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The Great Soviet Encyclopedia is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, submitted in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's information was partially added into the later "Great Russian Encyclopedia" in an updated and changed form. The GSE said to be "the first Marxist–Leninist general-purpose encyclopedia". Origins. The idea of the "Great Soviet Encyclopedia came" in 1923 on the idea of Otto Schmidt, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (today, the "Russian Academy of Sciences"). In early 1924 Schmidt worked with a group which had Mikhail Pokrovsky, (rector of the Institute of Red Professors), Nikolai Meshcheryakov (Former head of the Glavit, the State Administration of Publishing Affairs), Valery Bryusov (poet), Veniamin Kagan (mathematician) and Konstantin Kuzminsky to draw up a proposal which was chosen in April 1924. Also involved was Anatoly Lunacharsky. Contributors. Contributors to the GSE are in this list. Translations. English. The third version was translated and submitted into English in 31 books between 1974 and 1983 by Macmillan Publishers. Each book was translated separately, making use of the index found at the front of each book to locate specific items; knowledge of Russian can be helpful to find the right book the first time. Not all versions were translated into English; these are indicated in the index. Articles from the English version are made available online by TheFreeDictionary.com. Greek. The third version was translated into Greek and submitted in 34 books between 1977 and 1983 from Akadimos publishing company (owned by Giannis Giannikos), which has also translated various Soviet encyclopedias and literature. All articles that were related to Greece or Greek history, culture and society were expanded and hundreds of new ones were written especially for the Greek version. The encyclopedia contains, for example, both the Russian entry on Greece as well as a much larger one prepared by Greek contributors. Each article written especially in the Greek version
The Italian Bourse (Borsa Italiana S.p.A.), based in Milan, is Italy's stock exchange. It manages and organises domestic market, regulating procedures for admission and listing of companies and intermediaries and supervising disclosures for listed companies. Borsa Italiana is also informally known as Piazza Affari ("Business Square"), after the city square of Milan where its headquarters (the Palazzo Mezzanotte building) is located. History. The Borsa di commercio di Milano (Milan Stock Exchange) was established by Eugène de Beauharnais, viceroy of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, through decrees dated 16 January and 6 February 1808. It operated under public ownership until 1998, when it was privatized. In 1997, all the Italian stocks were merged. Before this year, other smaller stocks exchanges based in Naples, Turin, Trieste, Venice, Genoa, Florence, Bologna, Rome, and Palermo. In 1991, the electronic exchanges were approved, and in 1994, the market with grida (A,B,C) was abolished. In Milan were also the currencies exchange rates fixing and the commodities fixing.
Yemalur Main Road begins at Borewell Crossing at HAL Old Airport Road in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It runs behind the HAL Airport and meets with Wind Tunnel Road that connects to Murugesh Palya further West on Old Airport Road. Yemalur Main Road falls under the Marathahalli Ward and C.V. Raman Nagar assembly constituency. The MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) of the constituency is S. Raghu. It falls under the Bangalore Central parliamentary constituency. The MP (member of Parliament) of the constituency is P.C. Mohan. Limits. Yemalur Main Road begins on Old Airport Road from the Borewell Crossing. The road follows the length of the rear wall of the HAL Flight Testing Centre (HAL Airport) up until a narrow, kuccha pathway through Kempapura, which eventually opens out into Wind Tunnel Road. Its coordinates are from 12.955214, 77.689368 to 12.946359, 77.670829. The pincode of Yemalur Main Road is Bangalore 560037. It lies in the Bangalore South taluk, and Bangalore East postal division. A wide turning on Yemalur Main Road leads to the Bellandur Lake, defining the limits of Yemalur Village between the Bellandur lake and HAL airport. Neighbourhood. The neighbourhood of Yemalur Main Road is a mixture of various economic classes of people. Where there are several high-rise apartments and villaments, there are also single-room apartments lining the road. The following is a list of apartments (along with villaments) on Yemalur Main Road (in the order that they appear starting at Borewell Crossing to the end of the road which meets at Wind Tunnel Road). Offices in the area. There is an important tech park at Yemalur Main Road called Divyasree Technopolis. This technopolis houses the offices of CGI Inc, Fujitsu, Thomson Reuters, Aditya Birla Group, Deloitte and Landmark Group. Notable places. There are several small temples that one may visit in the Yemalur area.
