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Ivan Petrovsky

Ivan Gieorgijewicz Petrovsky (Russian: Иван Георгиевич Петровский, born January 18, 1901 in Siewsk, died January 15, 1973 in Moscow) - Soviet mathematician, rector of the Moscow State University (1951-1973), the Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). Curriculum vitae In 1917 he graduated from the municipal real school and started studying at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Moscow State University. In 1918 he returned to the family, with whom he soon went to Jelizawietgrad (currently Kropywnycki), he worked, among others, as a locksmith. In 1922 he returned to Moscow and continued his studies, in 1923 he became a lecturer in mathematics at the Faculty of Labor, in 1927 he graduated from the Moscow State University in accelerated mode, in 1930 he completed his aspirancy. In 1929 he became an assistant and associate professor, in 1933 became a professor, in 1935 he was the head of the department in PhD in physical and mathematical sciences, and in 1939 he was dean of the Faculty...

Amykos

Castor and Pollux attach the defeated Amykos to the tree, the scene from a red-figured vessel, the end of the fourth century BC. Amykos (Greek: Ἄμυκος) - in Greek mythology, the king of Bithynian Bebryko, son of Poseidon and nymph Melie. Alien arriving in his country, he called for a boxing match, which always ended with the victory of Amykos and the death of his opponent. One day Argonauts arrived to the shores of Bithynia. Amykos, according to his custom, then threw them a challenge that Pollux accepted. Heros, thanks to his agility, defeated a much stronger and stronger opponent, then obliging him with a solemn oath to not more foreigners. wiki

Mary Elizabeth McGrath Blake

Mary Elizabeth McGrath Blake (born 1840, died 1907) is an American poet. She came from Ireland. She was the daughter of Patrick McGrath and Mary Murphy McGrath. When she was nine years old, she and her parents came to the United States. She was a teacher by profession. In 1865 she married a doctor named John G. Blake. They had eleven children, but only six of them lived to adulthood. Among other things, she published tonics Poems (1882) and Youth in Twelve Centuries (1886). She also wrote travel books. Bibliography wiki

Kirill Medvedev

Kirill Wasiljevich Medvedev (Russian: Кирилл Васильевич Медведев, born 1887 in Kaluga Governorate, died 1958) - Soviet party and state activist. Curriculum vitae In 1917 he joined the SDPRR (b), from November 1917 to 1918 he was a war lieutenant of the Yugoslav district, and in 1918 the warlords of the Kalush Province. From 1918 he served as Commissar of Justice of the Kaluga Province, then editor of the Kommun newspaper, then to June 1919 as chairman of the Kaluga Government RKP (b) Committee, later serving in the Red Army. Bibliography wiki

Open Smart Grid Protocol

Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) - open communication protocol for transmitting measurement data on power networks. OSGP is a technical specification published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), used in the field of intelligent power networks. OSGP has become Europe's true standard for communication in the field of smart grid infrastructure and metering. Over 5 million OSGP compliant devices have been installed. In addition, more than 30 million energy meters use the same power lines used by OSGF for data transmission. The following standards are required for OSGP: wiki

Kudurru

Kudurru from the reign of Meli-Szipak (1188-1174 p.n.e.) Kudurru (ancient boundary stone, borderline) - in ancient Mesopotamia a stone stela decorated with a relief in the belt composition (figural scenes, symbolic representations) and sometimes containing inscriptions in a wedge letter up to 1 m high, Earth. Well-known since the 3rd millennium BC, common during the reign of Kasyt. Kudurru was usually kept in the temple, and the owner received a copy on a clay tablet. The permanent element of the plate was to place the name of the donor and the recipient, and also to appeal to the gods. Kudurru was the documentary evidence of the royal donations to the royal family and court officials during the reign of Babylonian dynasty in the second half of the second millennium BC. The text of the kudurru repeated the contents of the document of the earth, whose original was written on a sealed clay tablet. The name "boundary stone" comes from the fact that the text gives the exact dim...

Ignaz Russ (older)

Ignaz Russ (born 1736 in Trutnov, died 1810) is a German painter active in Silesia. The information about his work is very little known. Two portraits made by him are known by Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch's engraving. The first is a portrait of Daniel Buchs, a jeleniogórski merchant and owner of Wojanów, made in 1776 (made in 1781, is located in the National Museum in Wroclaw). The second portrait portrait is Karl Wilhelim Weiss, a pastor at the Grassland Church in Jelenia Góra. He was the father of Ignaz Russ the younger (1766-1849), painter and sculptor active in Prague. Bibliography wiki

Democratic Party for the New Society

Democratic Party of the New Society - a small party of the Mian created in 1988 by My Thee Zuna. The aim of the party is to build a democratic society based on the principles of equality, freedom, social justice and respect for human rights and reconciliation. History Initially, this party was under a different name (ABSL). As a result of the creation of 8888 it was condemned and forbidden by the ruling junta. During this time, DPNS was the second most popular party in Burma. She concentrated mainly on students and other young people. She worked with the National League for Democracy. Around 1990, four basic postulates were announced: At this moment the grouping has no success. It belongs to the Progressive Alliance (not to be confused with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament). Economic doctrine is democratic socialism. The chairperson is Moe Thee Zun, and the Secretary General of Ngwe Lin. wiki

Victoria Valverde González

Victoria Valverde González (born April 20, 1888 in Vicálvaro, January 12, 1937) is a Spanish nun, martyr and blessed Catholic. Curriculum vitae Francisca Inés de la Antigua was born on April 20, 1888. She was a student at the Orphanage of the Daughters of Charity. She joined the Institute of the Calasanis, the Sister of the Divine Pastor, and on August 28, 1910 she adopted the name Victoria and on September 17, 1916 she made a religious profession. After the outbreak of civil war in Spain she was sent to prison and was shot in the cemetery of Las Casillas near Martos. Its remains lie in the sanctuary of the Nuestra Señora de la Villa in Martos. Beatified in a group of 522 martyrs on October 13, 2013 in Tarragona. wiki
Andrzej Fic (born 1957) - Opposition activist, worked in Klimor Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Plant in Gdynia from 1978-1982. Curriculum vitae In August 1980 he co-organized a strike at the plant. To "Solidarity" joined in September 1980, he was a member of the Founding Committee. In February 1982 he launched a one-man roll printing service in the underground publishing house Ząb. He published and distributed "The Information Bulletin". Since June 1982, he has printed "Our Time". In 1984, thanks to the financial support of the underground structures, he organized a printing house in a specially-booked place (since March 1985 it was functioning as the Publishing House "Kształt"). In the years 1985-1989 he printed books, flyers and underground press, among others. the letters of the Regional Coordinating Commission of NSZZ "Solidarność", the publications of Solidarity Fighting and the Independent Student Union. He owns the printin...

Martin Glváč

Martin Glváč (born November 20, 1967 in Bratislava) - Slovakian politician and lawyer, Deputy Minister of Construction and Regional Development, 2006-2010. Curriculum vitae In 1992 he graduated from the Comenius University in Bratislava. He worked as a manager in various businesses, and in 2001 began his practice as an advocate. He engaged in political activities within the SMER party. In the elections in 2006, 2010 and 2012 with her arm elected to the National Council. Mandate was performed in 2010-2012. From 2006 to 2010, Robert Fica served as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Construction and Regional Development. When Robert Fico formed his second cabinet in 2012, he nominated Martin Glváč as the defense minister. In 2016 re-elected to the Parliament. On March 22, 2016 he left the government (before the Cabinet resigned) with the intention of assuming the position of Vice-President of the National Council, which he was appointed the next day. Bibliography wiki

Aphrodite triumph

Trionfo di Afrodite - Carl Orff's stage show, in seven parts, to the texts of Katullus, Sappho and Euripides. His premiere took place in Milan on February 13, 1953. Together with the stage operas Carmina Burana (1937) and Catulli Carmina (1943), she creates a trilogy of Trionfi - Trittico theatrical, whose theme is triumph over evil. Persons Contents In each episode of the marriage-like cantata, the love between a man and a woman is praised. The Aphrodite himself appears in the finale to bless the young couple. wiki

Ansis Petrevics

Ansis Petrevics (born March 6, 1882, November 27, 1941) is a Latvian lawyer, judge and advocate, politician, journalist. He served as Minister of Justice (1926), Minister of Finance (1928-1931), Minister of the Interior (1931). After the outbreak of World War I during the Soviet occupation, he was arrested and deported to the depths of the USSR on June 14, 1941, where he died on November 27 of that year. In 1929 he was decorated with the Great Ribbon of the Order of the Restoration of Poland. His brother Andrejs (1883-1939) also became a lawyer and politician. wiki

Ignac Cornova

Ignacio Cornova (25 July 1740 Prague - 25 July 1822 Prague) - Czech Jesuit, historian, poet, educator, member of the Masonic lodge. He studied at the Clementinum High School from the school year 1756/1757, where he moved to Březnice, where he studied in the school year 1759/1760, later to Olomouc, where he studied philosophy, theology and linguistics in the years 1760-1764. From 1762 he taught at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Brno, in the years 1771-1772 in Chomutov, and in the school year 1772-1773 in Klatovach. In 1784 he returned to Prague, where he taught at the grammar school, and also in 1795 taught general history at the Charles University. As a sympathizer of the French Revolution and of the Enlightenment, he was banned from lecturing. Since then he has focused on research and private lectures. In 1776 he was admitted to the Masonic lodge "U tří korunovaných sloupů" (Under three crowned pillars). He was a founding member of the Royal Czech Scientific Society. He cr...

