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  Land Resources of Russia
Kamchatskaya Oblast is situated on Kamchatka peninsula; it is washed by the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Moscow is the capital of the Russian Federation, the center of the Moskovskaya Oblast, and a subject of the Russian Federation.
The structure of the cultivated land in 1998 are: 20.5% cereal crops (mainly in the south of the oblast); 0.2% industrial crops; 12.6% potatoes and vegetables (especially in the south-east of the oblast); and 66.7% fodder crops.
www.iiasa.ac.at /Research/FOR/russia_cd/adm_lis.htm   (15014 words)

  
 Korolev's legacy on display in Zhytomyr
Across the street from the museum is the Korolev house, which includes some of the scientist's clothing, pens, notebooks and his medals, including the Lenin Prize.
Despite his promise, Korolev ran afoul of the communist state in 1938 and was sent to a gold mine after being convicted of sabotage.
Korolev's place in history was assured by his direction of the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957.
www.ukraine-observer.com /articles/195/379   (1087 words)

  
 Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich
Korolev and his research team built the first Soviet liquid-fuel rocket, launched in 1933.
Korolev was also responsible for the Voskhod spaceship, from which the first space walks were made.
Korolev was a member of the Institute for Jet Research from its foundation in 1933, becoming head of the Rocket Vehicle Department in 1934, and worked as an engine designer 1924–46.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Korolev,+Sergei+Pavlovich   (232 words)

  
 Korolyov (city) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Korolyov or Korolev (Russian: Королёв) is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located at 55°55′N 37°51′E, well-known as the cradle of space exploration.
The settlement stood on a junction of trade routes between Moscow and Vladimir-Suzdal principalities.
Nowadays, Korolyov is the seventh biggest city in Moscow Oblast, with population of 142,568 as of the 2002 Census.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Korolev,_Moscow_Oblast   (298 words)

  
 Oblast: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
In the USSR, oblasts in which the majority of the population was of a nationality different from that of the constituent republic in which they were included generally enjoyed autonomous status.
The boundaries of oblasts are usually based on economic and administrative considerations; as a result, oblasts vary considerably in size and population.
...the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Magadan oblast, Chukotskii autonomous okrug, Kamchatka and Sakhalin oblasts.
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/oblast.jsp?l=O&p=1   (1521 words)

  
 Sergei Pavlovich Korolev
The city of Zhitomir is the capital of Zhitomir Oblast, northern Ukraine, and lies on the Teterev River in an agricultural region.
Not that Korolev was rehabilitated: politicians don't like admitting their mistakes, so Korolev stayed under house arrest in Moscow even as he set to work designing and testing liquid-fuel rocket boosters for aircraft.
Korolev, like his rival Wernher von Braun at NASA, considered the man in the capsule to be merely a passenger, taken along for the ride by a safe and automatic system.
www.furthermore.org.uk /static/phoenix/korolev.htm   (3157 words)

  
 R-2
Versions of the R-2 for suborbital manned flights were studied by Korolev in 1956-1958, but it was decided instead to move directly to orbital flights of the Vostok.
Korolev's approach was to apply simple measures to double the range of the V-2.
Korolev fought the decision for a long time, updating his R-2 design to include some of the G-1's features, such as the use of an integral fuel tank, and improved accuracy through a radio-controlled engine cut-off system (russified by Mikahil Borisenko).
www.fplib.org /partners/mwade/lvs/r2.htm   (1346 words)

  
 The R-7 family of launchers
At 6:17 Moscow Time, a ground control station in Barnaul established communications with the spacecraft and nine minutes after the launch, the Soyuz TMA-1 reached the orbit.
A major fire at Russia's military ground control center near Moscow in 2001 is believed to be responsible for the loss of control over one or several satellites, providing early warning about missile attack for the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The NORAD radar found Cosmos-2420 in the 360 by 180-kilometer orbit with the inclination 67.15 degrees toward the Equator, which is consistent with the orbital parameters of the Kobalt and Yantar-4KS-type satellites.
www.russianspaceweb.com /soyuz_lv.html   (4872 words)