Structuralism is an idea in many sciences, especially social sciences. Structuralism says that when looking at the way culture works, it is important to look at the structure. For example, structuralism is important in the study of languages and how they affect culture. The word structuralism comes from "structure." It has been in use since the 19th century. Systems have structure:
The King Charles Spaniel (also called the English Toy Spaniel, especially in the United States) is a small dog breed of the spaniel type.  History. In 1903, the Kennel Club in the United Kingdom combined four small spaniel breeds into a single breed of dog and called it the King Charles Spaniel. The other breeds merged into this breed were the Blenheim, Ruby and Prince Charles Spaniels. Originally from East Asia, toy spaniels were first seen in Europe during the 16th century. They were often seen with English royalty and were made famous by their association with King Charles II. They are very closely related to the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the two were considered the same breed until 1945 when the Kennel Club divided them into two seperate breeds. This breed has a smaller skull and shorter nose than the Cavalier. Colours. These dogs come with four different types of coats (which came from the four breeds that contributed to making this breed): Temperment. Usually very contented but can get excited when around children. Unlike most of the other spaniel breeds, the King Charles does not require much exercise and will be quite happy with just a short stroll every day.
The Inquiry was a study group that U.S. President Woodrow Wilson created to help him decide what the post-World War I peace should look like. The Inquiry made various suggestions about this topic, some of which were adopted and some of which weren't adopted. Some members of the Inquiry ended up creating the Council on Foreign Relations (which is independent from the U.S. government) later on. The Inquiry's suggestions. The Inquiry said that the German Empire should give Alsace-Lorraine back to France, that France should get the parts of the Saarland that it controlled before 1815, that the Rhineland should be demilitarized, that Belgium stop being neutral, that Belgium should get some territory in the Maastricht and Malmedy regions, that Luxembourg should either be annexed to Belgium or have its independence brought back, and that there should be a vote in northern Schleswig to decide whether it will stay with the German Empire or rejoin Denmark. The Inquiry also said that if Russia could become a real democratic federation, then the Baltic states (other than Lithuania) and Ukraine should reunite with Russia since this would be in the best economic interests of everyone. The Inquiry also said that if the Bolsheviks will keep control of Russia, then the independence of both the Baltic states and Ukraine would have to be recognized on the condition that there would be a vote in these territories on a future reunion with Russia once Russia will stop being ruled by Bolsheviks. The Inquiry's proposed borders for Latvia, Estonia, and Ukraine were very similar to the borders that these countries had after 1991 in real life, with the Inquiry even saying that Ukraine should get Crimea. The Inquiry also said that Finland should be given its independence, that the Aland Islands should be given to Sweden, that an independent Poland be created along with a Polish Corridor so that it could have secure access to the Baltic Sea, that Poland and Lithuania should reunite, and that the door should be kept open for Poland to get both eastern Galicia and the Belarusian-majority territories to its north. The Inquiry said that Wilsonian Armenia should get independence and also that both Georgia (country) and Azerbaijan should get provisional independence,
The Allegorical feminine figures of Imperial Palace of Russia are paintings on canvas by Giambattista Pittoni, made between 1762 and 1767 and exhibited on the ceilings of the "Chinese Palace" in the Royal Palace Oranienbaum residence of the Romanov Emperors, in Lomonosov, near St Petersburg, Russia. Description. The ceiling is decorated with two allegorical figures painted on canvas and applied to decorate the halls of the Palace built by Catherine the Great of Russia, between 1762 and 1768, she commissioning the artworks to the most important Master of the Venetian Academy Giambattista Pittoni. The theme of female allegories was commissioned personally from by Catherine II, where the two figures recall "Perseverance", who holds a snake in her right hand, and "Magnificence", who holds an ovate in her left hand. The figure of the Magnificence stylistically recalls the "Allegory of Music" of Villa Pisani (Venice). A model with "Allegory" in Palace Villa Widmann Foscari in Venice recalls this work whose figure was studied by Pittoni in a drawing of the Villa Widmann of the Gallerie dell'Accademia.
