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Morton Stadium Morton Stadium, or the National Athletics Stadium, is an athletics stadium in Santry, in the north of Dublin City. Often called Santry Stadium, it is the centre for athletics events in Ireland, and home track of Clonliffe Harriers Athletic Club.
Morton Stalwart (Commendation™) The elm hybrid cultivar Morton Stalwart (Commendation™) is a Morton Arboretum selection, derived from a controlled crossing of the Accolade™ hybrid with a hybrid of the Siberian Elm U. pumila and a selection of Field Elm U.
Morton Stevens Morton Stevens (Jan 30, 1929 – Nov 11, 1991) was an American film score composer from Newark, New Jersey. He is probably best known for composing the theme song for Hawaii Five-O, a television series for which he won two Emmy Awards (in 1970 and 1974).
Morton Subotnick Morton Subotnick (born April 13, 1933 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch, and composed on the Buchla modular synthesizer which he helped to design.
Morton White Morton White (1917 -) is an American philosopher and historian of ideas. He is both a central figure in the philosophical movement of Holistic Pragmatism and a noted historian of American philosophical thought.
Morton's fork coup A Morton's Fork Coup is a coup in contract bridge involving the forcing of an opponent to choose between establishing one or more extra tricks in the suit led and losing the opportunity to win a trick in the suit led. It takes its name from the expression Morton's Fork.
Morton's Fork Morton's Fork is an expression that describes a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives (in other words, a dilemma), or two lines of reasoning that lead to the same unpleasant conclusion. It is analogous to the expressions "between the devil and the deep blue sea" or "between a rock and a hard place".
Morton, Gloucestershire Morton, split into Upper and Lower Morton, are areas of farmland to the north east of Thornbury, in South Gloucestershire. There is a large farm shop in upper morton, while lower morton has a lot of cattle farms.
Mortran Mortran (More Fortran) is an extension of the Fortran programming language used for scientific computation. It introduces syntax changes, including the use of semicolons to end statements, in order to improve readability and flexibility.
Mortspear Mortspear, only vaguely mentioned in the book Lord Brocktree was the father of Ungatt Trunn and Verdauga Greeneyes. He is apparently the Higland King of the northern highlands, as mentioned by one of Ungatt's soldiers.
Mortuary enclosure A mortuary enclosure is a term given in archaeology and anthropology to an area, surrounded by a wood, stone or earthwork barrier, in which dead bodies are placed for excarnation and to await secondary and/or collective burial. There are some parallels with mortuary houses although the two are the products of different cultural practices and traditions regarding the treatment of the dead.
Mortuary sword A mortuary sword is a kind of cut-and-thrust sword which was used after 1625 by the dragoons during the English Civil Wars. This (usually) two-edged sword sported a half-basket hilt with a straight blade some 90-105 cm long.
Mortuary temple Mortuary temples (or memorial temples) were temples constructed adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, royal tombs in the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom periods of Ancient Egypt. The temples were designed to commemorate the reign of the pharaoh by whom they were built, as well as for use by the pharaoh's cult after death.
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III (called in modern times Kom el-Hetan, ) is located in the Theban necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor in Egypt. It was built for the Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
Morula A morula (Latin "morus", mulberry) is an embryo at an early stage of embryonic development, consisting of approximately 12-32 cells (called blastomeres) in a solid ball contained within the zona pellucida. The morula is produced by embryonic cleavage, the rapid division of the zygote.
Morupule Colliery The Morupule Colliery is a coal mine located in Palapye, Botswana, and owned and operated by Debswana, a partnership between the government of Botswana and De Beers. Founded in 1973 to supply the nearby Bamangwato Concessions, Ltd copper and nickel mine, operations have expanded considerably since then to supply a number of regional power plants and industries, especially the nearby Morupule Power Station.
Moruya, New South Wales Moruya is a small regional centre in New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Moruya River, approximately 300 kilometers south of Sydney. Moruya has a population of approximately 2,600, and today relies predominantly on agriculture, aquaculture, and tourism.
Morvah Morvah (Cornish: Morvedh) is a hamlet and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the settlements of Chypraze and Rosemergy and is bounded by the parishes of St.
Morvant Morvant is a town in Trinidad and Tobago located east of Port of Spain and west of Barataria. Morvant, originally a housing scheme, the community also has, like Laventille, its share of slums and shanty-towns.