Annika Strandhäll

Annika Strandhäll (born April 30, 1975 in Göteborg) is a Swedish politician and trade union activist, member of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, from 2014 to 2017 Minister for Social Welfare and from 2017 Minister of Social Affairs. Curriculum vitae She studied sociology and psychology at the University of Gothenburg. From 1996 to 2011 she worked as an industrial project manager, later employed in the insurance company Folksam Sak. She engaged in union activities within the framework of the organization SKTF (renamed Vision), bringing together local government employees. She was the chairwoman of Göteborg, vice president, and led the trade union between 2011 and 2014. After the election in 2014, the Social Democratic and Social Committee of Stefan Löfven, formed by the Social Democrats and the Green Minority, took office. In July 2017 she was promoted to the post of Minister of Social Affairs. wiki

Waldemar Bałkowiec

The tomb of Waldemar Bałkowiec in the Military Cemetery on Powazki Waldemar Bałkowiec ps. "Iskra" (born April 17, 1925 in Sokolow Podlasie, January 20, 2014) - Polish activist of the Polish underground during the Second World War, member of the Home Army (AK), then anti-Communist underground under the Association of Freedom and Independence ". Since September 1942, he was an AK activist in charge of gathering information on collaborators with the German occupying forces, as well as searching for hiding flyers with the command to prepare for the West's transfer and to participate in the acquisition and storage of weapons. In 1945, he was arrested by the Security Office. After escaping, he joined the association "Freedom and Independence." In 1946, sentenced to ten years in prison. He was buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. Selected badges Bibliography wiki

Walt Wydartowski

Walden Wydartowski in the area of ​​Duszno Observation Tower Walt Wydartowski - the highest elevation of the Gniezno Upland, at the same time the highest point of the Gniezno Lake District. The shaft is a moraine hill, the remnant of the last Baltic glaciation, in the past was an important strategic point. During the occupation, in 1942, Germany built a 70-meter wooden observation tower. It burned down in 1956 after a lightning strike. Shortly after this incident, the Polish Army also built a 50 m wooden tower. Later, it was replaced by a 25-meter metal structure. This tower was demolished in the sixties. Today, at the highest elevation is a 13 meter high viewing tower, which is a tourist attraction. The highest elevation is 167 m. It is 70 m higher than the level of nearby lakes in Mogilno and Trzemeszno. The tower is visible in the west of the buildings of Gniezno and Trzemeszno, in the north-east Mogilno, and in the south-east even the chimneys of the Pątnów Power Plant. Bibl...

National Labor Party (Hungary)

National Labor Party (Hungarian: Nemzeti Munkapárt) - a Hungarian political party operating in the years 1910-1918, throughout its existence constituting the ruling power of the country. History In 1905, lost elections broke the thirty-year period of rule in the Hungarian Liberal Party. Its leader, István Tisza, decided to establish a new party before the next elections in 1910, grouping above all former activists of the Liberal Party. It was created on 19 February 1910 and was given the name of the National Labor Party. The new name was supposed to testify to the change of pressure in the party's program - in ideology, was now made more to responsibility and hard work than to civil rights. In the face of social changes, the necessity of the decisive influence of the elites on the country's policy was also emphasized, and the universal electoral law and the extension of the rights of national minorities were opposed. The election of the 1910 new group won thanks to the ...

Mikhail Vorotsky

Mikhail Ivanovich Vorotynsky (Russian: Mikhail Ivyanovich Vorotsky, born around 1516, died 1573) - Russian commander. He came from the family of the princes of wierchów. In 1552, he conquered Khanate Kazanski. Then he built a line of fortifications defending against the invasion of the Crimean Khanate. In 1561-1565 he was imprisoned by the Tsar in Belozersky. Then Governor Kazania. In 1572 he defeated the Crimean Tatars near Molodia. Andrzej Kurbski maintained that Worotyński had been killed by Ivan IV Grozny, who saw him as a political competitor. Bibliography wiki

Iwan Tot'mianin

Iwan Michajłowicz Tot'mianin (Russian: Иван Михайлович Тотьмянин, born on October 22, 1915 in the village of Szadrina in the Perm province, died 1982) - a Soviet party and state activist. Curriculum vitae He graduated from a financial and economic technical school in Perm, 1934-1935 he was a financial instructor in the Nizhny Tagil, from 1939 he belonged to the WKP (b), from July to September 1939 he was an instructor of the WKP City Committee (b) in Nizhny Tagil. From September 1939 to September 1940 he was the first secretary of the Komsomol regional committee, 1940-1942 he listened to the Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the WKP (b), from August 1942 to March 1943 secretary of the WKP regional committee (b) in Komorska ASRR, then second secretary and first secretary regional communist party committees (b). From August 1949 to December 1950 he was the secretary of the Komi-Permi Regional WKP Committee (b), from December 20, 1950 to February 28, 1953, chairman of ...

Life and matters of Mikołaj Rej

Life and matters of the noble Polish nobleman Mikołaj Rej from Nagłowice ... who wrote Andrzej Trzycieski, his good companion, who knew everything about him - biography of Mikołaj Rej, which was part of the Quarter issued in 1567/1568 in Krakow. Biography, written in prose, is part of the Quadrilateral - the last book published during Reja's lifetime. As the author of Life and Affairs, Andrzej Trzecieski, a writer, Reformist activist and friend of Reja, appears. However, the authorship is not certain. Some researchers, based on m.in. in the likeness of the style of life and matters to other works of Reja, he hypothesized that the author himself was Rej, and that he used the name Trzecieski as an ally. Life is an important source for Reja's biography. It also contains information about his works, which have not survived to modern times. Bibliography wiki

Enea Sbarretti

Enea Sbarretti (born January 27, 1808 in Spoleto, died on May 1, 1884 in Rome) - Italian Catholic priest, cardinal, uncle Cardinal Donato Raffaele Sbarretti. In 1830 he was ordained a priest. From 1853 to 1875 he was an auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. In the years 1875-1877 he was the secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and Religious and consultant of the Holy Office. March 12, 1877 Pius IX elevated him to the cardinal's rank, and on March 20, 1877, he gave him the titular deaconia Santa Maria ad Martyres. He took part in the 1878 Conclave, choosing Leo XIII. From 1878 until his death, he was the prefect for the economic affairs of the Congregation for the Spreading of Faith. Bibliography wiki

Philippe Cavoret

Philippe Cavoret (born January 11, 1968 in Aix-les-Bains) is a French skeletonist, Olympian. Career The biggest success of his career came on February 1, 2003 in Altenberg, where he won the World Cup. He passed the Austrian Walter Stern and the Japanese Kazuhiro Koshi. He twice stood on the podium of the competition: on 16 December 2000 in La Plagne was the second, and on 12 January 2006 in Königssee third place. The best result came in the 2000/2001 season when he finished seventh in the overall ranking. In 2002, he competed at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, finishing seventeenth. Four years later, the Turin Games were eighteen. He also took seventh place at the 2003 Nagano World Championships and the Calgary World Cup in 2005. Bibliography wiki

Werner Delle Karth

Werner Delle Karth (born 18 May 1941 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian bobsleigher, double world medalist. Career His first success came in 1972, when he won the silver medal in four at the European Championship in St. Louis. Moritz. Lake Placid, along with his brother Walter, Hans Eichinger and Fritz Sperling, won the silver medal in this competition the following year. In addition, the Austrian team in the same team also took third place in the four at the World Championship in St. Petersburg. Moritz in 1974. In 1972 he started at the Olympic Games in Sapporo, occupying thirteenth place in doubles and seventh in four. He also participated in the four-year-old games in Innsbruck, where he was sixth in four. His brothers, Dieter and Walter were also bobsleighers. wiki

Èerajy

Charming about 1987 рараджи, Jericho, Яраджи, Jaradzy) - a satirical saxophone sire (black, Haloxylon ammodendron) located in Turkmenistan, in the Karara desert, north of the city of Mary and on Northwest from the Repetitive Sand and Desert Station. Lovely is a flat-bedded black-and-white wilderness that is considered a nature reserve. In this area grows the oldest leafless sausage in the desert of Kara-kum. It is also the largest cluster of these plants in the desert. The basin stretches on the NW-SE axis, and from the north-east it ends with a lofty rostrum created by barrages dug by the wind from the moving sands. Precipitation (about 120 mm annually) occurs mainly in winter and spring (85%). During this time, salted water stops, drying out and leaving the salt crystals. The southern slopes are more pale and white from the salt layer, the northern ones are earthy and sandy. There is a sausage forest. There are over 80-year-olds, 5-8 meters tall, with roots up to 10 meters deep in...

