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121Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
122Sylvester II — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999 1003. Also, Silvester II. * * * orig. Gerbert of Aurillac born с 945, near Aurillac, Auvergen, France died May 12, 1003, Rome First French pope (999–1003). Renowned as a scholar of logic and… …
123Pont-Aven school — Group of young painters who espoused a style known as Synthetism and united under the tutelage of Paul Gauguin at Pont Aven, Brittany, France, in the late 1880s and early 1890s. The artists included Émile Bernard, Charles Laval, Maxime Maufra,… …
124Sennett, Mack — orig. Michael Sinnott born Jan. 17, 1880, Richmond, Que., Can. died Nov. 5, 1960, Hollywood, Calif., U.S. Canadian born U.S. film director. He performed in burlesque and vaudeville before joining the Biograph studio in 1908, and he soon was… …
125Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
126western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
127The Religion of Russia — The Religion of Russia † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Religion of Russia A. The Origin of Russian Christianity There are two theories in regard to the early Christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from …
128Nikita Zotov — Nikita Zotov, rotogravure by Alexandr Osipov, 1882–1883 Count Nikita Moiseevich Zotov[1] (Russian: Никита Моисеевич Зотов) (1644 …
