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Yevgeny Lebedev (politician)
Evgeny Victorovich Lebedev (Russian: Евгений Викторович Лебедев, born 12 December 1957 in Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas.

From 1978 to 2002, Lebedev worked at the Bor glass factory as a driver, commodity specialist, deputy head of the supply department, head of the supply department, deputy director for commercial issues, deputy general director for marketing and commerce. In 2005-2006, he was the deputy of the Bor City Duma. From 2006 to 2021, he was the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the 4th-6th convocations. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma.

7th State Duma
The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 7th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации седьмого созыва) is a former convocation of the lower house of Russian parliament.

The composition of the 7th State Duma was based on the results of the 2016 parliamentary election. Elections were held using a mixed system: 225 deputies were elected on party lists and 225 — in single-member constituencies. Of the 14 parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the required 5% electoral threshold. Two more parties and one independent candidate were able to enter the State Duma via single-mandate constituencies.
Petro Yefymenko
Petro Yefymenko (or Jefymenko Ukrainian: Петро Єфименко, pseud. Petro Odynets), (2 September 1835, in Velykyi Tokmak, Berdiansk county, Ukraine – 7 May 1908, in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Ukrainian ethnographer and historian, statistician by profession.

Berdiansk
Berdiansk or Berdyansk (Ukrainian: Бердянськ, IPA: [berˈdʲɑnʲsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Бердянск, IPA: [bʲɪrˈdʲansk]) is a port city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south-eastern Ukraine and is currently occupied by Russia. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, which is connected to the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Berdiansk Raion. The city is named after the Berda River's Berdiansk Spit, at the foot of which it is located. Its population is 106,311 (2022 estimate).

Berdiansk is home to a safari zoo, water park, museums, health resorts with mud baths and climatic treatments, and numerous water sport activities. Berdiansk Airport is located nearby.

Since 27 February 2022, Berdiansk has been under Russian occupation.
Kobryn district
Kobryn district (Belarusian: Кобрынскі раён; Russian: Кобринский район) is a district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kobryn. There are 162 settlements in the district, of which one is urban and 161 are rural. Rural settlements are part of 11 selsoviets. As of 2024, the district has a population of 81,672.

Districts of Belarus
A district or raion (Russian: район, romanized: rayon, pl. районы, rayony; Belarusian: раён, romanized: rajon, pl. раёны, rajony) in Belarus is the second-level administrative division in the country which are subordinate to regions (also known as oblasts).
Johnny and the Moon
Johnny and the Moon is a Canadian indie rock band based in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia. The band is fronted by Dante DeCaro of Hot Hot Heat and Wolf Parade and also includes Lindy Gerrard, Mark Devoe, and Jeff "Big Juicy Papa" Phillips.

Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Shawnigan Lake is the name of a village on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. The name Shawnigan is an adaptation of the Hul'qumi'num name Showe'luqun, for the lake and the village. It is part of Electoral Area B in the Cowichan Valley Regional District. As of 2016, the permanent population of Shawnigan Lake is 8,558.

A popular recreation destination, its population typically doubles during the summer, as the lake and village are summer vacation spots for residents of Vancouver Island.
Marquis of Pietrapelosa
The Marquis of Pietrapelosa is a title held by the Gravisi family of Koper (Capodistria), since 1440.
The name comes from the castle of Pietrapelosa (also called Kostel), at the center of the estate.
The Gravisi-Barbabianca Palace and Gravisi-Buttorai Palace in Koper were both family residences.

Koper
Koper (Slovene: [ˈkòːpəɾ] ⓘ; Italian: Capodistria) is the fifth-largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, Koper is the main urban center of the Slovene coast. The Port of Koper is the country's only container port and a major contributor to the economy of the Municipality of Koper. The city is a destination for a number of Mediterranean cruising lines.

Koper is also one of the main road entry points into Slovenia from Italy, which lies to the north of the municipality. The main motorway crossing is at Spodnje Škofije to the north of the city of Koper. The motorway continues into Rabuiese and Trieste. Koper also has a rail connection with the capital city, Ljubljana. On the coast, there is a crossing at Lazaret into Lazzaretto in Muggia municipality in Trieste province. The Italian border crossing is known as San Bartolomeo.
Douglas S. Coppinger
Douglas S. Coppinger is a retired United States Air Force major general who served as the deputy chief of the Central Security Service. Prior to that, he was the director for intelligence of the U.S. Cyber Command.