Group of "Lower Vistula"

The Lower Vistula Group - a tactical group of the Polish Army of the Second Polish Republic, improvised in August 1920, during the war with the Bolsheviks. July 27, 1920, the Ministry of Military Affairs instructed the command of the General District "Łódź" to begin preparations for the defense of the lower Vistula. Three days later, the ministry issued another ordinance on the construction of fortifications on the left bank of the river and the organization of the prefectures in Wyszogród, Płock and Włocławek. Under the assumption, each of the three prefixes was to be defended by one division. Due to the lack of liner units, the ministry ordered the OGen Command. "Łódź" to fill the crew and the Vistula line by the reserve units of the district. In addition, the ministry has cut the limits of the defense section for OGen. "Łódź" from Nowiny to Chrapy. On August 17, 1920, Lieutenant General Józef Lasocki, commanded by the Supreme Command, arrived with ...

Antoni Patla

Antoni Patla (born 13 April 1898 in Głowemy, died May 10, 1977 in Augustów) is a Polish museumologist, educator, journalist, participant in the resistance movement during the Second World War. Since 1912 a member of the Polish Country Travel Association. From 1922 he stayed in Grodno, where he worked as a teacher, while actively working in the PTK. During World War II a member of the underground in Krosno. From 1945 to 1947 he was the organizer and head of the Orphanage for orphans in Jackow. From 1947 to 1950 the head of the Horticultural High School in Suwałki. He was also Vice-President of the Board of the PTTK District in Bialystok. Since 1955 he created his own home in the neighborhood of the Regional Museum in Augustów. He was also the initiator of setting up a reserve on Lake Hańcza and also the founder of the Suwałki Landscape Park. In 1959 he published the Guide to the Beauty of the Suwałki-Augustow Land. He was also a co-founder of the. Maria Konopnicka. He died while work...

George Sterenga

Jerzy Sterenga (born 3 February 1926 in Vilnius, died 19 July 1999 in Wałbrzych) - Polish basketball player, Polish representative, medalist of the Polish championship. Sports career In the league he debuted in the colors of the Gdańsk Coin in the end of the season 1951-1952, in the years 1952-1954 represented the colors of the Polonia Warszawa, winning the Polish club in 1954. Since 1954 he lived and worked in Wałbrzych, he played in the A Górnik Wałbrzych, with whom he won promotion to the 2nd Division in 1955, was also a coach of this club, in 1974 he won promotion to the league, but in the 1974/1975 season his team took the last twelfth place. In the 1960s he also trained the Unia-Lustrzanka Wałbrzych's female team and the male Górnik-Thorez Wałbrzych. In the years 1952-1955 he played 46 in the senior Polish national team. At the European Championship in 1955 (5th place), winning a total of 425 points. There were also his son John, Jolanta's daughter and Marcin, Maci...
born February 19, 2016 in Almaty, Council of Ministers of Kazakhstan SRR (1975-1979), Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (1987-1988). 1949 He graduated from the Alma-Ata Veterinary Institute and became the main zootechnik and deputy head of the agricultural management board in Gurjewo (now Atyrau), then head of the board of the Gurjewski Regional Farm Management Board. Since 1953 in the CPSU, 1953-1960, chairman of the Gurjewski Circle (now the Perimeter Region), from 1960 to October 1963, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Gurjewska Regional Council / Gurjewska Rural District Council. From October 1963 to December 1964, chairman of the Regional Committee of the KPK Regional Council in Gurjewo, from December 1964 to November 1966 the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Gurjewska Regional Council. From November 1966 to 1975 Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Aktiubi Regional Council, 1975-1979 Deputy Chairman of the Co...

Chlyni Lüt

Mount Rigi Chilni Lüüt - in Swiss German: wild folk, legendary figures associated with Mount Rigi in the Western Alps. Wild folk, according to local legends, lived in the ancient times the slopes of Mount Rigi. They were small people, close to the dwarfs, extremely nimble and lively, and more endowed with many supernatural powers. Their children, just after birth, had to remove the spleen, which affected the ability to jump on the mountain slopes with the agility of chamois. wiki

Communion Episcopal

Epiclesis of the Eucharist - a specific form of epiclesis, a prayer of imploring the Holy Spirit to unite the participants of the Mass as a mystical community and make of them (together with Jesus) a sacrifice for God the Father. It is present in the ordinary form of the Roman rite as part of the Eucharistic prayer after sacrificial prayer, and before the intercession prayers for the Church, for the living and the dead. Before the Second Vatican Council, there were five short prayers after the conversion: Unde et memores, Supra quae, Supplices te rogamus, Memento, Nobis quoque. Bibliography wiki

Cosimo Turizio

Cosimo Turizio (born 5 February 1941 in Naples) is an Italian racing driver. Career Turizio started his international racing career in 1973, starting with the European Formula 2 championship, where he did not earn points. In the later years of Italy he also appeared in the MG Metro Challenge Italy, Historic Monaco Grand Prix, Historical Formula 1 and SuperSports Cup. In the European Formula 2 it took place between 1973 and 1976. Only in 1974 earned points. With a score of one point, he was ranked 22nd in the final drivers' classification. Bibliography wiki

Viktor Szapilov

Wiktor Aleksandrowicz Szapiłow (Russian: Виктор Александрович Шаповалов, born 4 March 1965 in Sterlitamak) is a Russian racing driver. Career Szapiłow started his racing career at the turn of 2005 and 2006 after competing in the Dutch Winter Endurance Series. With a score of five, he was ranked 172th overall. In later years, he also competed in the Russian Touring Car Championship, the Dutch Supercar Challenge, the World Touring Car Championship and the Lada Granta Cup. In the World Touring Car Championship, the Russian team competed in 2007-2009 with the Russian team of Russian Bears Motorsport and LADA Sport. But never scored. During the first Brazilian round of the 2009 season, he was ranked thirteenth, which was his best result in the championship. In 2008 he was 21 in the independent driver category. Bibliography wiki

Daniel Buda

Daniel Buda (born January 11, 1970 in Românaşi, Sălaj County) is a Romanian politician and lawyer, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Member of the European Parliament for the VIII term between 2004-2012. Curriculum vitae In 1994 he graduated from Zootechnics at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, and in 1996 he earned a degree in Babeş-Bolyai University in the same city. At this university he obtained a PhD in Philosophy in 2006. In the years 1994-1997 he worked in the city administration, from 1998 to 2007 he practiced as a lawyer, then he obtained the powers of a notary. At the same time, in 1998 he became a lecturer at Babeş-Bolyai University. He joined the Democratic Party, later transformed into the Democratic Liberal Party. Since 2000 he has been the vice chairman of the party in the Cluj region, and in 2006 he headed the regional constituencies. Between 2004 and 2012 he served two terms of office for the Chamber of Deputies. I...

Bruno D'Arsié

Bruno D'Arsié (born July 3, 1960 in Pfaffikon) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist, road racer and mountain-brown medalist. Career Bruno D'Arsié's greatest success came in 1985, when he won the bronze medal in the amateur category at the cross-country championship in Munich. Only Mike Kluge of the GDR was ahead of him and another Swiss, Beat Schumacher. He was also fourth in the same category at the Hägendorf World Cup three years later, losing the podium fight with Danish Henrik Djernis. He also went on road and mountain biking, but with no success. He never performed at the Olympic Games. In 1992 he ended his career. Bibliography wiki

Wanda Moszchenska

Wanda Moszzeńska (born 2 April 1896 in Krzywoszyje in Ukraine, died 18 January 1974 in Warsaw) - historian historiographer, methodologist, mediologist. Curriculum vitae She studied in Moscow (Szaniawski University, Moscow University), from 1918 under the direction of Jan Karol Kochanowski and Marceli Handelsman. Assistant to the Historical Seminary, University of Warsaw, 1924-1926, since 1927 assigned to the University of Warsaw. Doctorate in 1923, habilitation in 1934. She taught until 1939 in Warsaw grammar schools and at the University of Warsaw as a private doc. During the occupation, active in secret teaching. In the years 1942-1945 imprisoned in Pawiak and in concentration camps. Since 1946 at the University of Warsaw, since 1954 the Associate Professor. Since 1946 a full-time lecturer in medieval history at the University of Warsaw. 1954 Associate Professor at the Department of Polish Feudal History / since 1956 in the Chair of Polish History of the 19th and 20th Centuries. ...

