city, seat (1859) of Mendocino county, northwestern California, U.S. It lies on the Russian River, 60 miles (100 km) north-northwest of Santa Rosa and 100 miles (160 km) north of ...
(from the article "Tiglath-pileser III") The Assyrian sensed that these rebels were encouraged by Ukin-zer, the Chaldean chief who, in 734, had seized the throne of Babylon. Using consummate diplomacy, Tiglath-pileser sowed discord among other ...
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(from the article "Cyrillic alphabet") The modern Cyrillic alphabets-Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbian-have been modified somewhat from the original, generally by the loss of some superfluous letters. Modern Russian has 32 letters (33, with inclusion ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...the slogan "Away from Moscow!" and urged a cultural orientation toward Europe. An important factor in the national revival, despite antireligious propaganda and harassment, was the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, ...
largest of the Eastern Catholic (also known as Eastern rite or Greek Catholic) churches, in communion with Rome since the Union of Brest-Litovsk (1596). Byzantine Christianity was established among the ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "Ukraine") The first significant organization with an overtly political agenda was launched in March 1988. This was the Ukrainian Helsinki Union, formed by recently released political prisoners, many of whom had ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...and a Soviet partisan movement developed in the northern forests. Early in 1942 began the formation of nationalist partisan units in Volhynia, and later in Galicia, that became known as ...
East Slavic language spoken in Ukraine and in Ukrainian communities in neighbouring Belarus, Russia, Poland, and Slovakia. Ukrainian is a lineal descendant of the colloquial language used in Kievan Rus ... [6 Related Articles]
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(from the article "Ukraine") ...in the press about mass graves of political prisoners executed in the Stalin era. To honour the victims of Stalinism and to promote investigations of the repressions and famine of ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...Ukrainians took part in subsequent elections, which, however, were increasingly marred by abuses, intimidation, and violence. Of the political parties, most influential in Galicia was the centrist Ukrainian National Democratic ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...Bolshevik coup in Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) on Nov. 7, 1917. The Central Rada refused to accept the new regime's authority over Ukraine and on November 20 proclaimed the creation ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...and the largely Russian urban middle class. The new government aroused intense opposition among Ukrainian nationalists, socialists, and the peasantry. To coordinate political opposition, the Ukrainian National Union was formed ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...clandestine Ukrainian Military Organization was founded by veterans of the independence struggle, headed by Yevhen Konovalets. In 1929 this was transformed into a broader underground movement, the Organization of Ukrainian ...
(from the article "Eastern Orthodoxy") ...Hard pressed by the Polish kings, the majority of its bishops, against the will of the majority of their flock, eventually accepted union with Rome at Brest-Litovsk (1596). In 1620, ...
(from the article "Azov Upland") hilly region, southeastern Ukraine. Part of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield, the Azov Upland is an area of denuded mountains, extending from the Dnieper River for 100 miles (160 km) to ...
(from the article "Ukraine") Farther south, near the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Crimean Mountains, the forest-steppe joins the steppe zone, which is about 89,000 square miles (231,000 square km) in area. Many ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...and Przewalski's horse, have been introduced there as part of a successful program of breeding endangered species; ostriches also have been successfully introduced. The separate sections of the Ukrainian Steppe ...
(from the article "Ukraine") Attempts to organize a popular front received impetus in January 1989 under the aegis of the Writers' Union of Ukraine. Taking the name Popular Movement of Ukraine for Reconstruction, or ...
(from the article "Ukraine") ...at the workplace, and in government; the fostering of national cultures; and the recruitment of cadres from the indigenous populations. In Ukraine this program inaugurated a decade of rapid Ukrainization ...
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(Hawaiian: "flea"), small guitar derived from the machada, or machete, a four-stringed guitar introduced into Hawaii by the Portuguese in the 1870s. It is seldom more than 24 inches (60 ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Mnyampala, Mathias E.") ..."Poetic Exhortations"), Diwani ya Mnyampala (1960; "Mnyampala's Poetry Book"), Mashairi ya hekima (1965; "Poems of Wisdom"), and Ngonjera za UKUTA, 2 vol. (1970-71; "Educational Verses from UKUTA"). UKUTA is the ...
(from the article "Congo") The northern escarpment of the Angola Plateau rises in the southwest. In the west there is a coastal plateau zone that includes the hill country of Mayumbe and the Cristal ...
(from the article "Mongolia") ...1,564,116 sq km (603,909 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 2,519,000 | Capital: Ulaanbaatar | Chief of state: President Natsagiyn Bagabandi | Head of government: Prime Ministers Nambaryn Enhbayar, ...
capital and largest city of Mongolia. It is situated on the Tuul River on a windswept plateau at an elevation of 4,430 feet (1,350 m). The city originated as a ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "Ussuri River") ...tributary of the Amur River that for a considerable distance forms the boundary between China (Heilungkiang province) and Russia (Siberia). The Ussuri is formed by the confluence of the Ulakhe ...
