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	Syldavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syldavia is a fictional Balkan country in the adventures of Tintin.
		Syldavia is a monarchy, ruled at the time of the King Ottokar's Sceptre story by Muskar XII.
		King Ottokar IV decreed that the ruler of Syldavia must have hold on the sceptre of power or he loses his authority.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/s/sy/syldavia.html (295 words)

	Syldavia: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syldavia is a fictional balkanic country in the adventures of Tintin.
		King Ottokar IV decreed that the ruler of Syldavia must have hold on the scepter of power or he loses his authority.
		Agents of both Syldavia and Borduria later kidnapped one of the prominent scientists of the program, Cuthbert Calculus[?], when they attempted to get hold of his plans for a revolutionary weapon.
	www.encyclopedian.com /sy/Syldavia.html (286 words)

	My Syldavia Web Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syldavia es un pequeÃ±o paÃs que atrae justamente a los extranjeros...
		Syldavia es un pequeÃ±o paÃs que atrae justamente a los extranjeros gracias a su encanto, lamentablemente es muy poco conocido pero tiene una historia magnifica.
		Syldavia in the Balkans is by HergÃ©'s own admission modelled on Albania, and is threatened by neighbouring Borduria - an attempted annexation...
	trampoline.whollyshift.net /Wikipedia:Requested_pictures/Syldavia (471 words)

	King Ottokar's Sceptre - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tintin goes to Syldavia, a European country invented by Hergé, and prevents a takeover by the neighboring Bordurians.
		It is discovered that Professor Alembick is one of a pair of identical twins; Hector was kidnapped and replaced with his brother Alfred who left for Syldavia in his place.
		Syldavia represents the small, peaceful, agrarian countries which the Axis powers (represented by Borduria) were threatening.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/King_Ottokar's_Sceptre (946 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Their names, uniforms, aircraft, as well as a military takeover involving a fifth column infiltrated into Syldavia under the cover of a political party, the "Iron Guard".
		Syldavia seems to be as badly equipped for a military takeover attempt as many of the European nations of the time.
		Another aspect worth mentioning is the technique Hergé uses to introduce his readers to his new invention, Syldavia: the placing of a tourist brochure at the heart of the story.
	www.tikkel.nl /kuifje/engels/sceptre.html (359 words)

	Syldavia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syldavia is a fictional (A fictional country is a country that is made up, and does not exist in real life....)
		Syldavia is a monarchy (An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority)
		The way the countryside of Syldavia is depicted in the comic indicates that the country should be somewhere more to the south of the Balkan peninsula, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/syldavia (1604 words)

	Tintinophile » Tintin historian
		Syldavia and Borduria are the most successful of Hergé’s imaginary countries.
		Syldavia and Borduria could easily represent the confrontation between the two blocs, as they represented in the past the conflict between western democracies and Germany.
		Through imaginary countries, like Syldavia and San Theodoros, and direct allusion to real events, Hergé showed a concern for accurate explanations that had consequences in the perception of Tintin stories.
	www.oberle.org /tintin/history/historian (1025 words)

	The historical and political background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Like Austria, annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938, the year of the publication of this Tintin album, Syldavia is the victim of complots carried out by the Bordurians, who want to invade the country.
		Syldavia, in some respects, is also similar to Poland (architecture, similarities in the languages, etc...).
		Syldavia and Borduria reappear in 1954, in the album "L'affaire Tournesol" (The Calculus affair).
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/lion/110/Tintin5.html (538 words)

	A trip in Tintin's Syldavia with Air Palombia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A trip in Tintin's Syldavia with Air Palombia.
		REGIME:Constitutional monarchy FOREIGN POLITIC:Very strained relation with Borduria; numerous incidents (Ottokar's sceptre affair and such) obliging Syldavia to keep an intelligence service not very conformable to the peaceful mood of the country and of its king.
		Nevertheless Syldavia stays a quiet land, saving its traditions and déveloping its culture, thriving peacefully, off the modern world worries.
	g.courtial.free.fr /country8.htm (130 words)

