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Rabčice
Rabčice ( hu, Rabcsice) is a village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1616. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 756 metres and covers an area of 22.183 km². It has a population of about 1885 people. Notable people * Milan Jagnešák, Slovak bobsledder * Milo Urban Milo Urban (pseudonyms Ján Rovňan ml., Podbabjagurský) (24 August 1904 – 10 March 1982) was Slovakia, Slovak writer, translator, journalist and important representatives of modern Slovak literature. Urban is controversial figure because ..., Slovak writer External links *http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Námestovo District {{Žilina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Jagnešák
Milan Jagnešák (born 29 August 1969) is a former Slovak Bobsleigh, bobsledder who serves as president of the Slovak Bobsleigh Federation. He competed in four Winter Olympics between 2002 and 2014. Early life Jagnešák was born on 29 August 1969 in Rabčice. He has a younger brother named Peter. Jagnešak started bobsleigh in 1998 and thought of becoming a three-time participant in the Winter Olympic Games someday. Bobsleigh career At the 2001–02 Bobsleigh World Cup, Jagnešák teamed up with Robert Kresťanko in the two-man bobsleigh category, finishing 30th place. They also at the finished 25th, 8th, and 27th places – respectively in the 2006–07 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2008–09 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2009–10 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2009–10 seasons. On 6 December 2008, Jagnešák finished 14th place at another two-man bobsleigh event, this time with David Rolet. However, Jagnešák was taken to the hospital upon suffering from muscle injury that would rule him out until J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Námestovo District
Námestovo District (''okres Námestovo'') is a district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s .... Until 1918, the district was part of Árva County, an administrative division of the Kingdom of Hungary. Municipalities References Districts of Slovakia {{Žilina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region ( sk, Žilinský kraj; pl, Kraj żyliński; hu, Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region was established in 1923, however, in its present borders exists from 1996. It is a more industrial region with several large towns. Žilina is the region administrative center and there is a strong cultural environment in Martin. Geography It is located in northern Slovakia and has an area of 6,804 km2 and a population of 688,851 (2011). The whole area is mountainous, belonging to the Western Carpathians. Some of the mountain ranges in the region include Javorníky, the Lesser Fatra and the Greater Fatra in the west, Oravská Magura, Chočské vrchy, Low Tatras and Western Tatras in the east. Whole area belongs to the Váh river basin. Some of its left tributaries are Turiec and Rajčanka rivers and its right tributaries Belá, Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milo Urban
Milo Urban (pseudonyms Ján Rovňan ml., Podbabjagurský) (24 August 1904 – 10 March 1982) was Slovakia, Slovak writer, translator, journalist and important representatives of modern Slovak literature. Urban is controversial figure because he served as an editor-in-chief of an official propagandist magazine of the Hlinka Guard ''Gardista'' in the era of the clerofascism, clerofascist ''Slovak State'' and was found guilty for collaboration by the court in 1948. Works Stories, novellas, novels * 1920 - ''Ej, ten tanec'', story (published in magazine Vatra (Slovak magazine), Vatra) * ''Nešťastník'' * ''Už je pozde'' * ''V zhone žitia'' * ''Vanitas vanitatum'' * ''Typograf'' * 1922 - ''Jašek Kutliak spod Bačinky'' (Jašek Kutliak from Under Bučinka), novella * 1926 - ''Za vyšným mlynom'' (Beyond the Upper Mill), this work was used as a model to Eugen Suchoň's opera Krútňava * 1928 - ''Výkriky bez ozveny'' (Calls Without Echo), collection of novellas ** ''V súmrak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , with a population of over 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. In the ninth century, they established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which then became the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 1241 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an Discipline (academia), academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the historiography, nature of history as an end in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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