Polish-born American historian (b. April 8, 1922, Lwow, Pol. [now Lviv, Ukraine]-d. March 28, 2000, Cambridge, Mass.), as Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University and director ... [1 Related Articles]
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(from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...to Babylon, and renewed the cult, making the god Marduk the equal of the corresponding Kassite god, Shuqamuna. Meanwhile, native princes continued to reign in southern Babylonia. It may have ...
(from the article "Alxa Plateau") Chinese geographers divide the region into three smaller deserts, the Tengger (Tengri) Desert in the south, the Badain Jaran (Baden Dzareng, or Batan Tsalang) in the west, and the Ulan ...
(from the article "Yangtze River") ...through deep valleys in the mountains east of the plateau, emerging onto the Yunnan-Guizhou (Yungui) Plateau. Summers there are warm, and the winters are cold. The source of the Yangtze ...
city and capital of Buryatiya, east-central Russia. It lies at the confluence of the Selenga and Uda rivers and in a deep valley between the Khamar-Daban and Tsagan-Daban mountain ranges. ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Rodnina, Irina") Soviet figure skater who, with her partners, first Alexey Ulanov and later Aleksandr Zaytsev, won 10 successive world championships (1969-78) and three successive Olympic gold medals.
(from the article "Jining") former city, south-central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. In 2003 it became part of the large and newly formed Ulanqab municipality.
(from the article "Figueres Ferrer, Jose") When Calderon was defeated by Otilio Ulate for reelection in 1948, the Legislative Assembly annulled the election and tried to reinstall Calderon. Figueres, who had hidden arms and ammunition on ...
a lesion or sore on the skin or mucous membrane resulting from the gradual disintegration of surface epithelial tissue. An ulcer may be superficial, or it may extend into the ... [11 Related Articles]
inflammation of the large intestine (colon), especially of its mucous membranes, characterized by patches of tiny ulcers in the inflamed membranese. The most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis are bloody ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Montenegro") ...are Bosniacs (Muslims) and Albanians, the former concentrated in the northern mountains and the latter along the Adriatic coast. Nearly three-fourths of the population of the coastal community of Ulcinj ...
borate mineral, NaCaB5O6(OmicronH)6·5H2O, that consists of hydrated sodium and calcium borate. Individual crystals are colourless and have a vitreous lustre, whereas the more common nodular, rounded, or lenslike crystal aggregates ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Canute (I)") ...in Scandinavia in 1019, when he went to Denmark to obtain the throne on his brother's death; in 1023, when the outlawed Thorkell was causing trouble; and again in 1026 ...
Gothic Wulfila Christian bishop and missionary who evangelized the Goths, reputedly created the Gothic alphabet, and wrote the earliest translation of the Bible into a Germanic language. Although his life ... [9 Related Articles]
(from the article "shamanism") The Lower World, Central World, and Upper World are all inhabited by spirit-beings. Among the Mongolian and Turkish peoples, Ulgen, a benevolent deity and the god of the Upper World, ...
city, northwestern Maharashtra state, western India. It lies northeast of Mumbai (Bombay). Part of the Thana industrial area, it specializes in the manufacture of chemicals and silk and nylon textiles. ...
(from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") In central New Ireland the primary objects of mortuary cults were carvings known as uli. These are standing figures with female breasts and male genitals; they sometimes have raised hands ...
wooden statue of a type carved in the villages of northern and central New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, that represents an ancestral or mythological personage in the secret uli rites. ...
(from the article "Balakirev, Mily") Balakirev received his early musical education from his mother. He also studied with Alexander Dubuque and with Karl Eisrich, music director to A.D. Ulibishev, a wealthy landowner who published well-known ...
(from the article "Mongolian literature") Traditionally, uligers, orally transmitted epic stories in verse, have constituted the bulk of native literary expression. These highly stylized stories relate the adventures of legendary and historical ...
in Norse mythology, the god of snowshoes, hunting, the bow, and the shield; he was a handsome stepson of the thunder god Thor. Ull possessed warrior-like attributes and was called ... [1 Related Articles]
town, southeastern New South Wales, southeastern Australia. It lies 40 miles (65 km) south of Jervis Bay. The town was established in the 1820s as an anchorage for ships importing ...
(from the article "Mangalore") ...manufacture, and Mangalore remains an important producer of roofing tiles. Other industries include boatbuilding, coffee curing, pottery manufacture, and the making of brick kilns. The suburb of Ullal produces hosiery ...
Roman Catholic missionary to Australia and first bishop of Birmingham, Eng. He was influential in securing the final abolition (1857) of the British system of transporting convicts to Australia.
(from the article "Anatolian religion") The elaborate epic of the struggle against Ullikummi, and the Theogony, though written in Hittite, are Hurrian in origin and refer to Hurrian and even Mesopotamian deities. The Theogony tells ...
