Pyatigorsk (Russian: Пятиго́рск; Circassian: Псыхуабэ, Psıxwabæ) is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia located on the Podkumok River, about 20 kilometers (12 mi) from the town of Mineralnye Vody where there is an international airport and about 45 kilometers (28 mi) from Kislovodsk.Since January 19, 2010, it has been the administrative center of the North …

Kazan 1552 yılından sonra İslamî şehir kimliğini kaybederek bir Hristiyan şehri kimliğine büründü ve 19. yüzyılın ikinci yarısına kadar bu özelliğini korudu. Kazan’ın Rus hakimiyetine geçmesinden sonra Çarlık Rusyası ilk defa Müslüman tebaa ile karşılaştı. İdareciler imparatorluğun bu yeni tebaasını Hristiyan yapmak suretiyle daha iyi bir Rus tebaasına ...

Etymology. The name Stavropol (Russian: Ста́врополь) is a Russian rendering of the Greek name, Stauropolis (Greek: Σταυρούπολις 'City of the Cross'). According to legend, soldiers found a stone cross there while building the fortress in the city's future location. It is unrelated to Byzantine Stauroupolis (ancient Aphrodisias) in Asia Minor, nor to the city of Stavropol ...

Background. Luna 1 was the fourth and final spacecraft of the Ye-1 spacecraft series. The previous three iterations did not achieve orbit due to issues with each rocket launch.. Spacecraft. The satellite and rocket carrying Luna 1 was originally referred to as the Soviet Space Rocket by the Soviet Press. Pravda writer Alexander Kazantsev called it Mechta (Russian: Мечта, …

Cheburashka (Russian: Чебурашка), also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a fictional character created by Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky in his 1965 children's book Gena the Crocodile and His Friends.The character subsequently appeared as the protagonist in a series of stop-motion animated films by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio), the first of which was …

Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia was born on 14 May [O.S. 2 May] 1879 in Tsarskoye Selo, at his parents country residence, the Vladimir Villa.He was the youngest of the four Vladimirovich sons; a sister followed him a few years later, and the eldest of his brothers died in early childhood. His father, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, a brother of Tsar Alexander …

This is a list of cities and towns in Russia.According to the data of 2010 Russian Census, there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia.After the Census, Innopolis, a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, was established in 2012 and granted town status in 2015.

Este artículo es una lista de las ciudades más pobladas de Europa dentro de los límites administrativos de la ciudad. Para consultar las áreas metropolitanas de Europa, véase Anexo:Áreas metropolitanas de Europa.. En este artículo se listan las ciudades europeas con más de 100 000 habitantes, considerando como europeos los países insulares de Chipre e …

This is a list of sister cities in the United States.Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.

Yakutsk (Rusça: Яку́тск; Sahaca: Дьокуускай, (D'okuuskay) [dʒokuːskaj]), Rusya'nın uzak doğusundaki Yakutistan'ın (Saha Özerk Cumhuriyeti) başkentidir.. Kuzey Kutup Dairesi'nin 450 km güneyindedir. Ortalamalama hava sıcaklığı 8.8 C olan Yakutsk, dünyanın en soğuk şehridir ancak Yakutsk kış mevsiminde daha soğuktur.

Kavkaz je mohutné velehorské pásmo v jihozápadní Asii mezi Černým a Kaspickým mořem, které měří na délku více než 1 200 km. Vznikl během alpínsko-himálajského vrásnění, dělí se na Velký a Malý Kavkaz. Hlavní kavkazský hřeben, případně jeho severní úpatí, je v některých zdrojích považováno za hranici mezi Evropou a Asií.

Arthur Adamov est un écrivain, traducteur et auteur dramatique français d'origine russo-arménienne, né Arthur Adamian le 23 août 1908 à Kislovodsk dans le Caucase et mort le 15 mars 1970 à Paris 5 e [1] des suites d'une surdose de barbituriques.

This is a list of cities and towns in Russia with a population of over 50,000 as of the 2021 census.The figures are for the population within the limits of the city/town proper, not the urban area or metropolitan area.. The list includes Sevastopol and settlements within the Republic of Crimea which are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine and were not subject to the …

Biografie. Waterdrinker groeide op in een familiehotel in Zandvoort.Hij studeerde Russisch, Frans en Nederlands Recht aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, woonde daarna lange tijd op de Canarische Eilanden en werkte als journalist voor onder meer De Telegraaf, de VPRO en Vrij Nederland.In 1996 vestigde de auteur zich in Rusland, waar hij in hoog tempo onder de …