Calar Alto Observatory
Calar Alto Observatory The German–Spanish Astronomical Centre at 2170 m altitude on Calar Alto in the Sierra de los Filabres, Andalusia, Spain. It was founded in 1972 and is operated by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg. Its largest instrument is a 3.5-m reflector, opened in 1984. There are also a 2.2-m reflector, opened in 1979, and a 1.23-m reflector, opened in 1975. A 0.8-m Schmidt was moved to Calar Alto in 1980 from Hamburg, where it had been used since 1955. Since 1978 Madrid Observatory has also operated a 1.5-m reflector at the site. http://www.caha.es/
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Roundup: Russia hails Russian Language Year in China
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 3/25/2009; 665 words
; ...wide coverage of the language year event will help...know each other's languages. "I believe that the language theme years will not...President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry...Chinese and Russian Languages on the last day of...the Year of Russian Language ...
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Russian Language Study Booming in China
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 11/21/1996; 552 words
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Russian language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Russian Literature and Language
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE. The category of "old Russian literature," however enduring, constitutes little more than an omnibus retrospection of almost all prose native to Rus' and written in Slavonic or...
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Language Laws
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...publication of the scriptures in Russian, however, aroused strong...terminated the publication of the Russian Bible and reestablished Church...language of scripture for Russians. 1860s to 1917 Starting...imperial policy promoted Russian national values among the...established Russian ...
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Russian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...Identification and Location. The term Russians can be used to refer to the...Caucasus region) for whom the Russian language is the main vehicle of communication in the home environment. Russians have been living in the United...occurred at the end of the Russian Revolution (1917), the...
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Russian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Russian literature literary works mainly produced in the historic area...earliest days in Church Slavonic and after the 17th cent. in the Russian language. Early Literature Russian literature was first produced after the introduction of Christianity...
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