Central Security Service
The Central Security Service (CSS) is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense which was established in 1972 to integrate the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Service Cryptologic Components (SCC) of the United States Armed Forces in the field of signals intelligence, cryptology, and information assurance at the tactical level. In 2002, the CSS had approximately 25,000 uniformed members. It is part of the United States Intelligence Community.
Yoshio Yatsu
Yoshio Yatsu (谷津 義男, Yatsu Yoshio; July 23, 1934 – June 3, 2021) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tatebayashi, Gunma and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Gunma Prefecture in 1975 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in the same year. From 2000 to 2001 he served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Tatebayashi, Gunma
Tatebayashi (館林市, Tatebayashi-shi) is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 74,027 in 34,486 households, and a population density of 1200 people per km². The total area of the city is 60.97 square kilometres (23.54 sq mi). Tatebayashi is famous for Azalea Hill Park and Bunbuku Chagama of Morin-ji temple.
Hazel Watrous
Hazel Watrous (February 12, 1888 – October 2, 1954) was an American writer who was co-founder of Denny-Watrous Management. The company presented performances in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. She and Dene Denny played roles in founding the Carmel Music Society, the Carmel Bach Festival, and Monterey's First Theater. They hosted musical concerts and lectures from their home. In addition, they established the Denny-Watrous Gallery.

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Carmel-by-the-Sea (/kɑːrˈmɛl/), commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,220, down from 3,722 at the 2010 census. Situated on the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel is a tourist destination, known for its natural scenery and artistic history.

The Spanish founded a settlement in 1771, when Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo was relocated by St. Junípero Serra from Monterey. Mission Carmel served as the headquarters of the Californian mission system, until the Mexican secularization act of 1833, when the area was divided into rancho grants. The settlement was largely abandoned by the U.S. Conquest of California in 1848 and stayed undeveloped until Santiago J. Duckworth built a summer colony in 1888. When the Carmel Development Company was formed in 1902, Carmel became an art colony and seaside resort, which incorporated in 1916.
Jean Martin (singer)
Jean Martin (1919–2004) was an American singer and actor. Born in Texas, she moved to New York and worked in radio and television during the 1950s. She was married to William Black, who was the founder of the Chock full o'Nuts restaurant chain and coffee brand.

Chock full o'Nuts
Chock full o'Nuts is an American brand of coffee that originated from a chain of New York City coffee shops.

Its unusual name derives from the 18 nut shops that founder William Black (c. 1902–1983) established with the brand in the city beginning in 1926. When the Great Depression struck, he converted them to lunch counters, serving a cup of coffee and a sandwich for five cents.

The brand became popular over the next 27 years and was introduced to the consumer market through grocery stores in 1953. It is owned by Italian coffee company Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group.
Cristina Bazgan
Cristina Bazgan is a French computer scientist who studies combinatorial optimization and graph theory problems from the points of view of parameterized complexity, fine-grained complexity, approximation algorithms, and regret.

Bazgan earned her Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Paris-Sud. Her dissertation, Approximation de problèmes d'optimisation et de fonctions totales de NP, was supervised by Miklos Santha.
She is a professor at Paris Dauphine University, associated with Lamsade, the Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling Systems for Decision Support.

Bazgan became a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France in 2011.

Institut Universitaire de France
The Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, Academic Institute of France), is a service of the French Ministry of Higher Education that annually distinguishes a small number of university professors for their research excellence, as evidenced by their international recognition. Only around 2% of French university faculty are members (active or honorary) of the IUF.
Litija
Litija (pronounced [liˈtíːja] ⓘ; German: Littai) is a town in the Litija Basin in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Litija. It is located in the valley of the Sava River, east of the capital Ljubljana, in the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 it was part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. The town is home to about 6,500 people.

Upper Carniola
Littoral

Carniola: 2a Upper, 2b Inner, 2c Lower

Carinthia

Styria

Prekmurje

Upper Carniola (Slovene: Gorenjska pronounced [ɡɔˈɾèːnska]; Italian: Alta Carniola; German: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Domžale and Škofja Loka. It has around 300,000 inhabitants or 14% of the population of Slovenia.
50 krooni
The 50 krooni banknote (50 EEK) is a denomination of the Estonian kroon, the former currency of Estonia. A portrait of Rudolf Tobias (1873–1918), a famous Estonian composer, is engraved on the front side of the bill along with the pipe organ of the Käina church (which features the Eye of Providence).

