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Pechenga (air Base)
Pechenga may refer to: Печенга *Pechenga (river), a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia *Pechenga Monastery, a historical monastery *Pechenga, Kostroma Oblast, a village in Buysky District of Kostroma Oblast *Pechenga (railway station), Murmansk Oblast, a railway station classified as a rural locality in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast *Pechenga (urban-type settlement), Murmansk Oblast, Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast Печеньга * :ru:Печеньга (приток Ваги) * :ru:Печеньга (приток Кокшеньги) * :ru:Печеньга (приток Сити) * :ru:Печеньга (приток Сухоны) * :ru:Верхняя Печеньга * :ru:Нижняя Печеньга * :ru:Лесная Печеньга See also * Pachanga / Pachanga (other) * Pechanga or Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians * Pechengsky District * Petsamo (other) {{disambig, Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pechenga (river)
The Pechenga (, ) is a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia (Kola Peninsula). It is the namesake for the Pechenga settlement, Pechenga Monastery and the Pechenga District. The river discharges into the Pechenga Bay by the Barents Sea coast. The Luostari/Pechenga airbase is located along the west bank of the Pechenga near Luostari at Korzunovo. The river is heavily contaminated by heavy metals due to mining operations in the river basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, th .... Refe ...
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Pechanga Band Of Luiseño Mission Indians
The Pechanga Band of Indians, also known as ''Payómkawichum'' (the People of the West), stand as 1 of 6 federally recognized tribes of Luiseño Indians, currently located in Riverside County, California. The modern understanding of the tribe, Pechanga, meaning "the place where water drips," comes from the displacement of the tribe during their eviction from Temecula in 1875, resulting in movement towards a secluded valley near a spring called Pecháa'a (pechaq for "to drip"). History Pre-European contact Acting as a self-governing population, the Payómkawichum inhabited much of present-day Southern California. Primarily occupied alongside the Kumeyaay nation, Luiseño ancestral territory stretched far, as such loose ownership of land expanded as far north as present-day Riverside, east as present-day Hemet, as south as present-day Carlsbad, and as west as San Nicolas Island. The Pechanga lived in permanent, cone-shaped structures throughout the region, relying heavily on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pachanga (other)
Pachanga is a music genre, genre of music which is described as a mixture of son montuno and merengue music, merengue and has an accompanying signature style of dance. This type of music has a festive, lively style and is marked by jocular, mischievous lyrics. Pachanga originated in Cuba in the 1950s and played an important role in the evolution of List of Caribbean music genres, Caribbean style music as it is today. Considered a prominent contributor to the eventual rise of Salsa music, salsa, Pachanga itself is an offshoot music played by charanga (Cuba), charangas. Very similar in sound to Cha-cha-cha (dance), Cha-Cha but with a notably stronger down-beat, Pachanga once experienced massive popularity all across the Caribbean and was brought to the United States by Cuban immigrants post World War II. This led to an explosion of Pachanga music in Cuban music clubs that influenced Latin culture in the United States for decades to come. Music Charanga (Cuba), Charanga is a ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
