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Slovakia is a landlocked Central European country with mountainous regions in the north and flat terrain in the south.
Piney Point Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,125 at the 2010 census. Piney Point Village is the wealthiest place in Texas, as ranked by per capita income. It is part of a collection of upscale residential communities in west Houston known as the Memorial Villages.
Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin was a Soviet engineer working in the space program. He was Chief Designer at the Lavochkin Design Bureau from 1965 until his death.
The Tempest, Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18, is a symphonic poem in F minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed in 1873. It was premiered in December 1873, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein.
The RBU-1000 Smerch-3 is a 300 mm caliber Russian anti-submarine and anti-torpedo rocket launcher. It entered service around 1962-1963. It is similar in operation to the Hedgehog system used during the Second World War. The RBU-1000 is remotely aimed by the Burya fire control system. It is crewed by three men, two in the magazine room, one in the control center.
The Buran cruise missile, designation RSS-40, was a Soviet intercontinental cruise missile by Myasishchev capable of carrying a 3,500 kg hydrogen bomb payload The project was canceled before flight tests began. It is unrelated to the later Buran reusable orbiter.
Mezhdu denya i noshtta is the first video release by Balkandji. It contains four video clips by the band and a recording of their performance on the 2003 festival "Slantse/Luna" in Trigrad. It also contains an information about the band members, a gallery of pictures and an interview with the band. The interview and the information are in Bulgarian.
Kashchey the Deathless, a.k.a. Kashchey the Immortal, is a one-act opera in three scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by the composer, and is based on a Russian fairy tale about Koschei the Deathless, an evil, ugly old wizard, who menaced principally young women. A similar fairy tale was also used by Igor Stravinsky and Michel Fokine to create their iconic ballet, The Firebird.
Tempest in a teapot, or storm in a teacup, is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion. There are also lesser known or earlier variants, such as tempest in a teacup, storm in a cream bowl, tempest in a glass of water, storm in a wash-hand basin, and storm in a glass of water.
Ron Cahute is a Ukrainian-Canadian recording artist and songwriter. He is an accordion player and founding member of the Ukrainian-Canadian music band Burya. He is an arranger, sound engineer, music producer, and musical director for Ukrainian dance ensembles in Toronto.
Buryas Bridge is a hamlet on the A30 main road southwest of Penzance in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is located close to the hamlets of Kerris, Lower Drift, Tremethick Cross and Tredavoe. According to the Post Office the 2011 census population was included in the civil parish of Paul.
Beryah Khani is a village in Gurani Rural District, Gahvareh District, Dalahu County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 211, in 40 families.
Preker Point is the sharp rocky point forming the north side of the entrance to Saldobisa Cove on the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
Saldobisa Cove is the 2.26 km wide cove indenting for 1.62 km the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is entered south of Preker Point and north of Burya Point.
Olusha Cove is the 2.7 km wide cove indenting for 1 km the northwest coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is entered north of Consecuencia Point and south of Burya Point, and is surmounted by Ketripor Hill and Tower Hill on the east.