Danny Coralles is an American guitarist in the band Autopsy and was co-founder with drummer Chris Reifert of Abscess. Autopsy. Danny Coralles is the guitarist for the band Autopsy.
Venus and Mars of Warsaw (also known as Venus and Mars) is a 18th-century portrait painted in oil by Giambattista Pittoni, made around 1720-1730, during the Rococo in Venice, Italy, exhibited at the National Museum of Warsaw in Poland capital. Description. Giovanni Battista Pittoni was the most important painter of the Venetian eighteenth century, his fame made him receive numerous orders from foreign collectors and from the royal families of the time. Pittoni's "Venus and Mars of Warsaw" painting is characterized by elegance, lightness, richness of bright colors and Rococo. Pittoni is a virtuoso in rendering the textures of objects and the structures of fabrics. His most precious works have within them representations of "blue fabrics", named as "Blue Pittoni". In the National Museum of Warsaw, there are two paintings by the master Pittoni, which complement a pair (pendant), which complement each other in terms of composition and theme. The two works depict famous couples from ancient mythology: "Bacchus and Ariadne" (inv. No. M. Ob.659) and' 'Mars and Venus" (inv. No. 47099). The heroes of the paintings are the figures of lovers facing each other, they are arranged in such a way that a figure is slightly higher and are accompanied by figures of cupids emerging from a fleshy and folded matter. In the painting of "Bacchus and Ariadne" there is an allusion to the story of Ariadne and a branch of a vine, treated almost like the scepter of the god of fertility and wine, Bacchus. The scenes are set on swirling clouds, with patches of blue sky shining. In "Mars and Venus"the goddess appears to be looking down as she takes the arrow from Cupid's quiver, and perhaps is about to stab someone with it. With a playful smile, one of the cupids also looks down, the one sitting on the spear of Mars, as if he has already seen the future sacrifice of the goddess of love. The paintings of "P
Zheng Xiaoqiong (Chinese: 郑小琼') is a Chinese poet. She was born in Nanchong, Sichuan on June 18, 1980.  Early life. Zheng studied at a nursing school. Then she worked in a hospital. In 2001, she quit that work because she was not happy with the working conditions. She moved to Dongguan. In that city, she began working in factories as an assembly-line worker. Life as a poet. Zheng began writing poetry about the conditions of factory workers. Some time around 2005, she began to become famous. In 2007, she won the Liqun Literature Award, which made her more famous. Zheng has published many books of her poetry. She has received many awards for literature. Her poetry has been translated into other languages. Poetry. "Characterized by stark oppositions, personifications, and broken phrases, her work is razor-sharp in its observations. Iron is perhaps the element most strongly associated with Zheng Xiaoqiong's poetry. . . . Her poems reveal how pervasive industrialization ensures that humans become part of the machine: nameless, a number on an assembly line, without rights. Awards. The first literary award Zheng won was the Liqun Literature Award from Peoples’ Literature in 2007. "The impact was strong – not simply because few had heard of her, but because she lives and works as a migrant worker and writes poetry so startlingly beautiful, vulnerable, and powerful, that nearly each poem stops one’s breath mid-line." She has also won the Zhuang Chongwen Prize, a youth literature award.
