The Byzantine Empire. The Roman-Byzantine Period. The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Meanings and Origins of Names. 1] [2 ] AFANAS (Афанас): Short form of Russian Afanasii, meaning “immortal.”

The Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Русская Православная Церковь) is traditionally said to have been founded by Andrew the Apostle, who is thought to have visited Scythia and Greek colonies along the northern coast of the Black Sea.

acquired trait: A phenotypic characteristic, acquired during growth and development, that is not genetically based and therefore cannot be passed on to the next generation (for example, the large muscles of a weightlifter).

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Had they read the screenplay, critics like Arnett would only have seen it as further confirmation that The Deer Hunter was fundamentally a racist film. Pauline Kael called Russian roulette “a metaphor for the General Westmoreland theory that Asians don’t value human life the way we do.” (William Westmoreland, the U.S. military commander

January 1 † The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ In keeping with the Law of Moses, the Savior’s parents had Him circumcised eight days after His birth (see Luke ch. 2).

Timeline of Russian Innovation encompasses key events in the history of technology in Russia, starting from the Early East Slavs and up to the Russian Federation.. The entries in this timeline fall into the following categories:

Russian literature: Russian literature, the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in …

…the Origin of Species by Theodosius Dobzhansky, a Russian-born American naturalist and experimental geneticist.Dobzhansky’s book advanced a reasonably comprehensive account of the evolutionary process in genetic terms, laced with experimental evidence supporting the theoretical argument.