  
 Demin
Keldysh, Korolev, and Tyulin are against further female flights in space, despite Kamanin's insistence.
Korolev is not opposed to this, but says he doubts the VVS leadership will support acquiring the new mission.
Korolev agrees basically, but says that he sees Bykovsky and Nikolayev as candidates for the first manned lunar flyby shots.
www.astronautix.com /astros/demin.htm   (1977 words)

  
 R-5M
The explosion of the RD5-6 400 kiloton warhead at Semiplatinsk on 12 August 1953 proved the design of a lightweight thermonuclear warhead.
Korolev began work in 1953 to develop a re-entry vehicle for this warhead.
77th and 80th brigades were deployed to Belokorovichi in Zhitomir oblast.
www.astronautix.com /lvs/r5m.htm   (2058 words)

  
 moscow98
She was rather short, quite stout, and despite the relative moderninity of the town of Korolev, the devices in the postal service must be much as they were in the thirties.
Korolev, the city, as well as the district, were formerly known as Kaliningrad, and sometimes the name is still applied.
After we left Moscow and the Kremlin, we drove back to Korolev, where we stopped at Slava's for a snack and coffee, (culture is hard, hungry work!) and then proceeded to Sasha's.
www.fscwv.edu /users/lboggess/moscow98.htm   (11507 words)

  
 Reviews for Hotel Renaissance Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Among the famous guests of the Renaissance Moscow Hotel are Tom Jones, David Copperfield, Chesaria Evora, Lisa Minelly, James Carter, President of France J. Shirak.
A noteworthy fact is that several scenes of the famous film The Police Academy were shot in the hotel.The Renaissance Moscow Hotel opened in 1991.
The Renaissance Moscow Hotel offers its guests stylish and comfortable interiors, warm and respectful service, modern restaurants with exquisite and varied cuisine.
moscow-hotels.hotelmole.com /renaissancemoscow/info.html   (347 words)

  
 AIKE |
Russia and the EU hold a summit in Moscow on May 10 when they hope to sign an agreement establishing four "common spaces" on areas of mutual interest: the economy; freedom, security and justice; culture and education; and external security.
An intensive work is going on both in Moscow and in Brussels," EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana told RIA Novosti in an interview on the eve of the meeting of the representatives of the trio with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Luxembourg on Monday.
The fate of a million people seems little more than a political game to the Russian authorities, and this is, I bet, exactly how the residents of the Kaliningrad exclave feel after listening for more than a decade to the Kremlin's empty promises to make their lives better.
kaliningradexpert.org /node/2368/results?from=750   (2789 words)

  
 A memorandum on Efforts to Provide CPSU Members with the Plitburo’s Latest Analysis of the Crisis, June 1968   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
Kosygin was well received, as were the results of the recent negotiations between the government delegations from the USSR and ČSSR on matters pertaining to the further development of economic relations and cultural tics between the two countries.
In the Dagestan ASSR and the Stavropol area, a proposal was made to hold a meeting of veterans of the Great Patriotic War-participants in the liberation of the ČSSR with former soldiers of the Czechoslovak army-which could adopt an appeal to the workers of the republic.
Markeshin, who told of meetings and discussions be bad bad with delegations from the trade unions of the Eastern Czech oblast in the vicinity of Moscow.
library.thinkquest.org /C001155/documents/doc25.htm   (1762 words)

  
 Territory of WebMoney: Korolev /Moskovskaja oblast', Russia/
Platezhnyj terminal «Ehleksnet» (MO, Korolev g, Boldyreva ul., 3 = TC TC ''Den' i noch''' (1))
Platezhnyj terminal «Ehleksnet» (MO, Korolev g, Kosmonavtov prosp., 41 korp.
Platezhnyj terminal «Ehleksnet» (MO, Korolev g, Kominterna ul., 8, korp.
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 NIS Observed
Previously, Moscow and Iran held similar views on the issue, which stressed allocating an exclusive 45-mile area in the sea to each of five littoral states--Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan--and sharing the exploitation of the remainder of the world's largest lake.
Korolev was supported by over 40 public organizations and parties, including Yabloko and Gennadi Zyuganov's Communist Party.
Berezovsky's appointment may be seen as a shift in policy for Moscow from an attempt to dominate the CIS politically and militarily to a policy which recognizes economic dominance as the critical locus.
www.bu.edu /iscip/digest/vol3/ed0307.html   (7395 words)

