León
León city (1990 pop. 137,758), capital of León prov., NW Spain, in Castile-León, at the foot of the Cantabrian Mts. and at the confluence of the Bernesga and Torio rivers. It is an agricultural and commercial center. Dating from Roman times, it was reconquered from the Moors in 882 by Alfonso III of Asturias. Early in the 10th cent., León replaced Oviedo as the capital of the kingdom of Asturias, which became the kingdom of León. The city flourished in the 12th and 13th cent. as a trade center but declined after the kings of León and Castile made Valladolid their favored residence. It still retains a medieval atmosphere, and its many historic monuments attract tourists. Most notable is the Spanish Gothic cathedral (13th-14th cent.).
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Soviet war hero 'was Welsh'.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/19/2003; 471 words
; ...an author has claimed. If Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was still alive he might feel...believes that the Soviet name Timoshenko is a mutation of the Welsh...grandfather was Welsh. 'Timoshenko sounds more like a Welsh nickname...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/18/1994; 619 words
; ...Schneider), actor, 1890; Wendell Louis Wilkie, politician, 1892; Andres Segovia, guitarist, 1894; Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko, general, 1895; Andre Breton, Surrealist poet and art critic, 1896. Deaths: Fra Angelico (Giovanni...
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Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko , 1895-1970, Soviet marshal. He served in the civil war of 1918-20 as a cavalry commander and subsequently rose in the Soviet...
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Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov , 1896-1974, Soviet marshal. He fought in the October...1941) chief of the general staff. In Oct., 1941, he replaced Semyon Timoshenko as commander of the central front and conducted the defense of...
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