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Sokol (other)
Sokol (meaning "falcon" in Slavic languages) most commonly refers to the Sokol movement, a Pan-Slavic physical education movement, and its various incarnations: * Czech Sokol movement, the original one * Polish Sokół movement * Russian Sokol movement * Sokol movement in Yugoslavia * Slovenian Sokol movement * Serbian Sokol movement * Croatian Sokol movement * Ukrainian Sokol movement * Muslim Sokol movement * Sokol movement in the United States * Polish Falcons of America Sokol, Sokół or SOKOL may also refer to: People * Sokol (given name), including a list of people with the name * Sokol (surname), including a list of people with the name * Sokół (rapper), Polish rapper Places * Sokol District, a district in Northern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia *Sokol, Vologda Oblast, a town in Russia *Sokol, Magadan Oblast, a town in Russia * Sokol, Russia, index of inhabited localities in Russia *Sokol (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro * Sokol (Lusatian Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falcon
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons have thin, tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and change direction rapidly. Fledgling falcons, in their first year of flying, have longer flight feathers, which make their configuration more like that of a general-purpose bird such as a broad wing. This makes flying easier while learning the exceptional skills required to be effective hunters as adults. The falcons are the largest genus in the Falconinae subfamily of Falconidae, which itself also includes another subfamily comprising caracaras and a few other species. All these birds kill with their beaks, using a tomial "tooth" on the side of their beaks—unlike the hawks, eagles, and other birds of prey in the Accipitridae, which use their feet. The largest fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol, Vologda Oblast
Sokol (russian: Со́кол) is a town in the center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Sukhona River. Population: ; 36,000 (1970). History The village of Sokolovo () existed on this location since at least 1615. Since 1796, the village was part of Kadnikovsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate. In 1897, a paper mill was built near the village and Sokolovo became the primary place of residence of the employees of the mill. In November 1923, the Vologda Executive Committee decreed to create Sverdlovsko-Sukhonsky District with the administrative center in the settlement of Sokol; however, the decision was not approved by the central authorities, and the district was never created. On July 15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into Northern Krai, and Sverdlovsky District with the administrative center in the work settlement of Sokol was established among others. It became a part of Vologda Okrug of Northern Krai. In 1932, Sokol was gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol (Pliva)
Sokograd, sometimes Sokol-grad, Soko-grad, Soko or Sokol, is a medieval fortress with a castle town in the Pliva river valley, between Gerzovo and nearby Šipovo, in Šipovo municipality, Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was a center of the ''župa'' Pliva (at the time also called Pljeva) during the time of Medieval Bosnia. It was built in a canyon on a steep slope high above the river Sokočnica, which flows into Pliva in Šipovo. Etymology Sokograd or Sokol derives from the Slavic word falcon (''Sokol'') and thus being a castle with castle town, it received the ''grad'' () suffix. Geography Sokograd was a medieval castle and a castle town in the Pliva valley, within the settlement of Gerzovo, municipality of Mrkonjić Grad, at the border of municipality of Šipovo. History Sokograd was probably built at the end of the first half of the 13th century when the first stronger fortresses began to be built in the then Banate of Bosnia. During h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol (Ljubovija)
Soko Grad ( sr, Соко Град) is a former town and medieval fortification near Ljubovija, western Serbia. The fortress was notable for never being conquered by an army. History The fortress complex is dated to medieval Serbia, however the original fort was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, much like Soko Grad in Sokobanja. It was first recorded in 1176 as a fort of Stefan Nemanja. During the Ottoman occupation, the town became infamous for the notorious torture, persecution and conversion policy of the local orthodox population. There are documents from 1476 that mention that the administrator Sokol Kemal refortified and expanded the town's walls. For a long time, Sokol was a synonym for the Sultan's invincibility in the region; just like before, the fortress was never taken by an enemy army, getting the nickname ''Sultan's Bride''. It was one of the last bastions of the Turkish dominance in the region, and was one of the last fortifications in Serbia to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol (Konavle)
