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- (from the article "Ob River") ...River from the left. Successive tributaries along the northwesterly course, after the Chulym, include the Chaya and the Parabel (both left), the Ket (right), the Vasyugan (left), and the Tym and Vakh rivers (both right). Down to the Vasyugan confluence ...
- Vakhan
- a mountainous region and panhandle in the Pamir Mountains of extreme northeastern Afghanistan. From the demarcation of the Afghan frontier (1895-96), the panhandle formed a political buffer between Russian Turkistan, British India, and China. It is now bounded by Tajikistan ... [3 Related Articles]
- Vakhan River
- (from the article "Panj River") ...It is 700 miles (1,125 km) long and constitutes part of the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The Panj River is formed between the Hindu Kush and the Pamir Mountains by the junction of the Vakhan River and the Pamir ...
- Vakhsh River
- (from the article "Tajikistan") The dense river network that drains the republic includes two large swift rivers, the upper courses of the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, together with their tributaries, notably the Vakhsh and Kofarnihon. The Amu Darya is formed by the ...
- Vakhtang Gorgaslani
- (from the article "Georgia") ...the Black Sea (incorporating the ancient Colchis) became closely bound to Byzantium. Iberia passed under Persian control, though toward the end of the 5th century a hero arose in the person of King Vakhtang Gorgaslani (Gorgasal), a ruler of legendary ...
- Vakhtang VI
- (from the article "Georgia") ...of Iran. There was a period of respite under the viceroys of the house of Mukhran, who governed at Tbilisi under the aegis of the shahs from 1658 until 1723. The most notable Mukhranian ruler was Vakhtang VI, regent of ...
- Vakhtangov, Yevgeny Bagrationovich
- Russian theatrical director of the Moscow Art Theatre. [3 Related Articles]
- vaki
- supernatural power believed by the Baltic Finns to reside in those natural sites, objects, and animals that for various reasons attracted popular attention and inspired strong emotional attachments. Vaki was often conceived of as an impersonal power, akin to the ...
- Vakili, Shuhrah
- (from the article "Literature") ...by women writers continued to gain momentum both in Iran and among expatriate Iranians. Parinush Sani'i's Sahm-i man (2002; "My Lot") and Shuhrah Vakili's Shab-i arusi-yi man ("My Wedding Night") won popular acclaim and ranked among the best-selling works of ...
- vakk
- (from the article "vorsud") The tonni-vakk of the Estonians (also a Finno-Ugric people) was a similar object of worship. The vakkas, or "cases," were kept by families and in some cases collectively by a village. They contained offerings to St. Antony, to whom sacrifices ...
- Vakyakara
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...he had been preceded by no less an authority than the Bhagavadgita. In his general philosophical position, he followed the vrttikara Bodhayana, the Vakyakara (to whom he referred but whose identity is not established except that he advocated a theory ...
- Val-d'Oise
- (from the article "Ile-de-France") region of France encompassing the north-central departements of Val-d'Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ville-de-Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Essonne, and Yvelines. Ile-de-France is bounded by the regions of Picardy (Picardie) to the north,...
- Val-d'Or
- city, Abitibi-Temiscamingue region, western Quebec province, Canada. Val-d'Or lies near Lakes Blouin, de Montigny, and Lemoine. Although its name means "valley of gold," there is no valley in the vicinity. The town was founded by miners in 1934, and its ...
- Val-de-Grace, Church of
- (from the article "Mansart, Francois") ...the setbacks he began to encounter, the first of which was a royal commission he received in 1645 and lost in 1646. Anne of Austria asked Mansart to draw up plans for the convent and church of the Val-de-Grace in ...
- Val-de-Marne
- (from the article "Ile-de-France") ...of France encompassing the north-central departements of Val-d'Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ville-de-Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Essonne, and Yvelines. Ile-de-France is bounded by the regions of Picardy (Picardie) to the north, Champagne-Ardenne to the east,...
- Val-Saint-Lambert factory
- (from the article "glassware") In Belgium the Val-Saint-Lambert factory was an important producer of heavily cut crystal throughout the period. It is also associated with layered work and was particularly prominent with original work of this nature around 1900. Later Charles Graffart designed for ...
