Sergey Alexeyevich Afanasiev (Russian: Сергей Алексеевич Афанасьев, born 1912, died?) - Soviet diplomat. Curriculum vitae He belonged to the WKP (b), 1934 graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and Economics of the University of Leningrad, from 1939 he worked in the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, until June 23, 1941 was secretary of USSR Embassy in Slovakia. From 1943 to 1947 he served as an assistant to the People's Commissar / Foreign Minister, then to the Embassy of the USSR in Norway on June 3, 1947, from June 8, 1947 to January 26, 1954 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR in Norway, then 1954-1955 as Deputy Head of Division III. Of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. From 1955 to October 1958 he was Deputy Head of the Scandinavian State Department of the USSR, from October 9, 1958 to August 31, 1962 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR in Belgium, from August 31, 1962 to October 21, 1964 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR in Laos, 1969 to 17 November 1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR in Tunisia. Bibliography
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Myrmex Indikos
Myrmex Indikos, pol. Indian ant - an alleged species of gigantic ants (according to Herodot's description, larger than foxes, but smaller than dogs). The earliest mention of these creatures is dated to the fifth century BC, and its author is Herodotus. According to her, these ants inhabited the deserts of Persia and India and extracted gold from their sands. Several such creatures were kept in the residence of the King of Persia. Gold was to be obtained by caravans made up of several camels in the heat of the day, when the ants were protected underground. You had to do it quickly, because the ants sensed the smell of people and went on the pursuit, and they were deadly dangerous. This story is confirmed by the next accounts: Nearchos, one of the army officers of Alexander Macedoński, and Megastenes - a historian and traveler. The fragment of the Megasthenes (IV-III century BC) preserved in fragments can be seen in the underground mines at the foot of the mountains on the easte...
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