The vignette on the back features the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn. The only printing of the 50 krooni banknote took place in 1994. Fewer 50 krooni notes were ordered by the Bank of Estonia than any other denominations. A medium size banknote, it was one of the most rarely used denominations. It can be exchanged indefinitely at the currency museum of Eesti Pank for €3.20.

Bank of Estonia
The Bank of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Pank) is the national central bank for Estonia within the Eurosystem. It was the Estonian central bank from 1919 to 2010 (albeit with a long suspension between 1940 and 1989), issuing the kroon.

The Bank of Estonia is not itself a financial supervisory authority but participates in European banking supervision as a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, alongside the Financial Supervisory Authority. It is also a member of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
Canon EF portrait lenses
Canon makes several lenses for the EF lens mount and EF-S lens mount that are well-suited for portrait photography. These lenses may also be used for other purposes, often being suited for indoor sports photography as well, due to suitable focal length and wide aperture, though autofocus speed is an issue in sports photography that is less important in portraiture.

Portrait photography
Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait photograph may be artistic or clinical. Frequently, portraits are commissioned for special occasions, such as weddings, school events, or commercial purposes. Portraits can serve many purposes, ranging from usage on a personal web site to display in the lobby of a business.
The Twelves
The Twelves is an electronic music production and DJing duo, made up of Brazilian musicians João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira. They are best known for their remixing of songs by artists ranging from M.I.A. and La Roux to Nirvana and The Beatles. Spin dubbed them one of "9 Unknown Bands to Watch at SXSW" in March 2009 and one of the "25 Must-Hear Artists at Coachella 2011". They appeared on the Essential Mix on 19 Dec 2009.

Essential Mix
The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 and 2:00 a.m. UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music.

The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run of over 30 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule. It is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.
Paul Engelen
Paul Richard Anthony Engelen (30 October 1949 – 3 November 2024) was a British make-up artist. He had over 75 credits in television and film, including the television show Game of Thrones, for which he won a number of Emmy Awards.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 adventure film directed by Hugh Hudson based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes (1912). Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan (though the name Tarzan is never used in the film's dialogue) and Andie MacDowell as Jane Porter; the cast also includes Ralph Richardson (in his final role), Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell and Ian Charleson.

Greystoke received three Academy Award nominations at the 57th Academy Awards ceremony for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Richardson, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Makeup. It became the first Tarzan feature film to be nominated for an Academy Award; the later Disney animated feature film adaptation became the first one to win an Oscar.
Al-Ashwal
al Ashwal (Arabic: الأشول) is a Yemenite Arabic surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ahmed Ali al-Ashwal (born 1949), Yemeni Army General

Mohammed Al-Ashwal (born 1983), Yemeni Wushu martial artist

Ahmed Ali al-Ashwal
Ahmed Ali al-Ashwal (Arabic: أحمد علي الأشول; born 1949) is a retired major general of the Yemeni Armed Forces. He served as the military's Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2014, during which he oversaw conflicts against the Houthis as well as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He was a key ally for the United States during and after the Yemeni revolution, working with President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to reform the military and security forces after the ouster of Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ashwal was dismissed as chief of staff in December 2014 and given a position in the Shura Council, months after the Houthis had invaded the capital of Sanaa. He announced his retirement from the military soon after.
Numon Khasanov
Numon Khasanov (Uzbek: Нўмон Нурматович Хасанов or No'mon Nurmatovich Khasanov) is an Uzbekistani football manager and former player who is head coach of Khujand. A forward, he played for Uzbekistan in the 1996 Asian Cup.

MHSK Tashkent
MHSK (Uzbek: Марказий Ҳарбий спорт клуби, romanized: Markaziy Harbiy Sport Klubi) was an Uzbekistani football club based in Tashkent. Its abbreviation meant Army Central Sports Club, similar to the Soviet equivalent CSKA.
Sokolovka, Oktyabrsky District, Kursk Oblast
Sokolovka (Russian: Соколовка) is a rural locality (Russian: деревня, lit. 'village') in Filippovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Oktyabrsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:  33 (2010 Census); 46 (2002 Census);

Oktyabrsky District, Kursk Oblast
Oktyabrsky District (Russian: Октя́брьский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 628 square kilometers (242 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Pryamitsyno. Population: 23,164 (2021 census); 22,569 (2010 census);  23,877 (2002 Census); 125,296 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Pryamitsyno accounts for 22.4% of the district's total population.
Haverholme Priory
Haverholme Priory was a former monastery and a country house in Lincolnshire, England. Its remains are situated 4 miles (6 km) north-east of the town of Sleaford and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from the village of Anwick.

