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Topic: Gleb of Kiev


  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Kiev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The city is adjoined by the mouth of the Desna River and the Kyivs'ke reservoir in the north, and the Kanivs'ke reservoir in the south.
Historically, Kiev is one of the most ancient and important cities of the region, the center of the Rus' civilization, survivor of numerous wars, purges, and genocides.
In 1238 Kiev was compeletely destroyed by the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan, an event that had a profound effect on the future of the city and the East Slavic civilization.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Kiev   (2106 words)

  
 Saints of July 24
Boris and Gleb were the sons of the first Christian prince of Russia, Saint Vladimir of Kiev, and Anne of Constantinople, the daughter of Emperor Basil II, the Bulgar slayer.
On their way to Kiev with his body, the ruffians discovered he was still alive, and completed the job with swords.
Yaroslav buried the bodies of Boris and Gleb in the church of Saint Basil at Vyshgorod.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0724.htm   (4035 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Byzantium
Peter Moghila of Kiev: Orthodox Confession of the Faith, 17th century, [At UMD]
Russian Primary Chronicle: The Founding of the City of Kiev.
Nestor: The Martyrdom of Boris and Gleb, d.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/sbook1c.html   (3421 words)

  
 Research of the Baikal
The studies resulted in identifying the regularities of temperature distributions at all depths, obtaining information about the bottom relief at great depths, compiling the first data of the chemical regime, and describing numerous new species of organisms that inhabit Baikal.
All these activities were supervised by indefatigable Gleb Yuryevich Vereshchagin - one of the most prominent limnologists, a world-famous scientist.
Alongside him, highly fruitful efforts were made by D. Taliyev, A. Bazikalova, and by the great scientists V. Sukachev, ?.
baikal.irkutsk.org /research.htm   (1261 words)

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