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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Cheka | | | |  Cheka: Encyclopedia II - History of anti-Semitism - The 15th century1411 Oppressive legislation against Jews in Spain as an outcome of the preaching of the Dominican friar Vicente Ferrer.
1413 Disputation of Tortosa, Spain, staged by the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII, is followed by forced mass conversions.
1420 All Jews are expelled from Lyons.
1421 Persecutions of Jews in Vienna, known as Wiener Gesera (Vienna Edict), confiscation of their possessions, and forced conversion of Jewish childr ...
See also:History of anti-Semitism, History of anti-Semitism - Ancient animosity towards Jews, History of anti-Semitism - The 4th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 5th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 6th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 7th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 8th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 9th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 10th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 11th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 12th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 13th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 14th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 15th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 16th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 17th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 18th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 19th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 20th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 21st century, History of anti-Semitism - Books Read more here: » History of anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - History of anti-Semitism - The 15th century |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats Agar served in Coastal Motor Boats (CMB's) in home waters during the latter part of the war. These small vessels displaced just 5 tons compared to the 1,110 tons of a World War One era destroyer. Their main offensive weapon was a torpedo. They were of shallow draught and could operate close inshore.
The CMB's carried one or two torpedoes, depending on whether they were "forty footers" or "fifty-five footers". Mines could be substituted for torpedoes and they also carried depth charges and Lewis guns. It was planned that they be either ...
See also:Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference Read more here: » Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - North Russia After Jutland the battleship threat from Germany receded somewhat and the danger from mines and submarines grew. Among the most vulnerable points were the two ports of Murmansk and Archangel in North Russia used by British merchant ships bringing war materials to their ally. Mine sweeping trawlers were sent out to counter this threat and two old cruisers were modified to act as repair workshops and headquarters for this flotilla. Agar joined one of them, HMS Iphigenia, in December 1916, as executive officer. The Iphigenia dated from 1892 and displaced 3,40 ...
See also:Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference Read more here: » Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - North Russia |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - History of anti-Semitism - The 17th century 1603 Frei Diogo Da Assumpacao, a partly Jewish friar who embraced Judaism, burned alive in Lisbon.
1608 The Jesuit order forbids admission to anyone descended from Jews to the fifth generation, a restriction lifted in the 20th century. Three years later Pope Paul V applies the rule throughout the Church, but his successor revokes it.
1612 The Hamburg Senate decides to officially allow Jews to live in the city on the condition there is no public worship.
1614 Vincent Fettmilch, who called himself the "new Haman of the Jews", leads a raid on Frankfurt synagogue th ...
See also:History of anti-Semitism, History of anti-Semitism - Ancient animosity towards Jews, History of anti-Semitism - The 4th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 5th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 6th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 7th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 8th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 9th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 10th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 11th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 12th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 13th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 14th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 15th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 16th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 17th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 18th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 19th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 20th century, History of anti-Semitism - The 21st century, History of anti-Semitism - Books Read more here: » History of anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - History of anti-Semitism - The 17th century |
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| | | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Russian jokes - Taboo vocabulary Obscene slang known as mat is the salt and pepper of the vast majority of Russian joke narration. Unfortunately this aspect is nearly impossible to render in English. However, there are two particular types of jokes that rely, as the primary source of humor, on the expected, casual usage of obscenity common particularly in the speech of the lower social classes, where it is possible to explain the mechanism of the humor.
In one series, a typical plot goes as follows. A construction site expects an inspection from the higher-ups ...
See also:Russian jokes, Russian jokes - Stereotypes, Russian jokes - Fixed characters, Russian jokes - New Russians, Russian jokes - Animals, Russian jokes - Drunkards, Russian jokes - Policemen, Russian jokes - Army NCOs, Russian jokes - Ethnic stereotypes, Russian jokes - Political jokes, Russian jokes - Early Soviet times, Russian jokes - Communism, Russian jokes - Gulag, Russian jokes - Armenian Radio, Russian jokes - Political figures, Russian jokes - KGB, Russian jokes - Everyday Soviet life, Russian jokes - Puns, Russian jokes - Eggs, Russian jokes - Religion, Russian jokes - Absurdity, Russian jokes - Black humour, Russian jokes - University students, Russian jokes - Abstract jokes, Russian jokes - Cowboy jokes, Russian jokes - Inner voice, Russian jokes - Jokes about the mentally ill, Russian jokes - Taboo vocabulary Read more here: » Russian jokes: Encyclopedia II - Russian jokes - Taboo vocabulary |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Russian jokes - University students The life of most Russian university students is often associated with a lack of money, hunger, and other miserable conditions for many people coming from small towns and living in dormitories. State universities (the only type of universities in existence in Soviet times) are notable for carelessness about the students' comfort and the quality of food. Most jokes make fun of these grotesque conditions, inventive evasion by students of their academic duties or lecture attendance, and sometimes eve ...
See also:Russian jokes, Russian jokes - Stereotypes, Russian jokes - Fixed characters, Russian jokes - New Russians, Russian jokes - Animals, Russian jokes - Drunkards, Russian jokes - Policemen, Russian jokes - Army NCOs, Russian jokes - Ethnic stereotypes, Russian jokes - Political jokes, Russian jokes - Early Soviet times, Russian jokes - Communism, Russian jokes - Gulag, Russian jokes - Armenian Radio, Russian jokes - Political figures, Russian jokes - KGB, Russian jokes - Everyday Soviet life, Russian jokes - Puns, Russian jokes - Eggs, Russian jokes - Religion, Russian jokes - Absurdity, Russian jokes - Black humour, Russian jokes - University students, Russian jokes - Abstract jokes, Russian jokes - Cowboy jokes, Russian jokes - Inner voice, Russian jokes - Jokes about the mentally ill, Russian jokes - Taboo vocabulary Read more here: » Russian jokes: Encyclopedia II - Russian jokes - University students |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Russian jokes - Puns Like everywhere else, a good deal of jokes in Russia are based on puns. Of course, 95% of humour is lost in translation, but...