Kirby Hall
Kirby Hall is a Grade I listed Elizabethan country house, located near Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. The nearest main town is Corby. One of the great Elizabethan houses of England, Kirby Hall was built in 1570 for Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwick. In 1575, Sir Christopher Hatton of Holdenby purchased the property, Hatton was Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I. It is a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. Construction on the building began in 1570, based on the designs in French architectural pattern books and expanded in the Classical style over the course of the following decades. The house is now in a semi-ruined state with many parts roof-less although the Great Hall and state rooms remain intact. The gardens, with their elaborate "cutwork" design, complete with statues and urns, have been recently restored.
Philipp Mukhometov
Philipp Dmitrievich Mukhometov (born 25 November 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Mukhometov, who comes from Moscow, was a member of Russia's 2001 Sunshine Cup winning team and won a silver medal in singles at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing. On the professional tour, Mukhometov had a best singles ranking of 355 in the world and won two ITF Futures titles. He made his only ATP Tour main draw appearance as a doubles player, at the Kremlin Cup in 2005, reaching the quarter-finals.

2001 Summer Universiade
The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. Beijing also hosted the 1990 Asian Games. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 sports. The hosts, China, topped the medal table for the first time, with a total of 103 medals and 54 gold medals (more than twice the number of gold- medals won by the United States, in second place).

The event was also considered a rehearsal for the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to the announcement that Beijing would host the 2008 Olympic Games, which was made one month before the Opening Ceremony of the Universiade.
Narmada High School
Narmada High School is a boys' school located in Kudghat, Kolkata, India. The school was established in 1995 and is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha (10th Board exams), and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for the Higher Secondary Examination (12th Board exams).

Madhyamik Pariksha
Madhyamik Pariksha or simply Madhyamik is a centralized examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in West Bengal, India, at the end of the 10th year of school education. Similarly, one examination is also conducted at the state of Tripura for its students studying in Govt or Govt Aided school under the control of Tripura Board of Secondary Education. By count of examinees, it is among the better-known 10th standard examinations in India. In WBSE, over 600,000 students took the exam in 2000, and the number has increased substantially since then. The number of students reached a record 1 million in the 2011 Madhyamik examination. Compulsory subjects are first language, second language, physical science (combined with physics and chemistry), life science, mathematics, history and geography.
Byzantine Corridor
The Byzantine corridor was a narrow strip of territory in central Italy under the control of the Byzantine Empire during the early Middle Ages. It linked the imperial possessions around Rome with those of the Exarchate of Ravenna, providing a land route between the two most important Byzantine strongholds on the Italian peninsula.

The corridor assumed strategic importance after the Lombards seized much of northern and central Italy, cutting the direct passage along the Via Flaminia. Control of the corridor was essential for the Byzantines to maintain communications, supply lines, and political authority between Rome and Ravenna.

Orte
Orte is a town, comune, former Catholic bishopric and Latin titular see in the province of Viterbo, in the central Italian region of Lazio, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Rome and about 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of Viterbo.
Močerady
Močerady is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 80 inhabitants.

Močerady lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of Domažlice, 35 km (22 mi) south-west of Plzeň, and 117 km (73 mi) south-west of Prague.

Domažlice
Domažlice ([ˈdomaʒlɪtsɛ] ⓘ; German: Taus) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation.
Veni Creator Spiritus
Veni Creator Spiritus (Latin: Come, Creator Spirit) is a traditional Christian hymn believed to have been written by Rabanus Maurus, a ninth-century Frankish Benedictine monk, teacher, archbishop, and saint. When the original Latin text is used, it is normally sung to a Gregorian Chant tune first known from Kempten Abbey around the year 1000. The hymn has been translated and paraphrased into several languages, and adapted into many musical forms, often as a hymn for Pentecost or for other occasions that focus on the Holy Spirit.

John Dryden
John Dryden (/ˈdraɪdən/; 19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.

He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".