Jawahar Nagar is a residential colony located in the Kowdiar locality in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It is a prime housing locality in the city boasting various dignitaries and cinema actors as its residents. It also houses bureaucrats from UAE, which holds a permanent residence in the colony. The center of the colony holds a single storied commercial building featuring small local business. Recently, various upscale cafes have also made their debut in the area increasing the face value of the posh colony. History. Jawahar Nagar, established in November 14, 1964 is the first planned residential colony in the state of Kerala. The colony was developed under the leadership of then Chief Town Planner, Thomas Paulose, who is still a resident of the colony. Before it was named Jawahar Nagar, the area was refereed to as Maracheenivila. Maracheeni translates to Tapioca in Malayalam. This was in reference to large tapioca farms that were cultivated on the land. In the late 1800s, during the reign of Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma, king of the princely state of Travancore, tapioca was imported into the country from Brazil to fight a famine that hit the state. This process in turn made Jawahar Nagar the first area where tapioca was locally cultivated in India. A research center was also established within the locality. This center was later transformed into the Jawahar Nagar Lower Primary School during the redesigning stages. The entire colony was modeled after the British Housing Scheme with playgrounds, wide roads and a welfare association. The colony also houses Saraswathy Nilayam, the first multi-storied apartment building to be constructed in the city, and overall second in the state. Transportation. Public transportation do not ply along through the locality with the exception of auto-rickshaws and taxis. Nevertheless, the colony is situated right beside Kowdiar Main Road next to the Kowdiar Palace. The juxtaposition of the colony makes it convenient for its residents to get in and out of the bustling city life. Community. Schools. Jawahar Nagar Lower
Jamila, the Algerian is a 1958 Egyptian historical drama movie directed by Youssef Chahine and starring Magda al-Sabahi, Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Mazhar, Zahra Ela, Rushdy Abaza, Adly Kasseb, Fakher Fakher. The movie is about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. It tells the story of an important female revolutionary, and also shows the struggle of the Algerian people against the French occupation. It was the first, and only movie, to focus on the role of Algerian women in the 1954 revolution.  The movie was released only a year after the torture and arrest of Djamila Bouhired. It was banned by the Algerian government for decades.
Air Liquide is a French company in industrial gases for various industries such as medical, chemical and electronic companies. Created in 1902, its headquarters are in Paris. The company is listed on CAC 40 index.
Juan Joya Borja (5 April 1956 – 28 April 2021) was a Spanish comedian and actor known by the stage name El Risitas. He became well known in 2015 because of many memes based on a television interview he did from June 2007 on Jesús Quintero's show '. He also appeared in the 2005 movie '. Joya died on 28 April 2021 at a hospital in Seville, Spain from a heart attack, aged 65.
John Ernest Crawford (March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021) was an American actor, singer, and musician. He first became well known as a Mouseketeer in "Mickey Mouse Club". He also became known for playing Mark McCain in the ABC Western series "The Rifleman". In 2019, it was reported that Crawford was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died on April 29, 2021 at the age of 75.
The Tianhe (), code name "TH", or "Tianhe Core Module" (TCM) is the foundation element of the Tiangong space station. It was launched into orbit on 29 April 2021 as the final stage of Project 921 Tiangong program, part of the Chinese space program. In October 2020, China selected 18 new astronauts ahead of the construction of the space station.
The Socialist Party of Albania ( ; PS or PSSh) is a social-democratic political party in Albania. It was founded in June 1991 inspired by the ideas of Enver Hoxha. The party became popular after it gained power following the 2013 parliamentary election. The current Prime Minister Edi Rama is a member of the party.
Malaparamba lies in the outskirts of Kozhikode City. It is the start of the suburban region of Kozhikode towards the northern region. The area spans over both sides of the Wayanad Road or National highway 766. Location. Malaparamba lies to the north of the Malaparamba Junction, where and intersect. Kozhikode city lies towards the south of the Junction.  It is 17.38 km. away from the Calicut International Airport. The distance to the is 7.8 km. from Malaparamba. The bus routes that pass through here are "Medical College-Malaparamba" route and "Vellimadukunnu-Malaparamba-City" route.  Locality. Malaparamba is primarily a residential area. There are 4 main residential pockets are "Malaparamba Housing Colony (KSHB Colony), BSNL colony, Deshodharani Colony and Nanma Colony". Each colony houses over a 100 families. &lt;br&gt; The small region is surrounded by small and micro enterprises that are owned by single individuals or family-owned businesses. There are multiple shops and varied facilities available in Malaparamba, varying from boutiques to electronic spare parts, and marts to small restaurants.&lt;br&gt;  The area is currently under plan for Road Renovation under the District Authority's plans.  Malaparamba A.U.P. Government School. Malaparamba Government School is an aided upper primary school managed by the Government. It lies on the east side of National Highway 766.