(from the article "central-place theory") Edward Ullman introduced central-place theory to American scholars in 1941. Since then geographers have sought to test its validity. Iowa and Wisconsin have been two areas of empirical research that ...
Norwegian actress known for her natural beauty and intelligent, complex performances. Her name is closely linked to that of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, with whom she worked in several films.
(from the article "California, Gulf of") ...not realize that it was a gulf. Three years later Cortes himself led a second party across the gulf to the Baja peninsula, which was then believed to be an ...
(from the article "South Asian arts") ...late 19th century with Asan, who was temperamentally a pessimist-a disposition reinforced by his metaphysics-yet all his life was active in promoting his downtrodden Ezhava community. Ullor wrote in the ...
(from the article "Sweden") ...the question of nuclear power. Falldin, who had campaigned for the cessation of building nuclear power plants, was forced to compromise on this issue. As a result, he resigned in ...
lake, in the administrative county of Cumbria, on the border between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland in the Lake District of England. It is the Lake District's second ...
volcanic island, North Kyongsang do (province), South Korea. It lies in the East Sea (Sea of Japan), 75 miles (120 km) off the northeastern coast of South ... [1 Related Articles]
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(Sept. 25-Oct. 20, 1805), major strategic triumph of Napoleon, conducted by his Grand Army of about 210,000 men against an Austrian Army of about 72,000 under the command of Baron ... [4 Related Articles]
the elm family of the nettle order (Urticales), with 15 genera of trees and shrubs, distributed primarily throughout temperate regions. Members of the family have watery sap, and its leaves ... [2 Related Articles]
a leader in the fight for Latvian independence in the early decades of the 20th century. He was the first head of the Latvian Republic in 1918 and again in ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Cycling") ...world records were set in track racing at the Olympics. Australia improved its own record for the 4,000-m men's team pursuit to 3 min 56.610 sec in the first round, ...
(from the article "Eucryphia") E. cordifolia, which grows to a height of 12 m (40 feet), and E. glutinosa, up to 4.5 m (14.8 feet), have produced the hybrid E. ×nymansensis, hardier than E. ...
inner of two bones of the forearm when viewed with the palm facing forward. (The other, shorter bone of the forearm is the radius.) The upper end of the ulna ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "human cardiovascular system") ...axillary artery; this, in turn, becomes the brachial artery as it passes down the upper arm. At about the level of the elbow, the brachial artery divides into two terminal ...
(from the article "nervous system, human") ...The median nerve branches in the forearm to serve the palmaris longus, two pronator muscles, four flexor muscles, thenar muscles, and lumbrical muscles; most of these serve the wrist and ...
(from the article "human cardiovascular system") ...of the forearm and receiving blood from the hand, forearm, and arm. The deep veins of the forearm include the radial veins, continuations of deep anastomosing veins of the hand ...
(from the article "spider") 420 species worldwide. Eyes arranged in a hexagon; hunt on vegetation, pounce on prey.250 species worldwide. Cribellum; lack poison glands; 3 tarsal claws; eyes in 3 rows; anal ...
genus of filamentous green algae found in marine and fresh waters. Each cell contains a distinct nucleus, a central vacuole, and a large, thin chloroplast with at least one pyrenoid. ...
(from the article "Morozov, Boris Ivanovich") ...a few months later and, though unable to hold office again, effectively ran the government through intermediaries for the next decade. He played an important role in the formulation of ...
Roman jurist and imperial official whose writings supplied one-third of the total content of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I's monumental Digest, or Pandects (completed 533). He was a subordinate to ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Ladislas V") boy king of Hungary and of Bohemia (from 1453), who was caught up in the feud between his guardian Ulrich, count of Cilli, and the Hunyadi family of Hungary.
Franconian knight and Humanist, famed as a German patriot, satirist, and supporter of Luther's cause. His restless, adventurous life, reflecting the turbulent Reformation period, was occupied with public and private ... [2 Related Articles]
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one of the ancient provinces of Ireland, and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland's four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of ... [5 Related Articles]
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in ancient Irish literature, a group of legends and tales dealing with the heroic age of the Ulaids, a people of northeast Ireland from whom the modern name Ulster derives. ... [7 Related Articles]
loyalist organization founded in Northern Ireland in 1971 to coordinate the efforts of local Protestant vigilante groups in the sectarian conflict in the province.
(from the article "Royal Ulster Constabulary") ...until 1970, when the force was remodeled along the lines of police forces in Great Britain. In 1970 the security of Northern Ireland became the responsibility of the RUC, the ...
(from the article "Ulster Defence Association") ...in 1981. The ULDP called for a devolved parliament for the province within the United Kingdom, a bill of rights, and an amnesty for political prisoners. In 1989 the party ...
(from the article "Northern Ireland") Belfast is the site of the Ulster Museum, the national museum and art gallery. Londonderry and Armagh also have galleries with permanent collections. The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in ...
