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Ivan Krasko
Ivan Krasko (real name Ján Botto, pseudonyms ''Bohdana J. Potokinová'', ''Ivan Krasko'', ''Janko Cigáň'', 12 July 1876 in Lukovištia (''Lukovistye'') – 3 March 1958 in Bratislava) was a Slovak poet, translator and representative of modernism in Slovakia. Biography He was born into a peasant family in Lukovištia, a village in the Gemer (Gömör) region. He studied at the Hungarian grammar school in Rimavská Sobota (Rimaszombat), later at German grammar schools in Sibiu and Braşov, where he graduated. In 1900 he applied for the study of chemical engineering in Prague, where he successfully graduated in 1905. He was a member of the Slovak association Detvan. He worked then for some time as a chemist in the town of Klobuky, later in a chemical factory in Slaný. When the First World War broke out, he went to fight on the Eastern Front against the Russian Empire. After end of the war, he returned to Czechoslovakia and started working as a politician, becoming a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B Ivan Krasko
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin-script alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' bee'' (pronounced ), plural ''bees''. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants. History Old English was originally written in runes, whose equivalent letter was beorc , meaning "birch". Beorc dates to at least the 2nd-century Elder Futhark, which is now thought to have derived from the Old Italic alphabets' either directly or via Latin . The uncial and half-uncial introduced by the Gregorian and Irish missions gradually developed into the Insular scripts' . These Old English Latin alphabets supplanted the earlier runes, whose use was fully banned under King Canute in the early 11th century. The Norman Conquest popularised the Carolingian half-uncial forms which lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraskovo, Moscow Oblast
Kraskovo (russian: Краско́во) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (a urban-type settlement, suburban (dacha) settlement) in Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia.Resolution #123-PG Population: Its elevation is above sea level. Dialing code: +7 495 (formerly +7 095). History The first references to Kraskovo date back to 1334, but the village existed since the mid-13th century. Kraskovo-Bogorodskoye, an old estate of the Trubetskoy knyazes, is located on the Pekhorka River. It was heavily damaged after the October Revolution of 1917—the park was deforested and most of its area was used for construction. The main house with its auxiliary wings and a church, household courtyard, and a crude kerb-stone fence still remain. Another historic site of Kraskovo is the brick empire (style), empire Vladimir church, constructed in 1831–1832. In 1898, the first hospital opened, which is known today as Lyuberetsky District Hospit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dehmel
Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (18 November 1863 – 8 February 1920) was a German poet and writer. Life A forester's son, Richard Dehmel was born in Hermsdorf near Wendisch Buchholz (now a part of Münchehofe) in the Brandenburg Province, Kingdom of Prussia. He got his first impressions of nature wandering the oak forests tended by his father, and first attended school in his hometown. He then attended the Sophiengymnasium (a Berlin gymnasium) yet was expelled after clashing with the headteacher. He finished his school days in Danzig and subsequently studied the natural sciences, economics, literature, and philosophy, first at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and then at Leipzig University, where he obtained a doctorate in economics with a thesis on the insurance industry.Burns, Friedrich (1980). "Dehmel, Richard". In Jean Albert Bédé & William Benbow Edgerton (Eds.), ''Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature'' (p. 195). New York: Columbia University Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenský Obzor
Slovak () , is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken by approximately 5 million people as a native language, primarily ethnic Slovaks, it serves as the official language of Slovakia and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Slovak is closely related to Czech, to the point of mutual intelligibility to a very high degree, as well as Polish. Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional language with a complex system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German and other Slavic languages. The Czech–Slovak group developed within West Slavic in the high medieval period, and the standardization of Czech and Slovak within the Czech–Slovak dialect continuum emerged in the early modern period. In the later mid- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenský Denník
Slovak () , is a West Slavic language of the Czech-Slovak languages, Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken by approximately 5 million people as a native language, primarily ethnic Slovaks, it serves as the official language of Slovakia and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Slovak is closely related to Czech language, Czech, to the point of mutual intelligibility to a very high degree, as well as Polish language, Polish. Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional language with a complex system of morphology (linguistics), morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German language, German and other Slavic languages. The Czech–Slovak group developed within West Slavic in the high medieval pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prúdy
Prúdy is a Slovak rock band formed in the former Czechoslovakia in 1962. The original lineup of the band consisted of Marián Varga on organ and piano, Pavol Hammel on guitar and vocals, Vlado Mallý on drums, Peter Saller on guitar and Fedor Frešo on bass guitar. Discography Studio albums * ''Zvoňte, zvonky'' (1969) See also * The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time External links Pavolhammel.sk* Allmusic.com AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...Marianvarga.sk {{DEFAULTSORT:Prudy Slovak rock music groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letopis Živeny
''Letopis'' was a Russian monthly journal published in St Petersburg from December 1915 until December 1917. It had a range of material including literary, scientific and political material. Its political stance was to oppose nationalism and the First World War. Officially A. F. Radzishevsky was the editor but in practice Maxim Gorky edited the paper. Under the Tsarist regime ''Letopis'' was continually censored for an anti-war stance. Nikolai Sukhanov, described how the editors used to meet in Gorky's flat, in particular during the February Revolution: :"One after another people both known and unknown to me, to Gorky himself as well as to me, kept coming in. They came in for consultation, to share impressions, to make enquiries and to find out what was going on in various circles. Gorky naturally had connections throughout Petersburg, from top to bottom. We began to talk and we, the editors of ''Letopis'', soon set up a united front against representatives of the Left, the intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenské Pohľady
''Slovenské pohľady'' or ''Slovak views'' was a literary magazine published in 1846, 1847, 1851 and 1852. It was relaunched in 1881, and has been published continuously to the present.Marcel Cornis-Pope & John Neubauer, History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III: The making and remaking of literary institutions (John Benjamins Publishing, 18 Jul 2007) Slovak literary magazine. Its founder, publisher and editor in chief">publisher.html" ;"title="Slovak literature">Slovak literary magazine. Its founder, publisher">Slovak literature">Slovak literary magazine. Its founder, publisher and editor in chief was Jozef Miloslav Hurban and the magazine appeared in the period 1846-47 and from 1851–52 and was successful in popularization of social sciences and arts. The magazine folded due to harsh new press laws introduced under the absolutism of the Bachovský Government. In its more recent manifestation t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Authorized King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I. The 80 books of the King James Version include 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of what Protestants consider the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament. Noted for its "majesty of style", the King James Version has been described as one of the most important books in English culture and a driving force in the shaping of the English-speaking world. The KJV was first printed by John Norton and Robert Barker, who both held the post of the King's Printer, and was the third translation into English language approved by the English Church authorities: The first had been the Great Bible, commissioned in the reign of King Henry VIII (1535), and the second had been the Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
