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41El Lissitzky — Infobox Person name =El Lissitzky image size =200px caption = El Lissitzky in a 1924 self portrait birth date = November 23, 1890 birth place = Pochinok death date = December 30, 1941 death place = Moscow occupation = ArtistAudio|ru El… …
42Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) — Organization of Iranian People s Fadaian (Majority) سازمان فدائیان خلق ایران اکثریت Leader Behrouz Khaliq Founded …
43Russian political jokes — (or, rather, Russophone political jokes) are a part of Russian humour and can be naturally grouped into the major time periods: Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and finally post Soviet Russia. Quite a few political themes can be found among other… …
44Papakhi — ( ka. ფაფახი transliterated: Papakhi ; uk. папаха; ru. папаха ; az. papakh transliterated: Papakha) is a Georgian wool hat. Papakhi, originated in Georgia is an element of traditional clothing of the most states of the Caucasus and parts of… …
45Kazakhstan — /kah zahk stahn /, n. a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 16,898,572; 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Cap.: Akmola. Former official name, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Kazakhstan Introduction… …
46Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
47Civilwar — 1918–1921 The Cheka played a critical role in the Bolshevik victory in the Russian civil war that left millions dead by bullet, hunger, and cold. Feliks Dzerzhinsky and his subordinates provided critical intelligence on the Bolsheviks’… …
48Basmachi Revolt — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Basmachi Revolt partof= caption= date=1916 1931 place=Central Asia casus=Pan Islamic revolt territory= result=Soviet victory combatant1= combatant2= Basmachi rebels commander1=Mikhail Frunze commander2=Enver… …
49The Golden Cockerel — ( ru. Золотой Петушок, Zolotoy Petushok ) is an opera in three acts (with short prologue and even shorter epilogue) by Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky and is based on Alexander Pushkin s 1834 poem The Tale of… …
50The Just Assassins — The play is based on the true story of a group of Russian Socialist Revolutionaries who assassinated the Grand Duke Sergei Romanov in 1905, and explores the moral issues associated with murder and terrorism. In the play, all but one (Stepan) of… …
