashin (21 May 1922 – 24 June 1925)
Sarkis Ambartsumyan (24 June 1925 – 22 March 1928) (1st time)
Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan (22 March 1928 – 10 February 1935)
Abram Guloyan (10 February 1935 – February 1937)
Sarkis Ambartsumyan (March 1937 – May 1937) (2nd time)
Stepan Akopyan (May 1937 – 21 September 1937)
Aram Piruzyan (23 November 1937 – October 1943)
Agasi Sarkisyan (October 1943 – 1946)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
Agasi Sarkisyan (1946 – 29 March 1947)
Saak Karapetyan (29 March 1947 – November 1952)
Anton Kochinyan (20 November 1952 – 5 February 1966)
Badal Muradyan (5 February 1966 – 21 November 1972)
Grigory Arzumanyan (21 November 1972 – 28 November 1976)
G.A. Martirosyan (28 November 1976 – 17 January 1977) (acting)
Fadey Sarkisyan (17 January 1977 – 16 January 1989)
Vladimir Markaryants (16 January 1989 – 13 August 1990)
Vazgen Manukyan (13 August 1990 – 25 September 1991)

Republic of Armenia (1991 – present)
Prime Ministers

Armenia
Government of Armenia
 
1918 establishments
20th-century establishments in Armenia
The National Assembly of Armenia is the official name of the legislative branch of the government of Armenia.  There are 131 members.  They are elected for four-year terms.

Armenia
Government of Armenia
Year 336 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events 
 By place 
 Persian Empire 
 The young king of Persia, Arses, objects to being controlled by Bagoas and attempts to poison him. Instead, Arses and all his children are killed by Bagoas.
 Bagoas then seeks to install a new monarch who will be easier to control. He chooses Codomannus, a distant relative of the royal house, who takes the name Darius III. When Darius tries to assert his independence from Bagoas' control, Bagoas attempts to poison him. The king is warned and makes Bagoas drink the poison himself.

 Greece 
 Following Philip II of Macedon's marriage to Eurydice, Alexander and his mother, Olympias, flee to Epirus, with Alexander later moving to Illyria. However, shortly afterward, father and son are reconciled and Alexander returns.
 Macedonian troops, commanded by Parmenion, trusted lieutenant of Philip II, arrive in Asia Minor.  They are driven back by Persian forces under the command of the Greek mercenary Memnon of Rhodes.
 At a grand celebration of his daughter Cleopatra's marriage to Alexander I of Epirus (brother of Olympias), Philip II is assassinated at Aegae by Pausanias of Orestis, a young Macedonian noble with a bitter grievance against the young queen's uncle Attalus and against Philip for denying him justice. Pausanias is killed on the spot.
 Philip II of Macedon is succeeded by his son Alexander III. One of the leading generals in Macedonia at the death of Philip II, Antipater, helps to secure the succession to the Macedonian throne for Alexander.
 The Macedonian general Parmenion declares for Alexander III.  He helps to murder the princes of the Lynkestis region, who are alleged to be behind Philip's murder, along with other possible rivals and members of factions opposed to Alexander. Olympias, Alexander's mother, has Philip's last wife Eurydice, her infant daughter and her influential uncle, Attalus, killed.
 Alexander immediately has Amyntas IV, son of King Perdiccas III and cousin of Alexander, executed.
 Alexander puts down a rebellion in Macedonia and crushes the rebellious Illyrians. He then appears at the gates of Thebes and receives the city's submission. After that he advances to the Corinthian isthmus and is elected by the assembled Greeks as their commander against Persia.
 Conscription is introduced in Athens. Young men are required to perform duties which are part military and part civic.
 Aeschines brings a suit against Ctesiphon for illegally proposing the award of a crown to the Athenian leader Demosthenes in recognition of his services to Athens.

