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• Introduction —    All countries are unique, but Russia particularly contemporary Russia is undoubtedly sui generis. Underscoring this point, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once described the country as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Introduction —    When Burma (Myanmar) achieved independence from British colonial rule in 1948, many observers viewed it with its high standards of education and abundant natural resources as one of the Asian countries most likely to achieve economic… …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

• Introduction —    Sacred music is a universal phenomenon of humanity. Where there is faith, there is music to express it. Every major religious tradition and most minor ones have music and have it in abundance and variety. There is music to accompany ritual and …   Historical dictionary of sacred music

• Introduction —    It is hard to think of two more significant decades in U.S. history than the 1930s and 1940s. During these 20 years, the United States suffered the worst ever economic collapse during the Great Depression; underwent major political reform… …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

• Introduction —    There are shamans who may be able to heal, and others who may be successful at controlling game animals. Some shamans alter consciousness or use trance, others shape shift and journey to other worlds. Some mediate between their communities and …   Historical dictionary of shamanism

• Introduction — • The English language contains a rich array of slang words and phrases. This can be particularly seen when examining the day to day language of the average Londoner. A great many London slang terms derive from the Cockney tradition and fall into …   Londonisms dictionary

• Introduction —    Germany, during the years between 1933 and 1945, was a state organized around the principle of race. Rudolph Hess, Hitler’s confidant, was not being facetious when he defined National Socialism as applied biology. To the Nazis, paraphrasing… …   Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

• Introduction to genetics — [ DNA, the sequence of the plate like units (nucleotides) in the center carries information.] Genetics studies how living organisms inherit many of the features of their ancestors ndash; for example, children usually look and act like other… …   Wikipedia

• Introduction —    Although the Berbers form sizable populations in North Africa and the Sahel, they have been reduced to a minority within their respective home states. Berbers are the ancient inhabitants of North Africa, but rarely have they formed an actual… …   Historical dictionary of the berbers (Imazighen)

• Introduction to viruses — Taxobox | color=violet name = Viruses image caption = Computer reconstruction of a rotavirus particle subdivision ranks = Groups subdivision = I: dsDNA viruses II: ssDNA viruses III: dsRNA viruses IV: (+)ssRNA viruses V: ( )ssRNA viruses VI:… …   Wikipedia

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Introduction — The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides a general history of proverbs in common use in Britain in the last two hundred years. Some of the proverbs have been in use throughout the English speaking world for many years; others… …   Proverbs new dictionary