	\| Orientalism, the Balkans, and Balkan Historiography \| The American Historical Review, 105.4 \| The History Cooperative
		The apparent absurd confusion of Balkan history is lampooned in Hergé's faux chronicle of Syldavia, which Tintin eagerly reads as he flies in over the mountains: "In 1275 the people of Syldavia rose against the Bordurians, and in 1277 the revolutionary leader, Baron Almaszout, was proclaimed King.
		In its contemporary political unrest, Syldavia bears a striking resemblance to another fictional land, "Herzoslovakia," the Balkan homeland of Agatha Christie's villainous Boris Anchoukoff in The Secret of Chimneys, a land, by Christie's account, of violence, brigandry, and mystery, a country where the national "hobby" is "assassinating kings and having revolutions."
		This is the belief that the Balkans are so hopelessly and intrinsically confused and impenetrable that there is scarcely any point in trying to distinguish between them; a novelistic or cartoon substitute is, in fact, eminently more manageable and presents less of an authorial problem than does the real thing.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/ahr/105.4/ah001218.html (6653 words)

	Amazon.com: King Ottokar's Sceptre (Adventures of Tintin): Books: Herge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syldavia is a Ruritanian realm of benevolent monarchs, toy-soldier uniforms, quaint rituals, emblems and customs, all under threat from modernity in the shape of totalitarian imperialism.
		Its exotic magic is subtly prepared by the lengthy contrasting prelude in Brussels, all drab brown interrupted by the heavy fl of the bungling Thom(p)sons.
		Eventually this adventure leads Tintin and Snowy into Syldavia (ruled by the titular king), a fictional country which was to play a prominent role in a number of later adventures.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0416605109?v=glance (1764 words)

	King Ottokar's Sceptre: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tintin goes to Syldavia (Syldavia: syldavia is a fictional balkan peninsulabalkan country featured in the adventures of...
		Tintin finds a briefcase and returns it to the owner, Professor Hector Alembic (Alembic: An obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube) k, who is a sigilographer (sigilographer: sigilography is the study of precious seals and stamps by people called sigillographers....
		He also finds out that Alembick is a pair of identical twin (identical twin: Either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)) s; Alfred was substituted for Hector before leaving for Syldavia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/king_ottokars_sceptre (763 words)

	King Ottokar's Sceptre
		When Tintin and Snowy travel to Syldavia with Professor Alembick they find themselves mixed up in a rebel plot to depose the Syldavian king.
		If the king does not carry King Ottokar's sceptre in the royal procession he will lose his throne, and when the rebels manage to steal the sceptre the detectives Thomson and Thompson are called in.
		On page 7, Tintin reads that Borduria conquered Syldavia in the 11th century, but the tourist brochure states that the year is 1195 (12th century).
	www.tintinologist.org /guides/books/08king.html (616 words)

	Death Ends Fun: Questintin time
		Maharajah of Gopal, Baron Halmaszout, the Lord Chamberlain of Syldavia, Colonel Sponsz and the Marquis of Gorgonzola
		The (attempted) annexation of Syldavia by Borduria is more like Hitler's annexation of Austria or the Sudetenland.
		Syldavia and Borduria are clearly Balkan/ex-Ottoman republics (read the historical brochure in King Ottokar's sceptre) so the references seem more like Austro-Hungary's annexation of some Balkan republic.
	dcubed.blogspot.com /2005/05/questintin-time.html (1303 words)

	Tintin Books
		If the king does not carry King Ottokar's scepter in the royal procession he will lose his throne, and when the rebels manage to steal the scepter the detectives Thomson and Thompson are called in.
		Tintin is called in, and he and Snowy are soon following the tracks of the evil and dangerous plotters to the deserts and towns of the Middle East, where their efforts to find them are complicated by hazards difficult even by Tintin's standards...
		Tintin, Snowy and Captain haddock fly to Syldavia to see Professor Calculus who is staying in a villa on the shores of a mysterious lake.
	www.princeton.edu /~ferguson/adw/tintin/biblio.htm (1772 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on King Ottokar's Sceptre at Epinions.com
		Syldavia has a hostile neighbor country, Borduria and they plan to steal the sceptre.
		The best thing about the book is the imaginary country, Syldavia, Herge has created.
		In fact, the entire scenes about Syldavia and its people are so charming that you can pick up the book and gaze at them countless number of times.
	www.epinions.com /content_170902523524 (670 words)

	Tintin's World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The original depiction of the UK was very outdated, so when the English translation was made the illustrations were mostly revised.
		Syldavia: this European monarchy, located somewhere northeast of Italy, will not be found on any map.
		Borduria: a Fascist state bordering Syldavia, it seems to be constantly trying to take over, as is shown in King Ottokar's Sceptre.
	paul.durdin.net /tintin/places.html (614 words)