Deaths 

 Philip II, King of Macedonia (b. 382 BC)
 Arses, King of Persia
 Bagoas, Vizier of Persia
 Attalus, Macedonian general (b. c. 390 BC)
 Pausanias of Orestis, personal bodyguard of Philip II of Macedon
 Eurydice, 5th wife of Philip II, queen of Macedonia
 Amyntas IV, usurper king of Macedon

336 BC
Year 331 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events 
 By place 

 Macedonia 
 Alexander leaves Egypt and leads his forces towards Phoenicia. He leaves Cleomenes of Naucratis as the ruling nomarch to control Egypt.
 October 1 – Alexander of Macedonia wins the Battle of Gaugamela (near ancient Ninevah) over the Persian King Darius III. Darius turns his chariot and flees. Alexander chases the  Persian forces to Arbela. Darius escapes with his Bactrian cavalry and Greek mercenaries into Media.
 Alexander encounters for the first time war elephants.
 Alexander becomes the master of the Persian Empire.  This ends the Achaemenid dynasty. Babylon and Susa open their gates to him. In the capital, Susa, Alexander gets huge treasures amounting to 50,000 gold talents.

 Greece 
 Agis III of Sparta leads some of the Greek cities in a revolt. He holds Crete against Macedonian forces. In the Peloponnesus he routes a force under the Macedonian general Coragus. Athens stays neutral, but he is joined by Elis, Achaea (except Pellene) and Arcadia, with the exception of Megalopolis.

 Italy 
 Alexander of Epirus takes Heraclea from the Lucanians, and Terina and Sipontum from the Bruttii.
 Tarentum turn against Alexander of Epirus when they realize that he wants to make a kingdom of his own in southern Italy. Alexander is defeated and killed in the Battle of Pandosia on the banks of the Acheron.

 Roman Republic 
 The Gallic tribe of the Senones and the Romans enter a period of friendly relations which lasts the rest of the century.

Deaths 

 Alexander I of Epirus, Aeacid dynasty king of Epirus (b. c. 370 BC)
 Vahe, legendary king of Armenia and last of the Hyke dynasty

330s BC
The  in Japan was a set of six pretenders to the throne of Japan during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392.

List of pretenders
Emperor Kōgon, 1331–1333
Emperor Kōmyō, 1336–1348
Emperor Sukō, 1348–1351
Emperor Go-Kōgon, 1352–1371
Emperor Go-En'yū, 1371–1382
Emperor Go-Komatsu, 1382–1412

After 1392, Go-Komatsu was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession..

List of pretender-created eras
During the Nanboku-chō period, the Northern Court pretenders recognized 19 Japanese era names (年号, nengō, lit. year names), including
 Gentoku, 1329–1332
 Shōkyō, 1332–1334
 Kemmu, 1334–1338
 Ryakuō, 1338–1342
 Kōei, 1342–1345
 Jōwa, 1345–1350
 Kannō, 1350–1352
 Bunna, 1352–1356
 Enbun, 1356–1361
 Kōan, 1361–1362
 Jōji, 1362–1368
 Ōan, 1368–1375
 Eiwa, 1375–1379
 Kōryaku, 1379–1381
 Eitoku, 1381–1384
 Shitoku, 1384–1387
 Kakei, 1387–1389
 Kōō, 1389–1390
 Meitoku, 1390–1394

Related pages
 Southern Court
 List of emperors of Japan
 Japanese era name

References

Other websites

 Metropolitan Museum of Art,  Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185–1392),  Muromachi Period (1392–1573)

14th century in Japan
1336 establishments in Japan
1390s disestablishments in Japan
1392 disestablishments
201 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events

By place

Carthage 
 On Hannibal's advice, Carthage asks for peace with the Romans.  This ends the Second Punic War. Carthage is made a client state of Rome. 
 After peace with Rome, Hannibal is elected as suffet, or chief magistrate, of Carthage. The office was insignificant in Carthaginian politics, but Hannibal makes it powerful.

Roman Republic 
 The Romans remove the Carthaginians from Malta.
 In Rome, land is given to veterans of the Second Punic War.