Didier Cottaz

Didier Cottaz (born 23 May 1967 in Bourgoin-Jallieu) is a French racing driver. Career Cottaz started his racing career in 1989 after racing in the French Formula Renault. With a score of ten, he was ranked 18th overall. A year later in the same series was already sixth. In subsequent years, he also appeared in French Formula 3, Monaco Formula 3, Formula 3000, Le Mans 24 Hours, Global GT Championship, International Sports Racing Series, American Le Mans Series and FIA Sportscar Championship. In the Formula 3000 Frenchman he competed in 1994-1995 with the British team Paul Stewart Racing. In the first season of the eight races he started, he doubled on the podium. A total of thirteen points earned him a fifth place overall. A year later Cottpa's output was one point. He was ranked # 16 in the final drivers' classification. Bibliography wiki

Eugeniusz Berezowiec

Eugeniusz Berezowiec (born February 26, 1944 in Bielsk Podlaski, November 25, 2013) is a Polish self-government activist, Mayor of the City of Bielsk Podlaski from 2002 to 2013, member of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). He was the son of Alexander and Mary, the eldest of five siblings. He started as a vice-president of Bielsko Podlaski during Andrzej Stepaniuk's term of office. In the first direct elections in 2002, SLD was the rival candidate for Andrzej Stepaniuk's re-election, eventually defeating him with the support of the right-wing (Catholic) electorate against Stepanu, representing the Orthodox Ukrainian and Belarussian minorities. In the next election in 2006, he struggled for a seat with a representative of the Bielsko Coalition, Piotr Bożko, defeating him by a majority of 968 votes. In 2010, he was elected for a third term and died during his term as a result of a heart attack shortly after his mother died. As a mayor, he was criticized for being one of the bes...

Adam Kocko

Adam Kocko, born April 24, 1882 in Szołomyy - died July 1, 1910 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian student activist. He was active in establishing a Ukrainian university in Lviv. He died during the riots at the University of Lviv, depending on the source shot by Polish students or the stray bullet fired by Ukrainian rioters. His death greatly influenced the radicalization of the Ukrainian student movement. His mother was Polish, Salomea Kocko. Grandfather of Adam Kocki (after his side) fought in the Polish national uprising; probably - Kościuszko. Buried in the Lychakiv Cemetery. Bibliography wiki
Czesław Karol Pakosz (born 1776 in Nowogródek, died 1812 in Russian captivity in unknown circumstances) - General Brigade of the Duchy of Warsaw. He was educated at the Knight's School in Warsaw. After the outbreak of insurrection in 1794, he fought on the streets of the capital, then on other battlefields. From 1796 an officer of the Polish Legions in Italy. He participated in all Legion campaigns. In the years 1800-1802 honorary adjutant Tadeusz Kościuszko and unofficial representative of Poland in the French Ministry of War in Paris. From 1806 in the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw. In the Prussian campaign as Chief of Staff of 3rd Division Jan Henryk Dąbrowski. He took part in the battles of Tczew and in the siege of Gdansk, and in 1807 at the Battle of Frydland. From 1809 he was a fligeradiutant of the Prince of Warsaw Frederick Augustus, from whom he was appointed three years later. In 1812 he joined the Confederation of the Polish Kingdom. In 1812 he took part in the invasion...

Fruit and vegetable industry

Fruit processing plant in Armenia The fruit and vegetable industry includes the original and in-depth processing of fruits and vegetables for the following products: Fruit and vegetable industry in Poland In Poland, this industry processes about 60% of fruit and 10-15% of vegetables. Raw material procurement is most often done through contracting, and sometimes by buying on stock exchanges, marketplaces and intermediaries. Today it is one of the major industries in the food industry. There are 1363 companies operating in fruit and vegetable processing, of which 270 are companies on an industrial scale. More than 90% of companies employ up to 50 permanent staff. The fruit and vegetable industry is based on domestic raw materials. Up to 40% of the production is purchased on foreign markets. Poland exports about 500 thousand. t of these products, including fresh fruit and vegetables - about 881 thousand. t, which accounts for 25% of all agri-food exports. : List of countries of th...

Polanka pod Uboczą

Polanka pod Praze - a small clearing in the Polish High Tatras. It is located on the slopes of the North-Eastern hills of the Spišská Mountain, roughly half the length of this slope, between Szásisky (about 1340-1390 m) and Czubá nad Labem (1630 m). It is located at an altitude of about 1440-1460 m. A little below the lower end of the clearing there is a source. Formerly belonged to Hali Morskie Oko, now it is almost completely overgrown: its left (seen from below) is covered with spruce juniper, and the right planted limbs or their own. By the clearing there is a Tatra path leading to Szalasiska with a marked tourist trail from Morskie Oko through Opalone to Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich. wiki

K'inich Kan Bahlam III

Glyph with the name of the ruler K'inich Kan Bahlam III also known as Upakal K'inich or Upakal K'inich Janaab Pakal - Mayan ruler of the city of Palenque and the successor of K'inich Janaab Pakala II. His name does not appear in any inscription in Palenque, which suggests that his rule lasted for a very short time or for some reason was problematic. The only mention about him appears on the stele of Pomona, which was then in the sphere of Palenque's influence. The text refers to the celebration of the calendar cycle of 9 May 751, in which the ruler participated. Because it was a period of serious weakness and constant unrest, the explanation of the king's vague question is perhaps the text from Tonina, which speaks of the victory of the king K'inich Tuun Chapaata over Palenque. There is also an image of a prisoner, but it is not known if it was a Palenque, or one of the nobles because the text under it was destroyed. wiki

Castle Exaltator

Hradná vyvieračka - generous wywierzysko at the southeastern foothills of the Muránska Plain in Slovakia. Position Wywierzysko is located at an altitude of 425 m above sea level, at the south-eastern foothills of the steep slopes of the Cigánka mountain (935 m above sea level), on which the ruins of Murán Castle rise. It is located on the left side of the Muráň - Červená Skala road, about 2.5 km northeast of the first town. Characteristic The wywierzysko has variable performance. The average yield is about 100 l / s, as a minimum - about 30 l / s. The maximum efficiency was estimated at approx. 5,000 l / s, but during the measurements, 8082 l / s were tracked, which is the highest efficiency of the wyryrzyska observed in Slovakia. It is assumed that the wyrzrzyki drains the entire Cigánka massif with the part of the plateau behind it, called Veľká lúka. According to the applications, the well at the castle Murura was to reach up to the level of this wywierzyska (it would have to...

Adam Wolański (numismatist)

Adam Wolański (born October 18, 1852, Werbeń near Beresteczka, died on March 22, 1933 in Krakow) - Polish numismatist. He was a landowner, an agronomist by profession. From 1919, he lived in Krakow. He ordered the numismatic collection of the Czapski Museum. He gave this museum part of his library collections and works of art. he cooperated with the Rewindykacyjna Commission for returning to Poland of cultural goods removed after the partitions to Russia. He was the editor of "Numismatics and Archeology News". From 1919, president of the Numismatic Society in Krakow. Selected publications Bibliography wiki

Colonization in Poland

Colonization in Poland - settlement of unpopulated or sparsely populated areas. The earliest depended on the settlement of prisoners of war. From the 11th century, it was run by "The Rite of Free Visitors". From the twelfth century settling of colonists of Flemish, Walloon and German origin; intensification at the end of the twelfth and first half of XIII century; from the mid-sixteenth to the eighteenth century, Dutch colonization; at the end of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; planned German colonization organized by the partitioning powers during World War II. Bibliography wiki
Visvaldis Lāms (born on July 22, 1923 in Riga, died on August 28, 1992 there) - a Latvian writer. He wrote socio-psychological novels from the life of the workers of the 1930s (Nemiera dunoša pilsēta - Anxiety and the tumult of the city of 1957), about the period of German occupation (Kāvu blāzma - In the light of the Northern Lights in 1958, published in 1989) and the post-war period (Visaugstākais amats - Highest dignity 1968). In his next works, among others Jokdaris un lelle (Doll and comedian 1972) and Trase (Route 1972) treated about the philosophical reflection on the place of man in history. He is also the author of many stories and novels. Bibliography wiki

Han Yong-un

Han Yong-un, pseud. Manhae (born August 29, 1879 in Hongseong, died June 29, 1944) - Korean poet, independence activist, Buddhist monk. In 1919 he was one of the 22 signatories of the independence of Korea, which initiated the uprising against Japan. He created an innovative philosophical poetry as an expression of the author's reflections on human nature, and in 1926 he published a collection of poems, ŭi ch'immuk (His silence, the Polish translation of five of them appeared in Literature in the world 1992 No. 2). Bibliography wiki

Antoni Ulryk (Prince of Saxony-Meiningen)

Ulrich (born 22 October 1687 in Meiningen, died 27 January 1763 in Frankfurt am Main) - Prince of Saxony-Meiningen. He was from the Wettin family. His dominion was part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. He was born as the youngest son of the Prince of Saxony-Meiningen Bernard I and his second wife Elisabeth Eleonora of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. He entered the throne after the immediate death of his half-brother Frederick William 10 March 1746. He was twice married and had eighteen children. After his death, the son - Prince Karol Wilhelm. Succeeded. Bibliography wiki