  
 Russia, Government, Putin Power, Governors - JRL 6-9-05
Only Saratov Oblast Governor Dmitrii Ayatskov and Tula Oblast Governor Vasilii Starodubtsev were rejected, while Koryak Autonomous Okrug Governor Vladimir Loginov was dismissed under accusations of incompetence.
In effect, Putin has seemed to be endorsing the choices made by the people in almost every case, but he has made their political fortunes dependent on him rather than on the electorate.
Moscow Carnegie Center analyst Nikolai Petrov wrote in "The Moscow Times" on 6 June that the new system has developed into a major cash cow for the Kremlin.
www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/9173-10.cfm   (855 words)

  
 MOSCOW OBLAST FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
Moscow oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929.
while its area is a modest 47,000 km² (46,000 km² without Moscow), which makes it one of the most densely populated regions in the nation.
Moscow Oblast consists of the following districts (raions):
www.tessmahoney.com /Moscow_Oblast   (188 words)

  
 Director Gerbert Yefremov Explains How the Scientific-Production Association of Machine-Building [NPOmash] is Surviving ...
From NVO Files Gerbert Aleksandrovich Yefremov was born on 15 March 1933 in the town of Maloye Zarechye, Vologda Oblast.
We have already reserved the "Svoboda" launch center in Amur Oblast for this project, and are supporting it.
Thus in today's difficult conditions we are orienting ourselves not on elementary survival but on further development, striving to once again become world leaders in high technology.
www.fas.org /news/russia/1999/FTS19990812001598.htm   (2582 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library : Museums in Russia
There is his story about the history of this Moscow estate of the end of the XVIII century and its former owners on the web-site.
The Moscow State Museum "Bourganov's House" was founded by Full Member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, State Prize Winner, Professor Alexander Nikolaevich Bourganov on the basis of author's works and personal collection of the artist.
The Moscow Kremlin is one of the greatest state museums and is annually visited by millions of people from all aver the world.
www.museum.ru /mirror/vlmp/l_VLMPe.asp   (10229 words)

  
 Strategic Defense-Russian Nuclear Forces
In addition to the dedicated early-warning radars, the Don-2N radar of the Moscow missile defense system is also used for early-warning.
The Moscow missile defense system A-135 is operated by a division of the 3rd Army.
The main command center of the system and the battle-management radar are located in Sofrino (Moscow oblast).
www.russianforces.org /sprn   (691 words)

  
 The Jamestown Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
After signing the agreement, Korolev admitted that it had been drafted at the instigation of the federal center.
Sources in the oblast administration said Moscow had grown alarmed that squabbling between the regional elite might lead to instability in the oblast and frighten away investors (Russian agencies, February 19).
This was amply demonstrated in recent days, when Georgy Poltavchenko, President Putin's authorized representative in the Central Federal District, traveled to Lipetsk Oblast to participate in various "roundtables" in which Korolev played the leading role (Kommersant, February 20).
www.jamestown.org /email-to-friend.php?article_id=19192   (271 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Oblast legislator Viktor Tarkhov, who authored the appeal, said that possible production cuts at the company could lead to 4,000 to 7,000 lost jobs in the oblast.
Scientists in Moscow were joined by speakers from Yabloko and the Communist Party, "Vremya novostei" reported on 25 May. The reforms are designed to privatize many research establishments, and scientists fear the measures could destroy the country's already weakened research sector.
Korolev was elected to a second term in April 2002 with more than 73 percent of the vote (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 18 April 2002).
www.rferl.org /newsline/2005/05/1-RUS/rus-250505.asp   (1843 words)

