University College. The university owes its first origins to the Schools of Art and Science established in Reading in 1860 and 1870. In 1892, the College at Reading was founded as an extension college by Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford.The first president was the geographer Sir Halford John Mackinder, and the college's first home was the old hospitium …

The Nogais (Nogai: Ногай, Noğay /noˈɣaj/, plural: Ногайлар, Noğaylar /noɣajˈlar/) are a Turkic ethnic group who live in the North Caucasus region. Most are found in Northern Dagestan and Stavropol Krai, as well as in Karachay-Cherkessia and Astrakhan Oblast; some also live in Chechnya, Dobruja (Romania and Bulgaria), Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and a …

Pristina is the official capital. Prizren is the historic capital of Kosovo.; Two currencies are used in Kosovo - the Euro is unilaterally approved even though Kosovo is not a formal member of the eurozone, and the Serbian Dinar is used mainly in Serb-majority areas.; XK is a "user assigned" ISO 3166 code not designated by the standard, but used by the European Commission, …