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19 hours ago · Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev ( Russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Рыболовлев, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ rɨbɐˈlovlʲɪf]; born 22 November 1966) is a Russian oligarch, billionaire businessman, and investor. Rybolovlev became chairman of the Russian fertilizer producer Uralkali in 1995. [2] In May ...
19 hours ago · Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium [1] [2] and at the CSKA Sports Palace, [2] both located in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Finals of men's events were held 30 July at the ...
19 hours ago · FC Spartak Moscow ( Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, romanized : Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, pronounced [spɐrˈtak mɐˈskva]) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dynamo Kyiv) and a record 10 Russian championships, it is the ...
19 hours ago · The Warsaw Pact ( WP ), [d] formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance ( TFCMA ), [e] was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War. The term "Warsaw Pact" commonly refers ...
19 hours ago · Grey area: Pre–World War II Polish territory east of the Curzon Line annexed by the Soviet Union after the war. The Curzon Line was a proposed demarcation line between the Second Polish Republic and the Soviet Union, two new states emerging after World War I. Based on a suggestion by Herbert James Paton, it was first proposed in 1919 by Lord ...