Greece 
 Philip V of Macedon captures Samos and the Egyptian fleet stationed there. He then makes war on  Chios to the north.
 Rhodes and its allies Pergamum, Cyzicus, and Byzantium combine their fleets and defeat Philip V in the Battle of Chios. His flagship is trapped and rammed by two enemy ships. 
 The Spartan king, Nabis, once more invades and captures Messene. The Spartans leave when the Achaean League army of Philopoemen helps. Nabis' forces are defeated at Tegea by Philopoemen.

China 
 The construction of Nanchang begins.

Deaths 

 Gnaeus Naevius, Latin epic poet and dramatist (b. c. 264 BC)

200s BC
Year 120 (CXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Roman Empire 
 Emperor Hadrian visits Britain.
 Foss Dyke is constructed in Britain.
 An Indian ambassadorial contingent visits with Hadrian. 
 Suetonius becomes Hadrian's secretary ab epistolis.
 Market Gate of Miletus, from Miletos, is built. (approximate date) It is now kept at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.

Asia 
 Change of era name from Yuanchu (7th year) to Yongning of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
 The Scythians dominate western India: Punjab, Sind, the north of Gujerat and a portion of central India.

Births 

 February 8 – Vettius Valens, Hellenistic astrologer
 Irenaeus, Christian bishop and apologist
 Lucian, Syrian rhetorician and satirist, writing in the Greek language

Deaths 

 Dio Chrysostom, Greek historian
 Nicomachus of Gerasa, Greek mathematician (approx. date)
 Sextus Pedius, Roman jurist
 Saint Matthias of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem
 Marcian of Tortona (or in 117), martyred saint
 Getulius, Saint Hermes, martyred saints

120
Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Republic 
 Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and Quintus Hortensius.
 Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is made king of Syria.
 Roman troops under Lucius Lucullus defeat the army of Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta.  They capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia.
 Parthians and Romans re-establish Euphrates as a frontier.
 Gaius Julius Caesar is a quaestor in Spain.

Egypt 
 Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.

Greece 
 Kydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces.
 Rhodes becomes a safe place against pirates.  The Rhodians are unable to stop piracy in the Aegean Sea. Delos gets the status of a free port.

Births 

 January – Princess Cleopatra of Egypt, later Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (or December, 70 BC) (d. 30 BC)
 Octavia Minor, grandniece of Julius Caesar (d. 11 BC)
 Wang Zhengjun, Empress of the western Han Dynasty of China (d. 13)

Deaths 

 Julia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)

References
Year 330 (CCCXXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Roman Empire 
 May 11 – Emperor Constantine the Great dedicates Constantinople, or Nova Roma (modern Istanbul), and moves the capital of the Roman Empire there from Rome. He spent 4 years building the city on the site of ancient Byzantium.  He chose the site for its location (a seaport with easy access to Anatolia and the Danube).  
 The Goths devastate the city of Tanais in the Don River delta.

Africa 
 Ezana, king of Axum, extends his area of control to the west. He defeats the Nobates, and destroys the kingdom of Meroë.

By topic

Religion 
 Frumentius is the first bishop of Ethiopia (approximate date).
 Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, is banished to Trajanopolis.
 The Bible is translated into the Gothic language by Wulfila. 
 Pagan temples are starting to be abandoned, destroyed or left to fall into disrepair, except those that are turned into Christian churches.

Births 

 Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca (d. 379)
 Macrina the Younger, Christian nun and saint (d. 379)
 Moses the Black, Christian monk and priest (d. 405)
 Victricius, missionary and bishop of Rouen (approximate date)

 Iamblichus, neoplatonist philosopher

330
Year 428 (CDXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Roman Empire 
 Bonifacius, Roman governor of Africa, asks for help from the Vandals in his revolt.
 Flavius Felix is elected consul for the Western Empire.

Europe 
 King Gunderic, age 49, dies after a reign of 21 years.  He is succeeded by his half-brother Genseric.
 King Vortigern asks Germanic warriors to help him strengthen his position in Britain.  He hires Saxons as mercenaries to fight against the Picts and the Scots beyond Hadrian's Wall.
 Chlodio, king of the Salian Franks, invades Northern Gaul.  He defeats the Roman army at Cambrai. He extends his kingdom south to the River Somme. Tournai (modern Belgium) becomes his residence.