- Valabhi
- city of ancient India that was the capital of the Maitraka dynasty in the 5th-8th century AD. It was situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Cambay (Khambhat), northwest of the port of Bhavnagar, in Saurastra (later Gujarat), western ... [1 Related Articles]
- Valabhi era
- (from the article "chronology") ...king Isvarasena and first used in Gujarat and Maharashtra and later (until the 13th century) in Madhya Pradesh and as far north as Uttar Pradesh; the Valabhi era (AD 318, employed in Saurastra) and the Gupta era (AD 320), used ...
- Valachi, Joseph
- American gangster, member of Lucky Luciano's mob family, who turned informer in 1962.
- Valadier, Giuseppe
- (from the article "Western architecture") The greatest achievement in urban planning of the period was the design of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome (1813-31) by Giuseppe Valadier, a great open space with three diagonal avenues leading off it.
- Valadon, Suzanne
- French painter noted for her robust figures and bold use of colour. She was the mother of the painter Maurice Utrillo. [1 Related Articles]
- Valais
- canton, southern Switzerland. It borders Italy to the south and France to the west and is bounded by the cantons of Vaud and Bern on the north and Uri and Ticino on the east. Its area includes the valley of ... [5 Related Articles]
- Valanginian Stage
- second of six main divisions (in ascending order) in the Lower Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Valanginian Age, which occurred 140.2 to 136.4 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Rocks of the Valanginian Stage overlie those ...
- Valaoritis, Aristotelis
- Greek poet and statesman who was memorable chiefly for the ardent patriotism he displayed both in his poetry and in his political career. [1 Related Articles]
- Valcea
- judet (county), south-central Romania. The Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians) and the sub-Carpathians rise above settlement areas in the valleys, and the Olt and Cerna rivers drain southward through the county. Ramnicu Valcea (q.v.; the county capital), Babeni, and Berzoi are ...
- Valdai Hills
- upland region running north-south, about midway between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. The hills are a northward extension of the Central Russian Upland. The ridge is overlain by deposited glacial materials in the form of terminal moraines and other detritus. ... [3 Related Articles]
- Valdemar Birgersson
- king of Sweden (1250-75) who governed jointly with his father Birger Jarl (q.v.) until the latter's death in 1266 and then reigned alone. Because of an extramarital affair with his wife's sister, a postulant nun, by whom he had a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Valdemar I
- king of Denmark (1157-82) who ended the Wend (Slav) threat to Danish shipping, won independence from the Holy Roman emperor, and gained church approval for hereditary rule by his dynasty, the Valdemars. [4 Related Articles]
- Valdemar II
- king of Denmark (1202-41) who, between 1200 and 1219, extended the Danish Baltic empire from Schleswig in the west to include lands as far east as Estonia. In his later years he worked to unify Denmark's legal and administrative systems. [3 Related Articles]
- Valdemar IV Atterdag
- king of Denmark (1340-75) who united his country under his own rule after a brief period of alien domination. His aggressive foreign policy led to conflict with Sweden, North German principalities, and the North German trading centres of the Hanseatic ... [6 Related Articles]
- Valdemar Magnusson
- (from the article "Sweden") ...especially by the marsk, Torgils Knutsson; even after Birger's coronation in 1302, Torgils retained much of his power. The king's younger brothers Erik and Valdemar, who were made dukes, attempted to establish their own policies and were ...
- Valdemar's War
- (from the article "Sweden") ...following year Valdemar attacked Skane, and Magnus relinquished Skane, Blekinge, and Halland in return for Valdemar's promise of help against Magnus's Swedish enemies. In 1361 Valdemar attacked Gotland and captured Visby, an important Baltic trading centre. Haakon, who had been ...
- Valdepenas
- city, Ciudad Real provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Castile-La Mancha, south-central Spain. The city lies on the left bank of the Jabalon River, southeast of the city of Ciudad Real. ...
- Valderrama, Juanito
- Spanish singer-songwriter (b. May 24, 1916, Torredelcampo, Spain-d. April 12, 2004, Espartinas, Spain), won critical acclaim from the mid-1930s as a performer of flamenco and from the 1950s achieved towering success recording a popular song form known as copla. Simultaneously ...
