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Swamps Of Belarus
Swamps, marshes, mires, bogs, and fens are important parts of the natural landscape in Belarus. Vast swamplands historically covered the country, and currently there are around 2.5 million hectares of wetlands in Belarus. Notable swamp regions are Pinsk Marshes and Olmany swamps in Polesia and Yelnya Swamp in Vitebsk region. Names Swamps, marshes, mires, bogs, and fens are all usually called "" (balota) in Belarusian, though there are many synonyms: , , , etc. Current situation In the early 20th century, almost 40% of the territory, 8 million hectares, were wetlands. Around 2.56 to 2.94 million hectares were swamps and marshes (more than 12% of Belarus's territory). Today, about 4% of the territory is swamps, or 863 thousand hectares. Over half of Belarus's swamps were drained for agricultural and forestry purposes between the 1960s and 1970s, leading to loss of biodiversity, increased droughts and frosts, and depleted groundwater levels in some areas. Efforts to revive an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Nondalton Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of Nondalton, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 825 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 50.9% from the 1,679 enplanements in 2007. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a ''general aviation'' facility. for 2009–2013 Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB) Federal Aviation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphagnum
''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 to 26 times as much water as their dry weight, depending on the species.Bold, H. C. 1967. Morphology of Plants. second ed. Harper and Row, New York. p. 225–229. The empty cells help retain water in drier conditions. As ''Sphagnum'' moss grows, it can slowly spread into drier conditions, forming larger mires, both raised bogs and blanket bogs. Thus, ''Sphagnum'' can influence the composition of such habitats, with some describing ''Sphagnum'' as 'habitat manipulators' or 'autogenic ecosystem engineers'. These peat accumulations then provide habitat for a wide array of peatland plants, including sedges and Calcifuge, ericaceous shrubs, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Martinovich
Viсtor Martinovich (also Viktar Martsinovich; , Viktar Marcinovič, ; born ) is a Belarusian writer and art historian. Biography Victor Martinovich was born in Ashmyany, Belarus. In 1999 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Belarusian State University (BSU), and in 2002 he obtained a PhD from BSU with a thesis about the Vitebsk avant-garde art in Soviet newspapers of the 1920s. From 2002 to 2015, he was a deputy editor-in-chief of the ''BelGazeta'' newspaper. On June 27, 2008, at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania), he defended his PhD thesis on the topic "Vitebsk avant-garde (1918-1922): socio-cultural context and art criticism". He is an associate professor at the European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania). Martinovich is an author of 6 fiction novels, 7 plays, 1 non-fiction books, numerous academic articles and essays. Fiction novels Since 2009, Martinovich has written 6 novels. The novels were written in Belarusian or Russian alternately. Most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Stakh's Wild Hunt
''King Stakh's Wild Hunt'' () is a novel by author Uladzimir Karatkievich published in 1964. It is based on the Wild Hunt, a motif (Motif E501 in Stith Thompson's ''Motif-Index of Folk-Literature'')Thompson, Stith. ''The Folktale''. University of California Press. 1977. p. 257. that occurs in the folklore of various Northern and Eastern European cultures. Uladzimir Karatkievich outlined this folk legend of Belarus, based on historical events. shot by Belarusfilm is based on the novel, which gained several international prizes. Karatkievich did not particularly like this adaptation, since one of the key themes of the story was practically absent in the film – sadness about the plight of the Belarusian people. Plot The story is told on behalf of the main character, Andrej Biełarecki, who is 96 years old at the moment of his narration. The story itself occurred during his youth, in the fall of 1888, somewhere in a remote swampy Belarusian area, when he, a young folkloris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uladzimir Karatkevich
Uladzimir Karatkievich (; ; 26 November 1930 – 25 July 1984) was a Belarusian Soviet writer, publicist, poet, translator, dramatist, and screenwriter, recognized as a classic of Belarusian literature. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in 20th-century Belarusian literature and was the first Belarusian writer to explore the genre of historical mystery. Karatkievich's works are characterized by a romantic focus, a high level of artistic sophistication, patriotic fervor, and a humanistic tone. He significantly enriched Belarusian literature with thematic and genre diversity, imbuing it with intellectual and philosophical depth. Among his most famous works are the novellas ''King Stakh's Wild Hunt'' () and ''The Grey Legend'' (), the novels ''Ears of Rye Under Your Sickle'' (), ''Christ Landed in Hrodna'' (), and ''The Black Castle Alshanski'' (), and the essay ''Land Beneath White Wings'' (). Origins Uladzimir Karatkievich's mother, Nadzeia Vasileuna (), cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Melezh
