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Nikita Tryamkin is a hockey player of domestic origin, acting as a defender. He is a pupil of the Ural hockey. It is known not only to Russian fans of this puck game, but also to overseas specialists. Nikita Andreevich Tryamkin is a dimensional hockey player more than two meters tall and weighing more than one hundred kilograms
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Not every songwriter manages to write hits that have not lost their popularity on the stage for more than half a century. Anatoly Sergeevich Gorokhov succeeded. His golden hit "The Queen of Beauty", which was first performed by Muslim Magomayev, is still included in their repertoire by contemporary singers
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Rebecca Romijn is a Hollywood actress, formerly a fashion model and a participant in many fashion shows. Perhaps her most famous film role is the role of the mutant Mystic in the X-Men series of superhero blockbusters. Model career and TV debut Rebecca Romijn was born in November 1972 in the American town of Berkeley, California
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Starozaslavsky Castle is the only partially preserved building of the castle complex of the 15th century, located in the old part of the city of Izyaslav in Volyn at the confluence of the Soshenya River to the Goryn River. History The construction of the Starozaslavsky castle in the 15th century is associated with the name of Prince Vasily Fedorovich the Red (*?
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Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov (1814–1841) is a recognized classic of Russian literature. He lived a short but very eventful life. Here are some facts from his biography that are not told about in school. Instructions Step 1 They say that when Mikhail Lermontov was born, the midwife who delivered the baby said that this boy would not die a natural death
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History as a science always has an important weight in society. Interest in history should never fade away. The role of history is supported by scholars who devote their energies to painstaking research work. These words also apply to the scientist Alexander Borisovich Kamensky
If you have thought about writing your own pictures, but found hundreds of reasons to put it off, you should start right now. Drawing is not difficult and not as expensive as you might think. Moreover, the process is very addictive and energizing
The northern capital is gradually returning to normal life. The introduction of quarantine restrictions benefited everyone: both the city health care system and the residents of St. Petersburg themselves. The epidemiological situation in the city is beginning to improve, as Governor Alexander Beglov noted, adding that the number of recovering already exceeds the number of cases
The periodic table of elements has long become an integral attribute of school chemistry classrooms. Neither schoolchildren nor scientists can do without it. It was invented by Dmitry Mendeleev in 1869. early years Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev was born on February 8, 1834 in Tobolsk
German Klimenko is the President's Internet Development Advisor. He stood at the origins of many Russian Internet projects, one of the most famous is the LiveInternet blogging site. Klimenko German Sergeevich - the owner of LiveInternet and the aggregator of news from social networks MediaMetrics, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation
Those who are familiar with the work of Vladimir Mayakovsky remember the lines from his poem "Left March". Addressing the revolutionary sailors, the poet exclaims: "Your word, Comrade Mauser!" And the imagination immediately draws the image of the legendary self-loading pistol, which became popular thanks to literature and films about the revolution and the civil war
Jerome David Salinger is the writer behind one of the key works of 20th century American literature, The Catcher in the Rye. The path to this work, like life after its publication, was not easy and joyful. Childhood and student life Jerome David Salinger was born in 1919 in New York, USA
Human needs water in everyday life. But there is also a special, holy water, which is a church shrine and has a higher purpose. She can heal, and believers treat her with reverence. Holy water is considered an image of God's grace
In Christian Orthodox practice, there are customs of the consecration of various things. For example, icons, crosses, food and much more. One of the most widespread rituals is the consecration of the dwelling, to which all Orthodox Christians try to resort
Among the variety of musical instruments a worthy place is rightfully taken by the "king of instruments" organ, the most dimensional and varied in its sounding. Despite the similarity of its structure to the piano, it belongs not to string instruments, but to keyboard-wind instruments
According to the Biblical covenants, it is forbidden for a person to bury his talents in the ground. In modern conditions, every intelligent creature has many opportunities to reveal and realize their abilities. A vivid example of this is the biography of Nikolai Serdtsev
Money is a commodity that is the universal value equivalent of all other goods and services. Although, according to the saying, happiness is not in money, the absence of money as such hindered the progress of human society. It is not possible to say exactly when the very first money appeared, but the history of their invention and development is known
A controversial writer and journalist, a politician, he is always at the center of events. His whole life is a demonstration of inner strength, contradiction and sincere impulse. The beginning of the way Since his birth in 1943, the future outrageous politician bore the surname Savenko
Okean Elzy (Okean Elzy) is one of the best rock bands in Ukraine, it is also recognized in the CIS and Eastern Europe, as well as in Russia. To get to the group's performance means to plunge into a selfless concert drive, powerful fatal energy, especially since the musicians always sing and play live
The eighteenth century was a turning point in Russian history. At the end of the 17th century, for the great European powers, Russia was a distant and insignificant country at the very edge of the world. It had no political weight, no access to the sea, and did not claim to be a leading role in world politics
More than a century and a half ago, the term "sociology" entered scientific practice, although some scholars argue about an earlier application of this concept. Sociology is the "science of society", which is actively used today to regulate management processes
The main tool in the fight against any violations of the law by high-ranking officials for modern civilized countries has been and remains the so-called impeachment or expression of no confidence. In most cases, this concept refers to the issue of the competence of the head of state
The ballpoint pen was invented for a long time by different people in different countries. The American John Loud found the correct principle of operation, the Hungarian Laszlo Biro made the first workable model, and Japanese engineers created a completely perfect design
The mega-popular Russian TV series Interns triumphantly burst onto the screens and very quickly gained a huge army of fans. Witty dialogues, an excellent cast, as well as a varied and captivating plot of the episodes made The Interns one of the best TV shows of our time
If you need to register a trademark yourself, remember that this is only possible when your organization is domestic. Foreign companies can register a trademark only through patent attorneys. If in your case there is no such obstacle, then you can independently register a trademark in a few steps