Peter Jerphilov

Ivanovich Jerphilov (Russian: Пётр Иванович Ерпилов, born 3 September 1926, died 25 April 2005 in Moscow) is a Soviet party activist. Curriculum vitae In the years 1943-1945 he served in the Red Army, participated in the war with Germany, since 1950 worked as an engineer and technician. In 1953 he became a member of the CPSU, since 1960 he was a party officer. Between 1979-1982 he served as Second Secretary of the Regional Committee of the NCP in Kokchetta, and from 1982 to October 22, 1988 I Secretary of the Regional Committee of the NCP in Pavlodar, then retired. From February 25, 1986 to April 25, 1989, he was a member of the Central Census Commission of the CPSU. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from the 9th to 11th tenure. He was buried in the Trojekurow Cemetery. Bibliography wiki

Lady with wet head (novel)

The girl with wet head - Kornel Makuszyński's novel published in 1932. Contents Thirteen year old Irenka Borowska brings joyful and carefree life in her hometown. He spends time on a carefree play with a faithful dog Drab. Meanwhile, the family's assets are falling due to the economic crisis. Father to repay the drawn debt, piece by piece sells meadows and forests. During the felling of trees, drowned with oak. Borowski's property is auctioned off. Irene, in an attempt to help her mother, secretly leaves for Warsaw, where her rich aunt lives. She's hoping she'll get her help ... adaptations Bibliography wiki

Intermediate Żleb (Starostobocia Valley)

View from Trizniowian Wierch Indirect sludge on the western slopes of the Ornak massif in the Western Tatras. Falls from the Dry Orieri Valley to the central part of the Starorobocia Valley. The upper part of the funnel expands into two troughs; One walks under the Oriel Passage, the other under the ridge of Ornak on the northern side of Suchy Wierch Orlicz. At an altitude of about 1280 m, a black tourist trail cuts through the hills. In the winter, the avalanche goes down with a gulp. It is in the upper part of the grassy, ​​which is conducive to the formation of avalanches, the bottom of the slope is overgrown with forest, but the trough of the slope is non-forested. Formerly, the area around the dike was a grazing area of ​​the Old Robo Hall. Other pastoral names of mules have been preserved on the maps, and the slopes in the vicinity of the slab include: Great Rohacz, Intermediate Stations, Extreme Worms, Skorześniak. wiki

Árpád Pédery

Árpád Pédery (born February 1, 1891 in Budapest, October 21, 1914, in the eastern part of the Łużek Gorny village) - Hungarian gymnast, Olympic medalist. He competed in the V Summer Olympics held in Stockholm in 1912. He started there in one gym competition. In a team match in the standard system, with a score of 45.45 points, he finished second with the team, losing only with the Italian team. He represented the colors of the Budapest-based NTE club. Bibliography wiki

Arthur Chevrolet

Arthur Chevrolet (born April 25, 1884 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, April 16, 1946, Slidell) is a Swiss-American racing driver and car manufacturer. Career In his career, Chevrolet has competed mainly in the United States in the AAA Championship Car Championship and the accompanying championship of the famous Indianapolis 500 race. In his first season, in 1910, with 135 points, he finished 22nd in the final drivers' classification. In the 1911 and 1916, he only competed in the Indianapolis 500, but did not reach the finish line. In 1929, Arthur and his brother Louis founded an airline company in which they did not succeed. After the sale, the American took up the construction of racing cars and became one of the pioneers in this field. His efforts have been appreciated by typing his name into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame gallery. Museum in 1990. Bibliography wiki

Władysław Pokrzepa

Władysław Kazimierz Pokrzepa (born 1948 in Mzurowej, died November 10, 2002 in Kielce) - Polish teacher, manager, self-government. Curriculum vitae He graduated from the Kielce Technical School and studied at the Higher School of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. In the early 1980's, he started working in the Building School Complex in Kielce, becoming its director. Since 1985 he has been employed in the construction company Exbud, and in 1995 he became the director of the staff policy office. In 2000 he was elected a member of the Board of Gdańsk Road Works Enterprise. This function was canceled at the end of 2001. From 1979 to 1982 he was deputy head of the Economic Department of the Provincial Committee of the PZPR. He belonged to the SLD. In 1998 he was elected councilor of the 1st term of the Sejmik of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. In the years 2001-2002 he was its chairman, previously a vice president. In 2002 he was re-ele...

Rotomat

Rotomat - powered by a battery or power supply, a device for storing watches with automatic tension and for turning them. Rotameters are used when the owner of an automatic watch does not wear a timer or if he or she has at least two automatic wristwatches. This is especially useful when the watch is equipped with complications - such as a calendar or moon phase indication. Rotomat is used to store one to several watches, putting them in a circular motion similar to the movements of the watch worn by the owner. Continuous movement of the watch prevents thickening of the lubricant, which in turn translates into its longer service life. Bibliography wiki

Massimiliano Busnelli

Massimiliano "Max" Busnelli (born October 17, 1980 in Toledo) is an Italian racing driver. Career Busnelli started his racing career in 1996 with the start of the Italian Formula Renault Cmapus, where he won five podiums, including three times his highest. He won a master title there. In the later years of Italy he also appeared at the French Formula Renault Formula, Formula Renault European Formula, Italian Formula 3, European Formula 3000, 3000 Pro Series, F3000 International Masters, A1 Grand Prix, FIA GT Championship, Spanish GT Championship, Italian GT Championship, the Italian Porsche Carrera Cup and the Porsche Carrera World Cup. Bibliography wiki

Martine de Schutter

Martine de Schutter (born 14 March 1965, 17 July 2014) is a Dutch AIDS activist. came from Heijningen village in North Brabant. She was an anthropologist of culture. She started her career at the World Health Organization (WHO) in South America. She then worked for AIDS Action Europe, which has more than 400 AIDS organizations. She was the director of the Bridging the Gaps program. She died in the plane crash of Malaysia Airlines 17 on 17 July 2014, flying as a delegate to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. wiki

Cutting Machine

Fissore is an Italian automotive company, active in the years 1920-2000. History The origins of this Turin car factory dates back to 1920. It was founded by four Fissore brothers - Antonio, Bernardo, Constanzo and Giovanni. They moved from cars to cars and trucks. They designed and built bodies for Monteverdi sports and entertainment cars, as well as off-road Safari vehicles. Military Militari began to produce after the children of the founding fathers and one of the former leaders reorganized the company and gave it a new name, Rayton Fissore. The constant change of cadre, the rivalry and the clashes of several generations of clan families, and the shock of the 1973 and 1984 crises have yielded fatal results. However, production of vehicles survived until the end of the century. Although Rayton Fissore officially ceased to exist in 1988, it still operated under the same name in 1988-1992, and was known as Magnum Automobili in 1998-2000. wiki

Wieslaw Urbański

Wiesław Urbanski (born September 21, 1957 in Pajęczno) is an anti-Communist opposition activist in the People's Republic of Poland. He graduated from the Technical School in Czestochowa. In the years 1979-1985 he was a student of the University of Lodz (law and history). Since 1979 he has been a member of the opposition organization - the Movement for the Defense of Human and Citizenship and the Polish Youth Movement. Member of the Program Council of the Polish Young Movement. Participant of the demonstration on November 11, 1979 and "Katyn" in April 1980. Co-founder of the Independent Association of Students of the University of Lodz, then Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the University Commission of the University of Lodz. Delegate to the 1st National Congress of Delegates of NZS in Cracow. Co-organizer of the Lodz student strike in 1981. January 21, 1981, together with Wojciech Walczak, announces a strike on UŁ. Co-author of many political demands and a negotiator with...