Ivan Pavlovich Melezh (; 8 February 1921 – 9 August 1976) was a Soviet and Belarusian writer and playwright. Biography He was born to a peasant family. In 1939, he entered the , but was there for only a year when he was drafted into the Red Army and served on the front in the Odesa and Rostov-on-Don areas. He was seriously injured in 1942 and was moved to the rear following his recovery. Initially, he lived in Buguruslan, then studied at Baku State University. He later taught Belarusian literature at Belarusan State University in Minsk. From 1945, he was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers, serving as Secretary after 1966 and Deputy Chairman from 1971 to 1974. From 1967 to 1976, he was a Deputy to the Supreme Soviet. He was designated a People's Writer of the Belarusian SSR in 1972 and was awarded numerous prizes, including the Lenin Prize for his novels ''People of the Marsh'' (''«Людзі на балоце»'') and ''The Storm's Breath'' (''«Подых нава ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanka Maur
Janka Maŭr (; ; ; Yanka Mavr; 11 May 1883 – 3 August 1971) was a Soviet and Belarusian writer, translator and playwright. Janka Maŭr was actually his pseudonym as his true name was Ivan Michajłavič Fiodaraŭ (Belarusian: Іва́н Міха́йлавіч Фёдараў). His son, Fiodar Fiodaraŭ, was a famous Belarusian physicist. He was born in Liepāja, Courland, Latvia but was raised in the Belarusian village of Lebianiški (now Lithuania). He graduated from vocational school in Kaunas, then entered a pedagogical school in 1899, but was thrown out for being a member of an underground revolutionary club. Nevertheless in 1903 he passed all the exams as a non-resident student and became a high school teacher. In 1906 took part in the underground meeting of the Belarusian teachers, organized by the famous Belarusian writer Yakub Kolas. After his arrest, he could not work as a teacher anymore. He could teach again only in 1911, becoming a geography and history teacher in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakub Kolas
Yakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, , – August 13, 1956), real name Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich (Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч Міцке́віч, , ) was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet and translator. People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences. In his works, Yakub Kolas was known for his sympathy towards the ordinary Belarusian peasantry. This was evident in his pen name 'Kolas', meaning 'ear of grain' in Belarusian. He wrote collections of poems ''Songs of Captivity'' (, 1908) and ''Songs of Grief'' (, 1910), poems ''A New Land'' (, 1923) and ''Simon the Musician'' (, 1925), stories, and plays. His poem ''The Fisherman's Hut'' (, 1947) is about the fight after unification of Belarus with the Soviet state. His trilogy ''At a Crossroads'' (, 1925) is about the pre-Revolutionary life of the Belarusian peasantry and the democratic intelligentsia. He was awarded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsh
In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p More in general, the word can be used for any low-lying and seasonally waterlogged terrain. In Europe and in agricultural literature low-lying meadows that require draining and embanked polderlands are also referred to as marshes or marshland. Marshes can often be found at the edges of lakes and streams, where they form a transition between the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are often dominated by grasses, rushes or reeds. If woody plants are present they tend to be low-growing shrubs, and the marsh is sometimes called a carr. This form of vegetation is what differentiates marshes from other types of wetland such as swamps, which are dominated by trees, and mires, which are wetlands that have accumulated deposits of acidic peat. Marshes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Change
Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current rise in global temperatures is Scientific consensus on climate change, driven by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel use, Deforestation and climate change, deforestation, and some Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, agricultural and Environmental impact of concrete, industrial practices release greenhouse gases. These gases greenhouse effect, absorb some of the heat that the Earth Thermal radiation, radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary gas driving global warming, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, has increased in concentratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
