Month: December 2021

Rishiri Island (利尻島) is on the north-west tip of Hokkaido, Japan. The island features native wildflowers, spectacular landscapes and fantastic hiking for experienced and beginner hikers. Rishiri island seen from Rebun island. . . . Rishiri Island . . . Rishiri-to is a small island off the north-west coast of […]

The 22nd Motor Rifle Division named for Atamyrat Niyazov (Military Unit Number 01123[1]) is a division of the Turkmenistan Ground Forces. It traces its history to the 344th Rifle Division (Russian: 344-я стрелковая дивизия), an infantry division of the Red Army and the Soviet Ground Forces during World War II […]

The Virtual Reality World Tour is the tenth headlining tour from American country music singer Brad Paisley and is in support of his eighth studio album, This Is Country Music (2011). The tour began on January 12, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Michigan and ended on November 13, 2012, in Dublin, […]

Air Vice MarshalSir Leonard Monk IsittKBE (27 July 1891 – 21 January 1976) was a New Zealand military aviator and senior air force commander. In 1943 he became the first New Zealander to serve as the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, a post […]

The 1986 Victorian Football Association season was the 105th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 26th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it defeated Coburg in the Grand Final on 21 September […]

Club van 100 (English: Club of 100) is the official list of Football players who have appeared in one hundred or more official matches for AFC Ajax.[1] The official Club van 100 of Ajax Amsterdam . . . Club van 100 (AFC Ajax) . . . The Club van 100 […]

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 12th century. Overview of the events of 1110 in literature This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2013) Overview of the events of 1110 in literature List of years in literature (table) …1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 […]

Nikolai Fyodorovich Smolin (1888–1962) was a Russian and Soviet portrait painter. . . . Nikolai Smolin . . . The artist was born in 1888 in Platonovka, Perm Governorate. His father worked the goldfields, his mother came from a working-class family and was a housewife. While studying at the Chelyabinsk […]

Baotou (Chinese: 包头 Bāotóu, Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤᠬᠣᠲᠠBuɣutu qota) is a city on the Yellow River (Huáng Hé) in Inner Mongolia. The metropolitan area has a population of over two million. . . . Baotou . . . The largest city in Inner Mongolia, Baotou used to be an arid region inhabited […]

Battle of Shangcai was a series of clashes fought between the nationalists and the communists during Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory. The battle is also called the Blockade at Shangcai (Chinese: 上蔡阻击战) by the communists, who launched the battle […]