Tojiali Boboyev

Tadżyali Babajewicz Babayev) (born March 10, 1908 in Marg'ilon, May 26, 1984) - Junior Sergeant of the Red Army, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). Honors And medals. wiki

Gimmick

Kikka, the owner. Kirsi Hannele Sirén (born October 26, 1964 in Tampere, December 3, 2005 in Nokia), Finnish singer. She was one of the most popular singers in Finland at the turn of the 80s and 90s. Her image of the blonde with a prominent bust was related to such artists as Samantha Fox and Sabrina Salerno. Three of her albums were platinum status, two - gold. The most popular songs of Kikki were Mä haluun viihdyttää, Sukkula Venukseen, Tartu tiukasti hanuriin, Apinamies. Her career was interrupted by health problems; She died at the age of 41 for a heart attack. discography wiki

rad Dougall

Career Dougall started his career in international car races in 1975 from the start of the Ford Formula Festival. He finished third in the race. In subsequent years, he also appeared in British Formula 3 BRDC Vandervell, Donington Trophy, British Formula 3 BARC BP Super Visco, European Formula 2 and British Saloon Car Championship. In the European Formula 2, South Africa started in 1978-1980. In the first season of the race in nine races once stood on the podium. The five points earned him the 13th place in the final drivers' classification. A year later he started in twelve races. He stood on the podium twice and once on his highest level. With 19 points, he finished fifth overall. In 1980, he did not earn points. Bibliography wiki

Inpumon-in no tayu

Inpumon-in no tayū, ilustracja z Ogura Hyakunin-isshu Inpumon-in no tayū, born in about 1131, died about 1200), a Japanese poet who created Heian and Kamakura. Admitted to the Thirty Six Masters of Poetry. Known as "Tayū Thousand Lines." Daughter of Fujiwara no Nobunari. Served as a lady of the court of Princess Ryōshi (known as Inpumon-in, daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa), and in 1192 she became a Buddhist nun with her. She actively participated in literary life, taking part in numerous poetry competitions. She belonged to a circle of poets associated with Shun. She left behind a private collection of poems (Inpumon-in tayūru shū). Sixty-five of her works were published in the imperial anthologies of poetry. One of her poems was also chosen for Ogura Hyakunin-isshu. Authoritative control (person): wiki

Hennadij Boholubow

Hennadij Wałerijowicz Boholubov, born ен 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Curriculum vitae In 1985 he graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Civil Engineering. In 1990, Igor Kolomojski began trading computers. In 1991 the partners registered their first "Sentoza" company, which operates to this day. In March 1992, together with Igor Kolomoisky, Oleksiyem Martyna and Serhiy Tihipko, he founded "Prywatbank". Creates the overall strategy of the PrivatBank Group. Group of assets includes metallurgical plants and mining and processing complexes in Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Poland and the United States. Oil and fuel trade through an extensive network of petrol stations. Food industry. Banks, including one of the largest financial institutions in Ukraine - Private bank. President of the Jewish Community in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He is actively involved in community charities. In 2006, he ranked fourth in the ranking of the richest people in Uk...

The Martyrs' Age

The Age of Martyrs (lat. aera martyrum) - the counting system used in ancient Egypt. The beginning of the era was 29 August 284. At the end of the third century, Egypt was introduced after the Roman era, a new era beginning with the entry of Emperor Diocletian in 284, and hence also referred to as the "Diocletian era." As regards its methodology, it is the continuation of the Nabonassar era, its beginning on the New Year of the Egyptian calendar, that is, on the 1st day of the month tot, which after the reform of the calendar, carried out by the emperor Octavian August, fell on August 29. The years counted according to this era have 365.25 days - as in the Julian calendar, it does not exist, so already characteristic of the Nabonassar era and the Philippine era backward dates of the New Year. In the 19th year of the Diocletian's Age (303), the greatest persecution of Christians in Rome began, and in Christian communities this way of counting began to be called the ...

Jan Olski

Jan Kalikstowicz Olski, Russian Ян Каликстович Ольский (born 1898 in the village of Butrymovichi in the Troksky Troop, November 27, 1937 in Moscow) - Polish revolutionary activist, Soviet special services officer and then state activist . He was born under the name of Kulikowski. In 1914 he became involved in the activities of the Polish social-democratic movement. In 1917 he joined the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, and then to the Social Democratic Labor Party of Russia (Bolshevik). He actively participated in the Bolshevik revolution. From November this year he served as secretary of the Polish section of the Petrograd Committee RSDRP (b). He then worked at the Polish Dept. of National Narcotics. In early 1918 he joined the newly formed Bolshevik army. It was directed under the false name of Olski to underground intelligence activities in the area of ​​the Vilnius province. From August 1919 he served in CzeKa. He headed the 16th Special Forces Division. I...

Phosphodiester bonding

Phosphodiester bonding scheme Phosphodiester bonding - chemical bond formed by the combination of two hydroxyl groups by a phosphate group. Phosphodiester binding in nucleic acids Phosphodiester binding in nucleic acids binds the nucleotides in the DNA and RNA chains, by combining with the fifth carbon atom in the deoxyribose group of the one nucleotide third carbon atom of the second nucleotide deoxyribose. Enzymes that hydrolyze the internucleotide phosphodiester bond are nucleases. wiki

Sima (architecture)

Simplified examples of performing sims in antiquity (upper figure) and in the Middle Ages (bottom drawing) Sima (architecture) - a stone or ceramic gutter in the shape of an upturned skirting board, used to drain rainwater from the roof, placed above the cornice above the entablature finished with gargoyles. Gargoyles in antiquity most often had the shape of a lion's mouth. In wooden construction (houses), gutters of this type were made of wood. In the Middle Ages, simra was often made as a groove in the upper surface of the wall or a cornice cornice (an example of such a building may be a church in Buk near Szczecin). Sims once fulfilled the function of today's gutters. The basic difference between sim and gutter is that sims were closely related to the building (they were an integral part of it) and could not be dismantled in any way. wiki

Adolf Sobieraj

Adolf Kazimierz Sobieraj (born October 1, 1946 in Koryczany) - Polish agriculture engineer, member of the Seym of the People's Republic of the 7th term. Curriculum vitae He was active in the Union of Young Struggles, the Association of Polish Students and the Socialist Union of Rural Youth. He was awarded the title of agricultural engineer at the Agricultural Department of the University of Agriculture in Poznań in 1970. Then he completed an internship at PGR Trzebienice, he was also an organizer of agriculture services at the Commune Cooperative in Janowiec. Then he started running his own farm, specializing in breeding dairy cattle and young beef cattle. He sat in the plenum of the Provincial Committee of the United People's Party. In 1976, he was elected to the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic in the district of Dąbrowa Górnicza. He sat on the Foreign Trade Committee and in the Education and Education Committee. In addition, he served as secretary of the Sejm. B...

Tiger with Champawat

A tiger from Champawat - the most famous of the Bengal tigers killing people at the turn of the 19th and 20th century in the Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand in India. 436 animal deaths have been documented. The tiger was shot by the famous hunter of the great cats, Jim Corbett in 1907. It was the first of about 10 hunted man-eaters in Corbett's career. Studies on the body of the animal showed that it had completely destroyed two fangs, which could prevent hunting for its natural victims. wiki

Luca D'Andrea

Luca D'Andrea (born in 1979 in Bolzano) - an Italian writer. Also known under the pseudonym GL D'Andrea, he published the fantasy trilogy for youth Wunderkind. He gained popularity by creating a scenario for the mountain drama series Mountain Heroes, presenting the history of life and actions of mountain rescuers in the Dolomites. The success of the series inspired the young artist to write the essence of evil, a thriller that became a hit of the Book Fair (in London). Before the premiere in Italy, over 30 publishers from around the world bought the rights to publish. wiki

Half Canowa

Ilijana Dimitrova Canova, a bulge. Илияна Димитрова Цанова (born on January 19, 1976 in Sofia) - Bulgarian economist, financier, public and European official, in 2013 and in 2014, deputy prime minister. Curriculum vitae She graduated in 1998 at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia. In 2000-2001, she completed post-graduate studies in financial management at George Washington University. From 1996, she worked in banking, in the years 2001-2003 she was an auditor in the Bulgarian branch of the Deloitte company. From 2003 to 2015, with breaks for the period of performing government functions, employed at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. She was involved in the organization and implementation of infrastructure investments mainly in Southeastern Europe, including the use of EU funds. She chaired the board of directors of the MIDF urban infrastructure development fund. Twice as a temporary governor, she was the deputy prime minister respo...

André Antoine

André Antoine (born January 31, 1858 in Limoges, died October 19, 1943 in Le Pouliguen) - French director, actor, leading representative of naturalism in the theater. Curriculum vitae After he was not admitted to the famous Conservatoire acting school at the Comédie-Française in Paris, he joined the team of amateur society fans of the Cercle Gaulois theater. In 1887, he founded Théâtre Libre, in which he tried to implement Zola's program (he was completely defeated on stage). He staged m.in. realistic works of French writers - Maupassant, Goncourt, Porto-Riche, de Vigny, Balzac and Zola. As the first in France, he staged plays by Tolstoy (The Power of Darkness 1888), Ibsen (Phantoms 1890, Wild Duck 1891), Strindberg (Panna Julia 1893), Hauptmann (Weavers 1893), while trying to bring the stage conventions closer to the truth of life and break with convention and universalism of decorations and canons of a romantic acting school. In performances, he cared to subordinate the actor...

Anatoly Szwiecow

Anatoly Ivanovich Shevchenko (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Швецов, born June 21, 1906 in Ufijsky County, died January 12, 1969 in Moscow) is a Soviet party and state activist. Curriculum vitae From June to September 1926 he worked in the factory WKP (b), from September 1926 to June 1929 he was the secretary of the council of the settlement, since 1928 belonged to the WKP (b). From June 1928 to February 1931, he headed the General Department and the Propaganda Department of the WKP Committee (b) and was the deputy head of the Department of Trade and Finance of the Aszzi Metallurgical Works. In 1931 he became a lecturer of the management courses of the State Bank of the USSR. From February 1932 to June 1934 he was the manager of the urban branch of the State Bank of the USSR in Krasnodar, from June 1934 to November 1938 the manager of the urban branch of the State Bank of the USSR in Kiziele, and from November 1938 to January 1938 the chairman of the executive committee of the City Counci...