Asia 
 Artaxias IV, last king of Greater Armenia, is deposed by Bahram V. The Arshakuni Dynasty ends and the kingdom becomes a province of the Persian Empire.

By topic

Astronomy 
 October 26 – The planet Venus occults the planet Jupiter.

Religion 
 April 10 – Nestorius is made patriarch of Constantinople. He preaches a new doctrine that will be called Nestorianism. It comes under immediate attack from pope Celestine I and Cyril of Alexandria.
 Hydatius becomes bishop of Aquae Flaviae in Gallaecia (modern Chaves) in Portugal.
 John succeeds Theodotus as patriarch of Antioch, and gives his support to Nestorius.
 Euthymius the Great builds a monastery in Palestine, near the Dead Sea.

Births 

 Tuoba Huang, prince of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (d. 451)

Deaths 

 Gunderic, king of the Vandals and Alans (b. 379)
 Qifu Chipan, prince of the Xianbei state Western Qin
 Theodore of Mopsuestia, bishop and theologian

References 

 

428
Year 422 (CDXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Roman Empire 
 End of the Roman–Sassanid War: Emperor Theodosius II signs a 100-year peace treaty with Persia after 2 years of war. Both give freedom of religion in their territories.
 March 3 – Theodosius II issues a law to form provisions in peacetime. Theodosius pays an annual tribute of 350 pounds of gold to the Huns to buy peace.
 Theodosius II receives a statue at Hebdomon. On its base (fragments are now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum), writing praises him as “everywhere and forever victorius.”
 The walls of Rome's Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) crack during an earthquake.

Europe 
 The Roman army invade Gaul. They capture and execute the Frankish king Theudemeres with his family.

Asia 
 Shao Di, age 16, eldest son of Wu Di succeeds his father as emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (China).

By topic

Art 
 Petrus, bishop of Illyria, starts construction of Church of Santa Sabina (approximate date).

Religion 
 September 4 – Pope Boniface I dies after a 4-year reign. His time was interrupted for 15 weeks by the faction of the antipope Eulalius. He is succeeded by Celestine I as the 43rd pope.

Births 

 Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
 Genevieve, patron saint (approximate date)
 Licinia Eudoxia, Roman empress (d. 462)

Deaths 

 Abraham of Cyrrhus, Syrian hermit and bishop
 Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (approximate date)
 September 4 – Pope Boniface I
 Theudemeres, king of the Franks (approximate date)
 Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 363)

References 

420s
Yu Gamdong (, ? - ?), also written as Yu Gam-don, was a dancer, poet, artist, writer, and prostitute during the Korean Joseon Dynasty.

She was the first dancer of from the nobles and a divorced women, but her dancing was condemned as obscene or disorderly.

Related pages
 Uhwudong
 Hwang Jinyi
 Shin Saimdang
 Heo Chohui
 Na Hye-sok

Other websites 
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 http://people.aks.ac.kr/front/tabCon/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_6JOa_A9999_2_0018457&curSetPos=1&curSPos=0&isEQ=true&kristalSearchArea=B 
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 풍기문란죄로 교수형에 처해진 기생, 어우동(어을우동)과 살아남은 유감동  

15th century births
15th-century deaths
Autobiographers
Dancers
Korean painters
Korean poets
Korean writers
Prostitutes
Prince Yangnyeong or Grand Prince Yangnyung (, 1394 – 1462) was a politician, prince, writer, and poet during the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the first son of Taejong of Joseon and first enclosed Crown Prince of Korea. His real name was Yi Je (; also written Lee Je).

Related pages 
 Sejong the Great
 Taejong of Joseon

Other websites 
 Prince Yangnyeong 
 Prince Yangnyeong 
 Prince Yangnyeong 
 Prince Yangnyeong 
 역사인물 재조명:풍운아인가 처세의 달인인가, 양녕대군

Princes and princesses
Korean poets
Korean writers
Autobiographers
1394 births
1462 deaths
was a  after Keiun and before Reiki.  This period started in January 708 and ended in September 715. The reigning empress was .

