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    doi:10.7591/9781501727627. ISBN 978-1-5017-2762-7. Den hellige Vladimir av Kiev (~956–1015), Den Katolske Kirke Janet Martin. Medieval Russia. Cambridge...
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    line of Roman the Great, descended from Mstislav I of Kiev through his son Iziaslav II of Kiev and his grandson Mstislav II of Kiev, father of Roman the Great...
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  • was a son of Volodimer II Monomakh, progenitor of the Monomakhovichi. Yuri proclaimed Andrey a prince in Vyshgorod (near Kiev).[citation needed] Andrey...
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    of Kiev and other southern princes: Vladimir II Monomakh intervened in 1115 (6623) and/or 1116 (6624), again in c. 1119–21, and Mstislav I of Kiev in...
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    Bulgaria. Simeon II, the last tsar of Bulgaria, is the last person to hold this title. The title tsar is derived from the Latin title for the Roman emperors,...
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    World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global population...
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    granddaughter of the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung. Shortly after Harald's arrival in Kiev, Yaroslav attacked Constantinople, and it is considered likely that Harald...
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    Canarsie Line has a station at 14th Street. The opening scene of Ghostbusters II was filmed at the intersection of First Avenue and 77th Street. In the Seinfeld...
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    Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to...
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    Order of battle for Operation Barbarossa (category Eastern Front (World War II))
    Special Military District until 22 June. General Colonel Mikhail Kirponos Kiev Special Military District until 22 June. General Colonel Ivan Tyulenev The...
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  • and there are indications that the Viking princess and Rus' saint, Olga of Kiev, was one such, serving as a "priestess of Freyja" among the Scandinavian...
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    aircraft-carrying cruisers of the Kiev class in 1973. Both of these types were capable of operating ASW helicopters, and the Kiev class also operated V/STOL...
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    been well known in Kiev and Novgorod, especially during the early decades of the 12th century. The linguist and literary theorist Roman Jakobson held a contrasting...
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    During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and Volksdeutsche fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European...
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    Brandenburgers (category German World War II special forces)
    (in Ukrainian). Kiev: Shevchenko University Press. Schuster, Carl (1999). "Brandenburg Division". In David T. Zabecki (ed.). World War II in Europe: An...
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    Sarmatians (category Tribes in Greco-Roman historiography)
    The Sarmatians (/sɑːrˈmeɪʃiənz/; Ancient Greek: Σαρμάται, romanized: Sarmatai; Latin: Sarmatae [ˈsarmatae̯]) were a large confederation of ancient Iranian...
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    1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked...
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    his second wife or Maria Skleraina), to the future Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev, the son of his opponent Yaroslav I the Wise. Constantine's family name Monomachos...
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  • Lithuania as well as of (western) Russia, Prussia, Mazovia, Samogithia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia and Chernigov (including...
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    also claimed that the first hegumen of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra died there on his way from Tsargrad to Kiev in the 11th century. The monastery was first...
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    1942 because it was deteriorated and obsolete, and the cost of World War II made upkeep impossible. Second Avenue maintains its modest architectural character...
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    ISBN 978-90-04-09628-8. Bessonova, S. S. 1983. Religioznïe predstavleniia skifov. Kiev: Naukova dumka Hasanov, Zaur (January 2014). "Argimpasa – Scythian goddess...
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    Josephine of Leuchtenberg (category Swedish Roman Catholics)
    of the Poor Society') for poor widows in 1826; Sällskapet för uppmuntran av öm och sedlig modersvård ('Society for Tender and Proper Motherly care') for...
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  • Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament. Settlements with...
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    Bowery Place was quickly followed with the development of Avalon Bowery Place II. The new development has not come without social costs. Michael Dominic's...
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    for Romans; the Pactus Alamannorum; and the Salic Law of the Franks, all written soon after 500. In 506, the Breviarum or "Lex Romana" of Alaric II, king...
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  • Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1113) Vidyakara, Indian Buddhist scholar (d. 1130)[citation needed] 1051 September 21 – Bertha of Savoy, Holy Roman Empress...
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    Machine. BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2014 "Elton John and Queen perform in Kiev". Sky News. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 27 September...
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    published in Warsaw, Kiev and New York. He is remembered as one of the Yiddish language's outstanding humorists to this day. Published by Roman Tunkel, distant...
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    Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1113) Vidyakara, Indian Buddhist scholar (d. 1130)[citation needed] February 10 – Anna, Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 1001)...
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