Jekatierina Mironowa

Jekatierina Stiepanovna Mironova (Russian: Екатерина Степановна Миронова, born 3 November 1977 in Krasnoyarsk) - Russian skeletonist, silver medalist of the world championship. Career The biggest success of her career came in 2003 when she won a silver medal at the Nagano World Cup. In these competitions, Michelle Kelly from Canada and Tristan Gale from the USA. It was the only medal won by her at an international party of that rank. It was also the fifth in the two years before the World Cup in Calgary. In 2002, she started at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, taking seventh place. It was on the podium of the World Cup twice: December 12, 2008 in Igls was third, and Lake Placid took second place on December 20, 2001. Bibliography wiki

Conversation or Dyjalog about the execution of the Polish Crown

Interview or Dyjalog about the execution of the Polish Crown - polemical dialogue by Stanisław Orzechowski, published in Krakow in 1563. The work was created during the peak period of the egeek movement. The subject matter is both issues of the gentry state and religious matters. The work takes the form of a dialogue between the Host, the Pope (Catholic) and the Protestant (Protestant). The situation of the interlocutors is not equal in the composition. On the Pope's comment, the Evangelist often finds no convincing arguments. Bibliography wiki

Anzelmas Armonas

Anzelmas Armonas (born October 27, 1937 in the Rosny area) is the head of the KGB of the Lithuanian SRR (1991). 1955-1960 studied at the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, then worked at the construction site in Klaipeda. From August 19, 1962, Lieutenant, on August 29, 1962, worked in KGB Klaipeda and Lithuanian Baltic Sea as an operational agent and senior operational agent, promoted to captain on November 1, 1965. December 1968 at the major. December 3, 1963 Head of Branch 3, Deputy Chief of Staff of the KGB Klaipeda and Lithuanian Baltic Coast, December 14, 1972, Lieutenant Colonel, April 30, 1975 Colonel, 1978 Listener of three months courses, May 7, 1988 Head of the KGB 2 Lithuanian SRR. Since November 1990 General and Deputy Chairman of the KGB Lithuanian Ministry of Human Resources - Head of Personnel Department, from 29 August to October 1991 KGB Chief of the Lithuanian SRR; In practice, the Lithuanian SSR has not existed since 20 August 1991 and Lithuania was an independent sta...

Eiki Matayoshi

Eiki Matayoshi (Japanese 又 吉 栄 喜, born July 15, 1947 in Urasoe) is a Japanese writer. He studied at the Faculty of Law and Literature at the University of the Ryukyus in Naha. Between 1971 and 1999 he worked in the Urasoe city administration. The theme of his early works (in the 70s and 80s) was related to the socio-political situation in Okinawa. These works were initially locally popular, the novel by Jōji ga shasatsu shita inoshishi (George shot the wild boar) in 1977 received the Kyushu Literary Award, and Gin'yashik (Villa) Subaru Award in 1980. After a six-year hiatus, he returned in 1995 to the novel Buta no mukui (The Curse of the Swine), which brought him wider acclaim and received the " Akutagawa. It started a new period in the work of Matayoshi, whose weight has shifted to the functioning of ancient customs and rituals in the lives of modern Okinawa. In 1999, Matayoshi resigned from the office to devote himself to writing. Two of his works were filmed. "B...

Sophie Amber Lascelles

Sophie Amber Lascelles (born October 1, 1973 in Thorpeness) - daughter of James Lascelles and Frederici Anna Duhrseen and granddaughter of George Lascalles. Curriculum vitae She was born on October 1, 1973 in Thorpeness as daughter of James Lascelles and Frederici Anne Duhrseen. In the early 1990s she worked at the Footsbarn Traveling Theater. He is currently photographing. June 11, 2011, her husband was Timothy Pearce, who had been Lilianda Rose Pearce's parents one year earlier. wiki

Hayes Peninsula

Hayes (Hayes Halvø) - Greenland peninsula in the northern part of its west coast. It consists of Inglefield's Earth, which is the westernmost point of Greenland, Cape Alexander (Ullersuaq). From the east lies the Knud Rasmussen Earth. From the north-west, the peninsula is covered with the Strait of Smith and the south of Melville Bay, part of the Baffin Sea. It is administered by the municipality of Qaasuitsup. It is located in Qaanaaq town, small settlements such as Savissivik, and Thule air base. The peninsula was named in honor of the American Arctic explorer, Isaac Hayes. wiki

Timofiej Kaczin

Timofiej Fiedotowicz Kaczin (born 1900 in the village of Bolszaj Rębka in the Kabanów district of the Gubernia Irkutsk, died in February 1983 at the Course) - Lieutenant Colonel of the NKVD, executioner of the Katyn massacre. He had a secondary education, from 1928 he was an OGPU officer and a member of the WKP (b), was appointed junior lieutenant on March 22, 1936, and on January 29, 1937 he was a state security lieutenant. From November 1939 to June 1942 he was assisted by the head and deputy head of the NKVD of the Kaliningrad Oblast (now known as Twerska Oblast), in this position he participated in the murder of Polish prisoners of war in Ostaszkow. On 26 October 1940 he was rewarded by the Interior Commissioner of the USSR Lavrovia Beria . From June 1946, deputy head of the MWD board of the Kursk region, since January 8, 1949 Head of the Unit for Fight against Banditism of the MWD Board of the Kursk region, later deputy Head of the MGB District Board of the Kursk Oblast , April ...

Otto Wacker (forger)

Otto Wacker (born August 11, 1898, October 13, 1970) is a German art dealer, Vincent van Gogh's forger. He came from Düsseldorf and was trading with paintings. In the early 1920s he also performed as a dancer under the pseudonym Olindo Lowael. In January 1927, he presented thirty-three van Gogh canvasses in Berlin, allegedly a few years earlier, from a Russian immigrant living in Switzerland whose identity could not be revealed for safety reasons. Reproductions of paintings from the Wacker collection were included in the van Gogh's catalog published by de la Faille. Their authenticity soon began to raise suspicions and divided the art critics' camp into two opposing camps. As the collector continued to refuse to reveal the exact origin of the images, the prosecutor's office investigated the case in December 1928. An analysis carried out in the course of the investigation excluded the authenticity of canvases, while investigators at Wacker's brother found anothe...

Iwan Szkott

Iwan Andreeevich Szkott, Russian Иван Андреевич Шкотт (born November 14, 1903 in Moscow, May 19, 1933 in Paris) is a Russian writer and columnist, literary activist. In 1920 he graduated from the working class school in Moscow. In 1921 he began his chemistry studies at the physics-mathematics faculty of the Moscow University. In the spring of 1924 he was arrested by the OGPU. After the trial, he was sentenced to mails sent to the Narymian Region. In the spring of 1925 he managed to run away, then in October this year illegally crossed the Soviet-Polish border. In Poland he was arrested, but he was soon released. In January 1926 he arrived in France. He worked in a metallurgical factory. Then he settled in Paris. He taught mathematics privately. In 1928 he joined the literary group "Koczewje". He graduated from Russian Technical School. He wrote in "Wola Rossii" and "Poslednije Novosti". In 1929 he wrote a novel titled " "Malchicas and Diewoczki...

Junji Itō

Junji Itō (Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese manga artist in the horror genre. His most famous works are "Tom", the story of an immortal girl, "Uzumaki" - a three-volume series about a city hanging over the curse of a spiral. Many are called the successor of Kazuo Umezu, another mangaka that creates comic horror. Curriculum vitae Junji Itō was born on July 31, 1963 in Japan, in Gifu Prefecture. He is a dental technician. In 1987 he received an honorary award from Gekkan Halloween magazine after the publication of a short story by Tom. In 1998 he published his Uzumaki work, which brought him fame in Japan. wiki

Anna Minkowska

Anna Minkowska from the House of Zand (born 19 June 1891 in Warsaw, died 19 December 1969) - Polish historian, specialist in Polish insurrections in the nineteenth century. Curriculum vitae She studied in Zurich and Munich. Doctorate in 1920 under the direction of Marceli Handelsman. In the interwar period a teacher in secondary schools in Warsaw, during the occupation, was active in secret teaching. After the war she worked at the Folk University in Pomerania led by Fr. John Zieja. Selected publications Bibliography wiki

Michela Giuffrida

Michela Giuffrida (born January 12, 1964 in Catania) is an Italian journalist with ties to Sicily and a politician, Member of the European Parliament for the eighth term. Curriculum vitae Graduated in communication science, in 1988 she became a journalist in regional television Telecolor. In 2006 she became the director of the PrimaLinea TG information program. In 2012 she was employed at Antenna Sicilia as director of information programs. She also co-operated with the daily La Repubblica. In 2014, the Democratic Party was elected MEP. Honored with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic V class. wiki

Heinrich Gottong

Heinrich Gottong - German racial anthropologist, doctor at the Institute of German Studies in the East. During World War II he directed, among other things, the nearly three-year racial studies of the inhabitants of the village of Markowa and its surroundings, in the area of ​​the then General Governorate, to demonstrate that they are descendants of German settlers from Saxony. The results of his work were published in Markow's paper - ein polnisches Dorf? in the published edition of the Jagiellonian University (in fact the Institute of German Works in the East) in 1942, the book Das Generalgouvenement. The research materials collected by Dr. Gottong were initially deposited in Cracow, and then evacuated by the archives of the Institute of East German Labor, brought to the territory of the Reich. When the war was over, the documents were taken by the Allies to the United States. Racial research conducted in the General Government, including Dr. Gottong's work, was devoted to...

