WebThe Georgian–Ossetian conflict is an ethno-political conflict over Georgia's former autonomous region of South Ossetia, which evolved in 1989 and developed into a war.Despite a declared ceasefire and numerous peace efforts, the conflict remained unresolved. In August 2008, military tensions and clashes between Georgia and South …

WebSt. Peter Port (French: Saint-Pierre Port) is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port.The population in 2019 was 18,958. St. Peter Port is a small town (commonly referred to by locals as just "town") consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps …

WebBellinzona (/ ˌ b ɛ l ɪ n ˈ z oʊ n ə / BEL-in-ZOH-nə, Italian: [bellinˈtsoːna], Ticinese Lombard: [belĩˈtsɔna]; French: Bellinzone [bɛlɛ̃zon]; German: Bellenz [ˈbɛlɛnts]; Romansh: Blizuna [bliˈtsuːnə] ())is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sasso ...

WebAltai Krai (Russian: Алта́йский край) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai).It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic.The krai's administrative centre is the city of Barnaul.As of the 2010 Census, the population of the krai was 2,419,755.

WebDouglas (Manx: Doolish, pronounced [ˈdðuːlʲəʃ]) is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,677 (2021).It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and on a sweeping bay of two miles (three kilometres).The River Douglas forms part of the town's harbour and main commercial port. Douglas was a small settlement until it grew …

WebCircassian (Cherkess) is a cover term for the series of dialects that include the literary languages of Adyghe and Kabardian.. Adyghe. Adyghe is one of the more widely spoken Northwest Caucasian languages. It has 500,000 speakers spread throughout Russia and the Middle East: 280,000 in Turkey; 125,000 in Russia, where it is official in the Republic …

WebPrimorsky Krai (Russian: Приморский край), informally known as Primorye (Приморье, [prʲɪˈmorʲjɪ]), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District.The city of Vladivostok is the administrative center of the krai, and the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after …

WebOn November 4, 1920, the Votyak Autonomous Oblast was formed. On January 1, 1932, it was renamed Udmurt Autonomous Oblast, [citation needed] which was then reorganized into the Udmurt ASSR on December 28, 1934. During World War II, many industrial factories were evacuated from the Ukrainian SSR and western borderlands to Udmurtia.. …

WebMagas (Russian: Мага́с) is the capital town of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia.It was founded in 1995 and replaced Nazran as the capital of the republic in 2002. Due to this distinction, Magas is the smallest capital of a federal subject in Russia. In 2019, it had a population of 8,771 inhabitants, up from 5,841 in 2010 and 272 in 2002.

WebAbbas I (Persian: عباس یکم; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (شاه عباس بزرگ), was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history and the Safavid dynasty.He was the third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda.. Although Abbas would preside over the apex of Safavid …