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  • Thumbnail for Kyopolou
    Kyopolou (Bulgarian: Кьопоолу, more often Кьополу; Turkish: Köpoğlu)[citation needed] is a popular Bulgarian and Turkish spread, relish and salad made...
    3 KB (277 words) - 16:00, 19 June 2023
  • The People's Commissariat for State Security (Russian: Народный комиссариат государственной безопасности) or NKGB, was the name of the Soviet secret police...
    11 KB (589 words) - 19:52, 17 November 2022
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    Magnitizdat (Russian: магнитиздат, lit. 'tape-recorded publishing') was the process of copying and distributing audio tape recordings that were not commercially...
    10 KB (978 words) - 16:43, 7 May 2024
  • The 1st Shock Army (Russian: 1-я ударная армия) was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. The 1st Shock Army was...
    7 KB (667 words) - 04:51, 7 May 2023
  • The Transcaucasus Front (Russian: Закавказский Фронт), also translated as Transcaucasian Front, was a front of the Soviet Red Army—a military formation...
    7 KB (616 words) - 22:41, 27 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Turya-class torpedo boat
    "Turya class" is the NATO reporting name for a class of hydrofoil torpedo boats built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies. The Soviet designation was...
    4 KB (293 words) - 05:30, 19 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kamenný Most (Nové Zámky District)
    Kamenný Most (Hungarian: Kőhídgyarmat) is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. The village...
    6 KB (317 words) - 10:21, 29 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for József Hámori
    József Hámori (20 March 1932 – 1 May 2021) was a Hungarian biologist and politician, who served as Minister of Culture between 1998 and 1999. He was a...
    4 KB (270 words) - 00:10, 3 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Jozef Kroner
    Jozef Kroner (20 March 1924 in Staškov – 12 March 1998 in Bratislava) was a Slovak actor. His brother Ľudovít Kroner, daughter Zuzana Kronerová, and wife...
    5 KB (506 words) - 02:29, 8 April 2023
  • SS Stalingrad was a steamship of the Soviet Union, named after the Soviet city of Stalingrad, itself named after Joseph Stalin. She was built at Soviet...
    4 KB (381 words) - 15:52, 1 June 2022
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    Horné Naštice (Hungarian: Felsőneszte) is a village and municipality in Bánovce nad Bebravou District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia....
    5 KB (250 words) - 10:21, 29 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry
    The Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry (Russian: Оборона Аджимушкайских каменоломен) took place during World War II, between May and October 1942, in the...
    11 KB (1,033 words) - 07:57, 13 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Józef Życiński
    Józef Mirosław Życiński (1 September 1948 – 10 February 2011) was a Polish philosopher, publicist, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese...
    2 KB (123 words) - 17:48, 21 February 2022
  • Przemyslaus II of Cieszyn, also known as Primislaus II of Teschen or Przemko II (Polish: Przemysław, Czech: Přemysl, German: Przemislaus; 1422/25 – 18...
    11 KB (1,035 words) - 02:09, 2 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kostolná pri Dunaji
    Kostolná pri Dunaji (Hungarian: Egyházfa, meaning Church Tree, Slovak: Kostolná pri Dunaji, meaning "Churchville by the Danube") is a village and municipality...
    6 KB (319 words) - 08:49, 9 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Július Satinský
    Július Satinský (20 August 1941 in Bratislava – 29 December 2002 in Bratislava) was a Slovak actor, comedian, singer, showman and writer. He is mostly...
    5 KB (453 words) - 02:27, 7 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Polish mine detector
    The Mine detector (Polish) Mark I (Polish: wykrywacz min) was a metal detector for landmines developed during World War II. Initial work on the design...
    6 KB (720 words) - 17:15, 17 March 2023
  • The Kuznetsov NK-14A was an onboard nuclear-powered engine which was made to be used on the Tupolev Tu-119 nuclear-powered aircraft, designed and built...
    2 KB (166 words) - 15:15, 19 January 2021
  • Brończyce [brɔɲˈt͡ʂɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słomniki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland...
    2 KB (64 words) - 04:48, 3 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Jerzy Wasowski
    Jerzy Ryszard Wasowski (31 May 1913 – 29 September 1984) was a Polish acoustics engineer, radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director. He was...
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