Pitersky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,600 square kilometers (1,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Piterka. Population: 18,054 (2010 Census); 19,581 (2002 Census); […]
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Ongoing news reports in the international media have revealed operational details about the Anglophone cryptographic agencies’ global surveillance of both foreign and domestic nationals. The reports mostly emanate from a cache of top secret documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, which he obtained whilst working for Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the largest contractors
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Mansur is a rural locality in Tatarobashmakovsky Selsoviet, Privolzhsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Kochubey was a Crimean Tatar family of the Cossack Hetmanate and later the Russian Empire. Over the years many representatives of the family held high government positions. Members Vasyl Kochubey Connected families SkoropadskyApostolLyzohubBezborodko
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov was a Russian theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including general relativity, quantum field theory, as well as the theory of quantum liquids. He is well known for his role in developing the Landau-Khalatnikov theory of superfluidity and the so-called BKL conjecture in the general theory of relativity.
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Europe is a continent that lies fully in the Northern Hemisphere and primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere. It consists of the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia’s continental landmass, shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Asia and Africa, and is bounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth, spanning approximately 371,000 square kilometers (143,000 square miles). Despite its name, it is technically a lake, though historically referred to as a “sea” due to its saline water and large size. The Caspian Sea is bordered by five countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,
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Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American former intelligence contractor and whistleblower who, in 2013, disclosed highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA). His revelations exposed the scale of global surveillance programs carried out by the NSA in collaboration with telecommunication companies and foreign governments. Snowden’s actions sparked worldwide debate
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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