Sokol ( en, Falcon) is the name of a medieval fortress located in the village of Dunave in Konavle, Croatia, underneath the eastern slopes of Sniježnica, near the border with Sutorina in Montenegro. It's also referred to as or . Arthur J. Evans is known to have done excavations on the site, but never published complete results. Archaeologists have been conducting surveys of the site since the 1970s, and it is known that the site was inhabited in the Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, most notably by the Cetina culture. The site was also inhabited during Roman times, growing in importance as part of a Byzantine '' limes''. It is not known exactly when the medieval Fort Sokol was built, the first historical records about it date to a mention in 1373 and also a mention in the 1391 donation of Konavle by the Sanković family to the Republic of Ragusa. It was garrisoned by Dubrovnik and commanded by a member of the gentry until it was abandoned in 1672. The site also contains a med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol International Racetrack
The Sokol International Racetrack (also known as Sokol Circuit - kk, Сокол халықаралық ипподромы, Sokol xalıqaralıq ïppodromı, russian: Сокольский международный ипподром, Sokol'skiy mezhdunarodnyy ipodrom) is a motorsport race track northwest of Almaty, Kazakhstan. The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke and is marketed as an FIA Grade 2 track. History In July 2012, Kazakh businessman Alijan Ibragimov announced plans to build a US$40 million ( KZ₸19 billion) motorsport facility on the outskirts of Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, with construction scheduled to commence in September. RacingLoop were brought in as consultants and Hermann Tilke was charged with the design of a circuit intended to draw in MotoGP and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, however ground was not broken until 2014. By 2016 a go-kart track and a drag strip had been opened with Jorge Lorenzo in attendance, as circuit construction was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol, Romania
Socol ( ro, Socol, sr, Сокол/Sokol, or Соколовац/Sokolovac, hu, Nérasolymos) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, Romania (in the ''Clisura Dunării'' area of Banat). In 2011, the population of the commune numbered 1,873 people and its population was ethnically mixed. It is composed of five villages: Baziaș, Câmpia, Pârneaura, Socol and Zlatița. ''Sokol'' means "falcon" in Serbian. The commune is officially bilingual, with both Romanian and Serbian being used as working languages on public signage and in administration, education and justice. Demographics and name In 2011, population included: * 52.9% Serbs * 36.8% Romanians * 5.6% Roma * 3.7% Czechs * 0.6% Hungarians Baziaș Baziaș is a village of Socol commune, notable as the place where the Danube enters Romania, and where, in 1854, the first railway line was opened on the territory of present-day Romania—the line ran from Baziaș to Oravița, at a time when the area was under Austrian admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokół, Masovian Voivodeship
Sokół is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sobolew, within Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Sobolew, Masovian Voivodeship, Sobolew, south of Garwolin, and south-east of Warsaw. References Villages in Garwolin County {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokół, Masovian Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokół, Łódź Voivodeship
Sokół is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzyżanów, within Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Krzyżanów, east of Kutno, and north of the regional capital Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti .... References Villages in Kutno County {{Kutno-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokoľ
Sokoľ (; hu, Hernádszokoly) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1270 (''Zokola''), when it belonged to master Reinhold. In the 13th century a castle existed in the hills near the village. It disappeared in 1430. the village passed to many landowners' families: in 1330 to Drugeth, in 1370 to Rozgonyi, in 1387 to Bebek and in 1423 to Palocsay. In 1429 it passed to Košice. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 250 metres and covers an area of 15.662 km². The municipality has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of 880 people. External links *http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html *http://www.cassovia.sk/sok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol (Lusatian Mountains)
Sokol (German ''Falkenberg'') is a cone-shaped peak in the Lusatian Mountains, just south of the frontier between Germany and the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The .... There are traces at the summit of a medieval castle—Starý Falkenburk (''Alte Falkenburg''). References Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Lusatian Mountains Jablonné v Podještědí {{Liberec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