  
 The Jamestown Foundation
According to Lykov, a "shareholders' meeting" of sorts was held in the office of Lipetsk Oblast Vice Governor Sergei Dorovsky, during which Lykov was ousted and replaced by Dmitry Kolbasko, a former TVK computer programmer (Kommersant, August 30).
According to Lykov, the attempted takeover was aimed at "crushing" the company and subordinating it to the oblast's administration in advance of the elections (Kommersant, August 30).
The TVK journalists said that they had spoken to Governor Korolev by telephone at the start of the conflict, and that he had claimed to know nothing about an attempt to seize the television station (Kommersant, August 30).
www.jamestown.org /publications_details.php?volume_id=24&&issue_id=2094   (779 words)

  
 Language Link Corporate Site. Moscow outskirts
Language Link operates a number of language schools in several small cities located in what is referred to as the Moscow Oblast.
Though they may all be consider as being part of Moscow region, these cities and large towns are all located within an easy commute of Moscow.
However, unlike the hustle and bustle of Moscow, these cities offer teachers the opportunity to take in as much or as little of the Russian capital as they care to.
jobs.languagelink.ru /jobs/locations/moscow_outskirts   (110 words)

  
 Baykonur Cosmodrome
It is specifically located near the old village of Tyuratam and the city of Zarya, which was renamed Leninsk in 1958, and renamed Baykonur in 1996.
As the astronauts were flown back to Moscow one evening, they could see lights on launch pads and related complexes for more than 15 minutes.
Moscow KRASNAYA ZVEZDA in Russian 31Aug91 p4, by KRASNAYA ZVEZDA correspondent Colonel A. Andryushkov, cosmonaut candidate from the USSR Union of Journalists, from the Baykonur Cosmo- drome, under the rubric "A Few Pages of a Space Diary": "The 'Bivni' of Baykonur", FBIS USP-91-007, 11/22/91
home.comcast.net /~rusaerog/centers/Baykonur.html   (1668 words)

  
 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Summary
In 1886 he published an essay on the theory of the dirigible and was invited to Moscow to lecture on his ideas.
By the late 1870s he was producing ideas about spacecraft and space travel at an astonishing rate, touching on virtually every aspect of the subject.
He was born in Izhevskoye (now in Spassky District, Ryazan Oblast), Russia in a middle-class family.
www.bookrags.com /Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky   (4541 words)

  
 Valentina Tereshkova Summary
Nikolai Kamanin, who was in charge of cosmonaut training, invited Tereshkova to travel to Moscow, where she passed interviews and medical tests.
She was born in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village in the Yaroslavl Oblast.
It was later reported that Korolev was unhappy with Tereshkova's performance in orbit and she was not permitted to take some manual control of the spacecraft as had been planned.
www.bookrags.com /Valentina_Tereshkova   (5571 words)

  
 Russian Space News | #6 '1999
Arkhangelsk Oblast is planning to build its relations with the partners during the realization of the Rockot project.
This was an announcement that came from the press department of oblast administration.
Administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast hope that realization of new space project will not just be a way to earn money, but also bring new jobs, first of all, for retired military officers and laid-off defense industry specialists.
www.videocosmos.com /magazine/nk0699.html   (4367 words)

  
 The Jamestown Foundation
According to Lykov, a "shareholders' meeting" of sorts was held in the office of Lipetsk Oblast Vice Governor Sergei Dorovsky, during which Lykov was ousted and replaced by Dmitry Kolbasko, a former TVK computer programmer (Kommersant, August 30).
According to Lykov, the attempted takeover was aimed at "crushing" the company and subordinating it to the oblast's administration in advance of the elections (Kommersant, August 30).
The TVK journalists said that they had spoken to Governor Korolev by telephone at the start of the conflict, and that he had claimed to know nothing about an attempt to seize the television station (Kommersant, August 30).
jamestown.org /publications_details.php?volume_id=24&&issue_id=2094   (779 words)

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