Riley Ann Sawyers (March 11, 2005 – July 24, 2007) was a 2-year-old American girl who was beaten to death by her mother Kimberly Dawn Trenor and stepfather Royce Zeigler in a filicide. Her body was later found in Galveston Bay, Texas. Police were not able to identify the body when they saw it. They began a nationwide effort to learn the child's name. When Riley Ann's grandmother, Sheryl Sawyers, saw a drawing (composite sketch) made of the body, she knew that it was Riley Ann. She then told the police. After DNA testing on November 30, 2007, experts were certain that it was Riley Ann. Before she was identified in 2007, Riley Ann Sawyers was known as Baby Grace because of her age and sex.
Orange S.A. is a French company in telecommunications. Created in 1988, its headquarters are in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The company is listed on CAC 40 index.
Thales Group is a French company in aerospace, defence, transport, security, electronics. Created in 1902, its headquarters are in La Défense. The company is listed on CAC 40 index.
Saint-Gobain is a French company in construction materials production and retail, glass, ceramics, plastics, abrasives. Created in 1665, its headquarters are in La Défense. The company is listed on CAC 40 index.
Ukrnafta is the largest oil company in Ukraine. It operates in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava and Kharkiv regions. The company has 2,571 oil and gas wells and 563 gas stations in 26 regions of Ukraine. History. Ukrnafta was established on February 23, 1994. During 1997 and 1999, the authorized capital increased 21 times. As of 2018, the company had 82 special permits for the extraction of hydrocarbons, 43 drilling rigs and 537 gas stations. On July 31, 2020, Oleg Gez became the chairman of Ukrnafta. Owners. Since 1998, Naftogaz of Ukraine has owned a controlling stake. 42% of the shares belong to the structures of the Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. 8% of the shares belong to Littop Enterprises Limited, Dridgemont Ventures Limited and Bordo Management Limited (Cyprus). Structure. The Company consists of: Finances. The authorized capital of Ukrnafta (as of 2010) is UAH 1,355,7127.50. The market capitalization of the company on January 1, 2011 was about 4,100, 000, 000 dollars. In 2018, it increased net profit by 54.3% compared to the same period in 2017 — up to UAH 2 billion 61.468 million. Other websites. Official website
Classical Meitei or Classical Manipuri is the standardized literary form of the Meitei language (Manipuri language), used most notably in the Puya (Meitei texts), and is also the liturgical language of Sanamahism (Meitei religion). It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day Meitei literature (Manipuri literature). It is around 3500 years old.  It reaches the criteria for being a classical language as it has attained the following four criteria: The presently available volume of ancient literature is actually lessened due to the dark historical event of Puya Mei Thaba (literally, "burning of the manuscripts") in the 18th century AD. At the same time, many of the ancient folklore and poetic works are still preserved in its oral traditional form linking with the Lai Haraoba festival.
The Polish Corridor (; ), also known as the Danzig Corridor, Corridor to the Sea or Gdańsk Corridor, is a piece of land in the region of Pomerelia (eastern Pomerania, formerly part of West Prussia). It was used by the Second Republic of Poland (1920–1939) for access to the Baltic Sea. The corridor separated much of Germany (Weimar Republic) from East Prussia. At its narrowest point, the corridor was only 30 km wide. It separated The Free City of Danzig (now the Polish city of Gdańsk), from both Poland and Germany. Creation. The corridor was used to secure Poland's access to the Baltic Sea. This is based on U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's proposal in his famous Fourteen Points speech at the start of 1918. The German-majority city of Danzig was not a part of the Polish Corridor but was instead made a free city under League of Nations rule. Weimar Germany's various governments did not accept the new German-Polish border as being permanent and hoped to change this border later on through negotiations.  Disestablishment. In March 1939, Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler said that Poland should agree to return Danzig to Germany. He also wanted them to build highways across the Polish Corridor. Poland rejected this proposal and got Anglo-French guarantees against Nazi German aggression. When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 over this issue, Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany and World War II began.