Jan Fojcik

Jan Fojcik (born 4 May 1888 in Obroki, a settlement in Załężu (now a district of Katowice, died December 23, 1975 in Chorzów) - social activist, columnist, editor of "Śpiewak Śląski". Curriculum vitae He was born into a working-class family, graduated elementary school. He wanted to be a locksmith, but spent his whole life singing and social music in Silesia. He started at the chorus "Unity" in Bytom. For 45 years (with a break forced by the outbreak of World War II) he worked in the Silesian Songs Association, as a treasurer and then secretary. He co-organized the annual rallies of Polish choirs on Zadol (now Katowice Ligota). In 1920 he co-founded the literary and musical monthly "Śpiewak Śląski", for four years (1922-26) he was its editor-in-chief, and throughout the existence of someone like the administrative director. He published reviews and articles on musicology, as well as publications on the history of Polish singing in Silesia. Author of...
Paul Torday (born 1 August 1946, 18 December 2013) is a British writer, businessman specializing in maritime engineering. He debuted at the age of 60 with a humorous novel "Salmon Fishing in Yemen" (2007), which sold more than half a million copies in the UK alone. The book was in 2011 screened by Lasse Hallström under the title of Catching Happiness in Yemen. In the last years of his life he suffered from cancer, but he published at least one book every year. He died on December 18, 2013 Bibliografia author wiki

Andrzej Kwiecinski

Andrzej Kwiecinski (born in 1984) is a Polish composer of classical music. He graduated from the State College of Music. Jozef Elsner in Warsaw, 2005-2011 studied at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Kwiecinski is a laureate of the scholarship. Henriëtte Bosmans Prize 2011 and the first prize at Young Masters XXI (2010) Composer Competition. In 2014 Kwiecinski's song "Canzon de 'baci" won the young composers category at the International Composers' Tribune in Helsinki. Selected compositions Bibliography wiki

DJ, Take Me Away

DJ, Take Me Away - a single of the Bulgarian Deep Zone Project, recorded with DJ Balthazar, with whom they performed at the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest as a representative of Bulgaria. The song was recorded and released in 2008. The producer, creator of the music and the text was Dian Savov. Eurovision Song Contest On February 23, 2008, the finale of the Bulgarian pre-selection to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 took place, which ended successfully with the Deep Zone Project & amp; DJ Balthazar, who with the song "DJ, Take Me Away" won the audience's recognition and became a representative of Bulgaria during the festival. The band won 15.37% of the votes, only 0.1% more than the second place winner Georgi Hristov & amp; Gianni Fiorellino. In the second semi-final, which took place on May 22, 2008, the song reached # 12 and did not qualify for the final. wiki

Herman Saltups

Hermanis Saltups (born 16 May 1901 in Riga, died 27 January 1968 in Riga) - Latvian psychiatrist, football player. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and the University of Halle. In 1936, as the first doctor in Latvia, he introduced schizophrenia and insulin therapy. Results announced next year. He was the goalkeeper of Latvia's first national football team and participated in the first international match of the Latvian national team (September 24, 1922). He is buried in Riga's Forest Cemetery. wiki

Zelatorzy

Growers - people who lead groups of the living Rosary, that is the so-called. "Roses" or "Rosary Wheels", consisting of 15 or 20 persons (after the modification of the rosary introduced by St. John Paul II in the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae published on 16 October 2002). Each member of the Rose is obliged to recite one of the mysteries of the Rosary, directed by a male or female (female group), for a month. Every once in a month, most often it is the first Sunday of the month, it organizes a prayer meeting for its subordinate. wiki

Frederick Peter Dunin

Frederick Peter Dunin of the coat of arms of Łabędź (March 27, 1788) was a major general in 1758, a starost of zator from 1744, a deputy from the duchy of Auschwitz and a zator for the coronation of 1764, a deputy of the Duchy of Auschwitz and Zator for Sejm Repninowski. / p> At the time of the election in 1764, as the electoral commissioner for the Diet, he became the general judge of the hood. In 1778 he was a member of the Cracow Commission of Good Order. In 1781 he became a bishop of the Order of St. Stanislaus. Bibliography wiki

Fabian Sebastian Cholewski

Fabian Sebastian Cholewski - Sochaczew Land Judge in 1787, sochaczewski subordinate in 1784, Sochaczew sochaczewski in 1785, sochaczewski hunter in 1777, sochaczewski smaller sovereign in 1773. He was a Member of the Warsaw Land for Sejm in 1784, a Member of Sochaczew Land for Sejm in 1786. He was a member of the Warsaw Order of Good Order in 1788. Member of the Rosary for the four-year Seym in 1788. In 1791 he became a bishop of the Order of St. Stanislaus. Bibliography wiki

Zbigniew Ludwik Ernst

Zbigniew Ludwik Ernst (born 1905, died 1975 in Guildford, Surrey, Great Britain) - Polish chemist, lecturer at the University of Surrey. Curriculum vitae He studied at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Poznań, in 1935 he obtained a master's degree in philosophy in the field of chemistry. At the same time, from 1934 he lectured, in 1938 he presented his doctoral thesis. During the Second World War he was arrested and imprisoned in Oflag VII A Murnau. After the war, he decided to emigrate to Great Britain. From 1948 he was assistant professor and head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Polish University College, from 1953 he was a lecturer and from 1958 a senior lecturer in physical chemistry at the Battersea College of Technology. In 1964 he became a lecturer in physical chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Surrey. The remaining achievements in the form of twelve scientific papers in the field of chemistry, which he co-signed with his c...

Lira (Kalwos)

Lira (gr Λύρα) - a collection of poems of the romantic Greek poet Andreas Kalwosa, published in 1824 in Geneva. The series consists of a Prologue and ten parts entitled, Faithful Homeland, Praise, Death, Holy Host, Musics, Na Chios, Na Parga, Agarenów, Freedom and Ocean. Kalwosa's lyrics are characterized by a varied birth certificate. The work was translated into Polish and published in the third volume of the series of Masterpieces of Modern Greek Literature edited by Małgorzata Borowska. Individual interpreters were translated by Małgorzata Borowska, Karolina Berezowska, Justyna Jezior, Katarzyna Kosim, Paweł Krupka, Jacek Raszewski and Filip Taranienko. Bibliography wiki

Jan Mendel

Jan Mendel (born December 6, 1933 in Bielsko-Biała) - Polish mechanical engineer and communist activist, deputy to the Sejm of the 6th parliamentary term. Curriculum vitae From 1957 he worked at the "Bispol" Bolt Factory in Bielsko-Biała, where he was successively a helper of the automatic setter, setter, workshop technologist, departmental technologist and deputy chief technologist. In 1965 he became a graduate of extramural studies at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. In 1966, he was transferred to Lewin Brzeski, where he became the chief engineer in the branch of the plant in order to launch a new production profile. Until 1964 he was a member of the Socialist Youth Union. He was active in the Polish United Workers' Party, where in 1965 he became the second secretary of the POP and lecturer in party training in "Bispol". In 1969, he was a member of the Town Committee of the party in Lewin Brzeski, as well as in the ideological committee ...

Pawieł Korobow

Pawiał Iwanowicz Korobow (Russian: Павел Иванович Коробов, born August 29, 1902 in Makeevka, died August 17, 1965 in Moscow) - Soviet industrial and state activist, the Hero of Socialist Work (1943). Curriculum vitae From 1916 he worked at the metallurgical plant in Makeevka, including as a locksmith's assistant and locksmith, in 1938 he graduated from the Moscow Mining Academy, in 1928-1933 he worked as a mining foreman and mining engineer in Jenakijew. In the years 1933-1936 he was the head of the workshop in the industrial plant in Dnipropetrovsk, in 1934 he joined the WKP (b), in January 1936 he became the head of the metallurgical workshop in Magnitogorsk, from November 1936 to March 1937 he was the chief engineer. From March 1937 to February 1939 he was the director of a metallurgical plant in Magnitogorsk, which at that time became the leader of black metallurgy in the USSR and one of the leading industrial plants in the country. From February 1939 to January 1954 he was ...