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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

Alternative rock is a very broad concept that includes many different genres of music. This term is understood as any rock music that is opposed to traditional music. For the most part, we are talking about genres that originate in post-punk and punk rock

The Constitution and federal laws of our country guarantee citizens the timely consideration of their appeals in various state structures, including the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Instructions Step 1 A letter to the State Duma can be sent by mail to the address:

The "Wait for Me" program has been gathering TV viewers for 13 years. If you are desperate to find relatives or friends, or you just want to meet a childhood friend whose contacts you have long lost, write to the "Wait for me"

Prayer - words of petition or gratitude addressed to higher powers, intercessors. Many people know these words from childhood, repeat them with joy and handfuls, however, how the prayers appeared, who wrote or wrote them down can only be guessed at

Finding an author for a future book, article, or scientific work is a very serious task. When faced with a candidate for the first time, any customer is dealing with a pig in a poke. However, many reputable publishers and serious media find authors thanks to open sources, and you are no worse than them

The Berlin Wall is one of the most famous monuments of the Cold War, embodying the essence of the confrontation between the communist Soviet Union and the NATO countries. The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the beginning of great change. Reasons for the construction of the wall The Cold War, which began after the end of the bloodiest in the history of World War II, was a long conflict between the USSR on the one hand and Europe and the United States on the oth

The daily liturgical circle of the Orthodox Church includes the succession of several divine services. One of the most solemn services is the all-night vigil. All-night vigil is a special solemn divine service of the Orthodox Church, which takes place on the eve of Sundays and holidays

Russian writers and poets in the middle of the 18th century began to call Petersburg the Northern Palmyra. In terms of architecture and numerous water channels, this city is more like Venice. Then why is the name Northern Palmyra firmly rooted to this day?

The Bundestag is the unicameral parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, which is the highest legislative body of the state. Parliament is formed on the basis of its election by the citizens of Germany, through general free elections, for a period of 4 years

In the spring of 1938, fascist Germany carried out the forcible annexation of Austria. These actions of the Nazis did not meet any opposition from the leading Western powers. Encouraged by the success, Germany stepped up political pressure on Czechoslovakia, planning its subsequent seizure

Most Russians know Anatoly Wasserman as a player of one of the teams of connoisseurs of the quiz “What? Where? When?" or as a participant in the TV show "Own Game". But few people know that he is famous not only in the field of erudition

There is no shortage of claims and accusations against the Orthodox Church. One of the main claims is the fee that is charged in churches for the performance of certain sacraments and rituals, in particular, for the sacrament of baptism. The prosecutors are not only convinced that everything in the church should be done free of charge, they even refer to such episodes of Holy Scripture as the expulsion of the merchants from the Jerusalem temple by the Savior, or the c

Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is a very beautiful city. It is full of different sights, legends and legends. Also, there is a legend about the founding of this city, which many Ukrainians know from childhood. The most common and reliable is the legend of three brothers:

The main conductor of Japanese words and concepts into the Russian language has undoubtedly become cinema. The second place in terms of distribution, perhaps, is occupied by Japanese cuisine, followed by Japanese art. The Russian language, like many languages of the world, is extremely flexible and hospitable

The word "gopnik" comes from the expression "gop-stop", which, in turn, means robbery or robbery. In other words, a gopnik is a person who wants to take possession of other people's material values for free, humiliating his victim

The liturgical Church Slavonic language may be incomprehensible to many modern people. Therefore, the names of individual Christian holidays, and therefore their essence, are not so easily assimilated by the consciousness of a Russian person

German is an Old Slavonic word that has nothing to do directly with Germany. Except for Russians, no one calls the inhabitants of this country Germans. Moreover, in the distant past, this word was also used in relation to representatives of other peoples

From the New York Art Gallery, located in Manhattan, the original painting by the famous artist Salvador Dali was stolen. This painting is called Don Juan Tenorio. The most interesting thing is that the painting, worth about 150 thousand dollars, was taken out of the museum at rush hour, literally in front of the security guard

Salvador Dali is a Spanish painter who in the twentieth century became one of the brightest representatives of surrealism. His paintings, filled with allusions and similar to dreams, are kept today in the best museums in the world and in private collections

A painting by Edvard Munch, a Norwegian expressionist painter, sold on May 2, 2012 at auction for $ 119,922,500. This is an absolute record of the cost of the canvas for all the time. Edvard Munch painted a series of paintings between 1893 and 1910