- Valdes Leal, Juan de Nisa
- painter, president of the Sevilla (Seville) Academy, and the major figure in Sevillian painting for many years, known for his dramatic, inventive, and often violent paintings. [1 Related Articles]
- Valdes Peninsula
- (from the article "Chubut") ...hectares]) includes glaciated mountains, alpine lakes, rivers, and forests. To the east are isolated mountain ranges, salt flats, and salt lakes. Chubut River crosses the province west to east. The Valdes Peninsula juts into the Atlantic in northeast Chubut province, ...
- Valdes, Alfonso de
- Humanist satirist, one of the most influential and cultured thinkers in Spain of the early 16th century and twin brother of Juan de Valdes. [2 Related Articles]
- Valdes, Juan de
- Spanish Humanist. He and his twin brother, Alfonso, were members of an influential intellectual family that played significant roles in the religious, political, and literary life of Spain and its empire. [1 Related Articles]
- Valdes, Zoe
- (from the article "Latin American literature") Younger women novelists such as Cubans Mayra Montero (settled in Puerto Rico), Daina Chaviano (settled in Miami), and Zoe Valdes (settled in France) and Mexican Angeles Mastretta outstripped their predecessors in originality and independence. In fact, at the turn of ...
- Valdez
- city, southeastern Alaska, U.S. Situated on Prince William Sound, 305 miles (490 km) east of Anchorage, it is the northernmost all-year port in North America. Formerly known as Copper City, it was renamed in 1898 for its harbour (explored and ... [3 Related Articles]
- Valdivia
- city, southern Chile. It lies at the confluence of the Callecalle and Cruces rivers, where they flow into the Valdivia River, 11 miles (18 km) from the Pacific Ocean. Although founded in 1552 and a strategically significant outpost during the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Valdivia
- (from the article "Native American art") ...American foothold in Ecuador and that the region is also the site of the earliest datable pottery. From perhaps as early as 15,000 BC until about 3200 BC, when pottery was known to exist at Valdivia, there was a long, ...
- Valdivia, Pedro de
- conqueror and governor of Chile for Spain and founder of the cities of Santiago and Concepcion. [6 Related Articles]
- Valdivieso, Alfonso
- For two decades life in Colombia had been carried out in the ever-present shadow of the violence and corruption engendered by narcotics trafficking. The infamous Medellin and Cali drug cartels exerted their influence over every element of society, corrupting individuals ...
- Valdivieso, Mount
- (from the article "Andes Mountains") ...the easternmost point of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, reaching an elevation of 3,700 feet. They run to the west through Grande Island, where the highest ridges-including Mounts Darwin, Valdivieso, and Sorondo-are all less than 7,900 feet high. The physiography ...
- Valdosta
- city, seat (1860) of Lowndes county, southern Georgia, U.S., about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Tallahassee, Florida. Troupville, the original town and county seat (1828, as Franklinville), was moved 4 miles (6 km) east in 1859 to the present ...
- Valduga, Patrizia
- (from the article "Italian literature") Of the poets born after 1950, mention should be made of the precocious Valerio Magrelli; Patrizia Valduga, whose poems take advantage of the rigidity of traditional metres to control otherwise rebelliously sensual subject matter; Roberto Mussapi, the melancholy meditator of ...
- Vale of Glamorgan
- county, southern Wales, extending along the Bristol Channel coast west of Cardiff and lying entirely within the historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg). It comprises an undulating coastal platform, with an average elevation of about 200 feet (60 metres), that often ...
- Vale of White Horse
- district, administrative county of Oxfordshire, historic county of Berkshire, England, lying southwest of Oxford. It encompasses the northern part of the historic county of Berkshire. Its principal feature is a rich clay valley that lies north of the chalk Berkshire ...
- Vale of York
- (from the article "North Yorkshire") ...the Rivers Swale, Ure, Nidd, and Wharfe. In the east is a region of limestones and sandstones forming the upland mass of the North York Moors and Cleveland Hills. Separating these two regions is the Vale of York, a lowland ...
- Vale Royal
- borough, administrative and historic county of Cheshire, England. It is named for a great Cistercian abbey built by Edward I near the present village of Whitegate. The borough is centred on the Cheshire salt field in the middle of the ...
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