(L) The genitive plural of a noun (used with a numeral to indicate five or more of something, as opposed to the dual, used for two, three, or four, see Russian nouns) is a rather unpredictable form of the Russian noun, and there are a handful of words which native speakers have trouble producing this form of (either due to rarity or an actual lexical gap). A common example of this is kocherga< ...
See also:Russian jokes, Russian jokes - Stereotypes, Russian jokes - Fixed characters, Russian jokes - New Russians, Russian jokes - Animals, Russian jokes - Drunkards, Russian jokes - Policemen, Russian jokes - Army NCOs, Russian jokes - Ethnic stereotypes, Russian jokes - Political jokes, Russian jokes - Early Soviet times, Russian jokes - Communism, Russian jokes - Gulag, Russian jokes - Armenian Radio, Russian jokes - Political figures, Russian jokes - KGB, Russian jokes - Everyday Soviet life, Russian jokes - Puns, Russian jokes - Eggs, Russian jokes - Religion, Russian jokes - Absurdity, Russian jokes - Black humour, Russian jokes - University students, Russian jokes - Abstract jokes, Russian jokes - Cowboy jokes, Russian jokes - Inner voice, Russian jokes - Jokes about the mentally ill, Russian jokes - Taboo vocabulary Read more here: » Russian jokes: Encyclopedia II - Russian jokes - Puns |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross He was 29 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the North Russia Relief Force when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 17 June 1919 at Kronstadt, Russia, Lieutenant Agar took HM Coastal Motor Boat 4 into the bay, penetrated a destroyer screen and was closing a larger warship further inshore when CMB4, whose hull had been damaged by gunfire, broke down. She had to be taken alongside a breakwater to do repairs and for 20 minutes was in full view of the enemy. The attack was then resumed and a Russian cruiser, the Oleg, was sunk, after which Lieutenant Agar retired ...
See also:Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference Read more here: » Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty In the summer of 1915 it was decided to send Hibernia out to the Dardanelles to provide gunnery support to the Allied landings on the Gallipoli peninsula. She arrived in September 1915 at the Royal Navy base at Mudros on the Greek island of Lemnos at the entrance to the Straits leading to the Black Sea.
The sheltered waters of the Aegean Sea and the straits enabled Hibernia to use all her guns and she was employed in firing at Turkish targets on Gallipoli and the nearby Asia Minor shore. ...
See also:Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference Read more here: » Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet Agar was aboard the Hibernia when World War One broke out and soon sailed with her to Britain's then secret wartime base at Scapa Flow. He was a part of the Grand Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.
As newer and faster dreadnoughts joined the fleet, the pre-dreadnoughts became increasingly obsolete, being slower, with much less firepower and a poor design. Hibernia and her sisters of the King Edward VII class battleships had their secondary 6" guns placed too low in the water, whe ...
See also:Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference Read more here: » Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Character In his naval biography, Footprints in the Sea, published in 1961, Agar described himself as "...highly strung and imaginative...". To this must be added courageous, competent, determined and calm in a crisis. He was held in high regard by many of the men who served under him.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says that Agar "... epitomizes the 'sea dog' of British naval tradition: honourable, extremely brave and totally dedi ...
See also:Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference Read more here: » Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Character |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Early Life Augustus Agar was born in Kandy, Ceylon on January 4, 1890. He was the thirteenth child of John Shelton Agar, an Irishman from Woodmont, County Kerry who had left his native land in 1860 to become a successful tea planter in Ceylon. Agar's mother, who was an Austrian, died shortly after his birth and at the age of eight he was sent with one of his brothers to school in England. His father died in 1902 when he ...
See also:Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference Read more here: » Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia II - Augustus Agar - Early Life |
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| | | | | Cheka: Encyclopedia II - Clown - Word origin The word clown comes from words meaning "clot" or "clod" which came also to mean "clumsy fellow", according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Clown is both a noun and a verb, and can also be an adjective (clown bike, clown shoes, clown white, clown gag and so on). Clown is also used to refer to anyone who provides entertainment in a clownish manner. Within the "clown world", and among professional clowns, "clown" often refers to the character portrayed, rather than the performer. This usage is somewhat rare outside of the profession ...
See also:Clown, Clown - History, Clown - Coulrophobia, Clown - Word origin, Clown - Clown skills, Clown - Types, Clown - Customs and traditions, Clown - A knock is a plug, Clown - The Code, Clown - Clown superstition, Clown - Entrées, Clown - Side dishes, Clown - Clown Stops, Clown - Track Gags, Clown - Gags, Clown - Bits, Clown - Blow-off, Clown - Clowning Frameworks, Clown - Prop Stunts, Clown - Cooperative bits, Clown - Pete and re-Pete, Clown - That's good/that's bad, Clown - Some other clowns, Clown - Fictional clowns, Clown - Quotes Read more here: » Clown: Encyclopedia II - Clown - Word origin |
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