	The New Adventures of Tintin: King Ottokar's Sceptre (1) - TV.com
		Tintin finds a briefcase at the Park and goes to return it to its owner, professor Alembick, who is a sigillographer.
		The professor is invited to Syldavia to study the royal seals.
		On the plane, Tintin suspects that the Professor he is traveling with is an imposter but is unable to prove it.
	www.tv.com /king-ottokars-sceptre-1/episode/252384/summary.html (307 words)

	Tintin books: used as propaganda for either the NAZIs or the Allies - Tintinologist.org Forums
		Some Bodurian soldiers wore German-style helmets in the scene when Tintin is trying to flee to Syldavia by air in "King Ottokar's Sceptre".
		Syldavia also looks like a combination of a number of Eastern European nations between the Axis powers and the USSR.
		Some scenes try to show evidence that Syldavia uses the Kyrillic script, and some of the clothing that the Syldavians wear appear quite similar to what was worn in the Balkans, which was ravaged during WWII.
	www.tintinologist.org /forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=8&topic=551 (456 words)

	Hergé's Syldavian
		Proper names in Syldavia, for instance, are normally Slavic; and there is some evidence for a Slavic influence on syntax.
		Though Syldavia is in the Balkans, Syldavian forms are usually closer to Dutch than to German (cf.
		To this day the coat of arms of Syldavia shows the motto Eih bennek, eih blavek in Latin characters (to be precise, in what is called in English fl-letter script, and in German Fraktur).
	www.zompist.com /syldavian.html (4481 words)

	75th anniversary of Tintin - TheologyWeb Campus
		When reading the Tintin albums one cannot help noticing that the author, Hergé, very often broaches the international political events in his books.
		In "Le sceptre d'Ottokar" (King Ottokar's sceptre), Hergé introduces the couple Syldavia - Borduria.
		Not only is it highly mountainous, but another parallel was the disappearance of King Ottokar from the later Tintin books involving Syldavia, just as the Yugoslav king disappeared during the War]
	www.theologyweb.com /campus/showthread.php?t=17743 (1519 words)

	An Earth-Français timeline
		So to me Syldavia was a western country, the western country meant to in TTS #11.] 1953 ======================== Jacques Bertrand, reporter of the daily London Planet, fights crime as The Cat.
		His main foe is the mysterious crime syndicate boss "Number 1" (this counterpart to Ted Grant, Wildcat, had 26 episodes serialized in the magazine Heroic Albums).
		Syldavia is like Greece or Macedonia (non- communist) while Borduria is meant to be Ceaucescu's Rumania or Bulgaria.] At some point after this, the Western capitalist countries threatened to utilize satellite lasers against the People's Republic of China should they not pull out of Tibet.
	blaklion.best.vwh.net /timelineFrancais.html (1827 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And Cyrillic was plastered all over the shops and street signs of Syldavia as graphic representations of this "small country, isolated until modern times because of its inaccessible position," clearly revealed.
		Many years later, I noticed in the invaluable travel brochure, Syldavia: Kingdom of the Black Pelican, that minarets stood in the towns and villages - so unlike other Orthodox countries from which the Muslim population had long ago departed, Syldavia still maintained its Ottoman centres of worship.
		Led by the evil dictator, Müsstler, a curiously Teutonic conflation of Mussolini and Hitler, the feared paramilitary organisation, the Iron Guard (presumably named in honour of the Romanian fascist movement) was planning to overthrow Muskar XII, the popular monarch of Syldavia, by stealing his sceptre.
	www.cccb.org /transcrip/urbanitats/estoest/12est_glenny.htm (3097 words)

	From the Soviets to the Alph-Art
		Back to Marlinspike, Tintin and Haddock learn that Calculus left for Syldavia and he asks them to come join him there.
		Their destination turns out to be an atomic research lab in the heart of the mountains, and Calculus has to give some explanations.
		This time, it incarnates the opposition of the communist and capitalist blocs, as Cold War reaches its climax.
	www.gorianet.it /tintin/english/albums3.htm (1908 words)

	DVD Review of Tintin Set 1 - DVDtoons! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Any successful character is ripe for adaptation, and Tintin has seen his share of film appearances, beginning with Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin in 1958--- this show had loose adaptations of a few of the books, yielding 104 five-minute cartoons that were produced by Belvision.
		the first adventure on the set takes place in Syldavia, but the country is only introduced in a story on the third disc; and characters featured in certain stories are introduced in later episodes as well.
		As such, the cast is smaller here, and the story also feels more mundane, focusing on Tintin’s pursuit of counterfeiters.
	www.dvdtoons.com /reviews/471 (2116 words)

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