Events of the Wadō era
 5 May 708 (Wadō 1, 11th day of the 4th month): A sample of copper from Musashi Province was given to the empress.
 708 (Wadō 1, 3rd month):  is named Minister of the Right (udaijin).  Iso-kami Marō is given the office of Minister of the Left (sadaijin).
 709 (Wadō 2, 3rd month): There was an uprising in Mutsu Province and in Echigo Province.
 709 (Wadō 2, 5th month): An ambassador was received from the Korean kingdom of Silla.
 710 (Wadō 3): Japan's capital city was established in Nara (Heijō-kyō).
 712 (Wadō 5): The Kojiki was finished.
 712 (Wadō 5): Dewa Province and Mutsu are separated.
 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month):  Tamba Province was separated from Tango Province. Mimasaka Province was divided from Bizen Province. Hyūga Province was divided from Ōsumi Province.
 Wadō 6, 5th month, 2nd day (713): Empress orders work to begin on official reports (fudoki} about the history and geography of the provinces.
 713 (Wadō 6): Road between Mino Province and Shinano Province was made wider.  Also, the road was made wider the Kiso District of what is today Nagano Prefecture.
 715 (Wadō 8): Empress Gemmei abdicated in favor of her daughter.

Gallery

Related pages 
 Asuka period
 Nara period

References

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

Japanese eras
700s establishments in Japan
710s disestablishments in Japan
708 establishments
715 disestablishments
A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate on a motor vehicle or trailer.  It is used for official identification purposes. There is a numeric or alphanumeric (meaning that the code is made up of numbers and letters) code that identifies the vehicle. In some countries, the identifier is unique in the entire country.  In other countries, it is unique in a state or province. Sometimes the identifier is for a person and sometimes for a vehicle. Each country calls a vehicle registration plate something different. Some examples are license plate or tag (US), licence plate (Canada), number plate or registration plate (UK).   

Identification documents
Law
Road transport
The dram (Armenian: Դրամ) is the money of Armenia. It is divided into 100 luma. The word "dram" translates into English as "money".  It is similar to the Greek drachma and the Arabic dirham. The Central Bank of Armenia is the only place that can print drams.

The first time the word dram was used for money in Armenia was from 1199 to 1375.  The current dram began to be used 22 November 1993. This was after Armenia was no longer part of the Soviet Union.

References

Other websites 

 Central Bank of Armenia
 Armenian Currency Exchange 
 Central Bank of Armenia next day USD to AMD exchange rate prediction Engine
 Armemian Dram Sign History, shape, and promotion of Armenian Dram Sign
 Coin Types from Armenia Lists, pictures, and values of Armenian coin types
 The banknotes of Armenia 

Currency of Europe
Armenia
Currency of Asia
1993 establishments
20th-century establishments in Armenia
Below is how the telephone numbering system in Armenia works.  The calling code for Armenia is +374.

Dialing plan
The dialing plan is as below:

Calling Armenia from abroad
From abroad to Yerevan, marzes, mobile network, Nagorno-Karabakh fixed tel. network and unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh mobile network:
   + 374 + Destination Code + Subscriber Number           (to Yerevan, regions(marzes))
   + 374 + Mobile Network Code + Mobile Subscriber Number (to mobile network)
   + 374 + 47 + Subscriber Number                         (to NK fixed telephone network)
   + 374 + 97 + Subscriber Number                         (to NK mobile network)

Calling from Armenia
From Yerevan, marzes, mobile network and Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) to abroad:
   00 + Country Code + Destination Code + Subscriber Number

Calling within Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
   0 + Destination Code + Subscriber Number

Calling Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia
From Yerevan, marzes and mobile network to Nagorno-Karabakh fixed tel. network and Nagorno-Karabakh mobile network:
   0 + 47 + Subscriber Number                      (to NK fixed telephone network)
   0 + 97 + Subscriber Number                      (to NK mobile network)

Telephone numbers
Armenia