Morven Park Morven Park is an estate in Leesburg, Virginia that includes an historic mansion, a museum devoted to hounds and hunting, and a carriage collection. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Virginia Historic Landmark.
Morven, Caithness Morven (Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhòr Bheinn) is a mountain in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. The hill is classed as a Graham and, at 706 metres, its summit is the highest point in the county of Caithness.
Morven, New South Wales Morven is a small village about 7 kilometres West of Culcairn in the eastern Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The village and surrounding area has a population of approximately 319 people fallingrain.
Morvern Callar Morvern Callar was the debut novel by Scottish author Alan Warner, first published in 1995. Narrated in the first person, it tells the story of Morvern, who wakes up near Christmas to find her boyfriend dead under the tree:
Morvi dam burst Morvi dam burst is the worst flood disaster to happen in independent India . On August 12,1979 the dam situated on the Manchhu river burst and that sent a wall of water through the town of Morvi in indian state of Gujarat killing about 1500 people.
Mory's Mory's, known also as Mory's Temple Bar, is a private club on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1861 and housed in a historical, Federal-style building. The club's membership consists solely of those who have an affiliation with Yale, and the culture of both institutions is notoriously entangled.
Moryntsi Moryntsi () is a village (selo) in central Ukraine. It is located in the Zvenyhorodsky Raion (district) of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), approximately 35 km from the raion's administrative center, Zvenyhorodka.
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, KBE, PC, DL (16 June 1919–23 January 2005) was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death one of ninety elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords.
Morys Clynnog Morys Clynnog (1525 - 1581) was a Welsh language author and Recusant refugee, born in LlĹ·n or Eifionydd (modern Gwynedd), in north Wales. He was a friend and associate of Welsh humanist scholar Gruffydd Robert and spent ime in exile with him in Milan where he published a Welsh Catechism.
Mos Eisley Mos Eisley is a spaceport town on the planet Tatooine in the fictional Star Wars universe. In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi described Mos Eisley as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Mos Eisley Cantina The Mos Eisley Cantina is a fictional bar (cantina) of the Star Wars universe located in the “pirate city” of Mos Eisley on the planet Tatooine. It is the haunt of freight pilots and other dangerous characters of varying races and contains booths, a bar counter, and some free-standing tables, and sometimes a band of musicians named Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes.
Mos maiorum The mos maiorum were the ancestral traditions, an unwritten code of laws and conduct, of the Romans. It institutionalized cultural traditions, societal mores, and general policies, as distinct from specific laws.
Mosaic Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral.
Mosaic (genetics) In medicine (genetics), a mosaic or mosaicism denotes the presence of two populations of cells with different genotypes in one individual, who has developed from a single fertilized egg. Mosaicism may result from a mutation during development which is propagated to only a subset of the adult cells.
Mosaic (geodemography) Mosaic is a geodemographic classification software system for the United Kingdom run by Experian. It was created by Richard Webber; before Mosaic he created a similar system, "ACORN", which is run by CACI.
Mosaic Covenant The Mosaic Covenant, found in Exodus 19 through to the book of Deuteronomy, contains the foundations of the Torah. The Old Testament recounts how it plays out in history, and it is the background to the events and teachings of the New Testament.
Mosaic gold Mosaic gold, or stannic sulphide, SnS2, is obtained as a yellow scaly crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the alchemists aurum musivum, or aurum mosaicum.
Mosaic Generation The Mosaic Generation is a term used to describe those born between 1984 and 2002. The term was coined by Christian author George Barna and is mainly used within Evangelical Christian circles-- most sources refer to this generation by the name "Generation Y" or "iGeneration".
Mosaic moray The mosaic moray, Enchelycore ramosa, is a moray eel of the genus Enchelycore, found in south east Australia and around the offshore islands off Northland on the North Island of New Zealand at depths down to 100 metres, in reef areas of broken rock. Their length is between 40 and 180 centimetres.
Mosaic notation program Mosaic is a now abandoned software programme for producing music originally appearing as Professional Composer. Mark of the Unicorn, the company that produced the software, decided to update Professional Composer and the result was Mosaic.
Mosaic novel A mosaic novel is a novel where individual chapters are written by different authors with the aim of telling linear story from beginning to end however with the individual chapters refracting a plurality of viewpoints and styles.
Mosaic Records Mosaic Records is an American specialist jazz record label, founded in 1983 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie to issue coherent limited edition box sets (initially on LP) of jazz recordings by individual musicians, which had fallen out of print or suffered neglect. The sets would be leased from the major record companies, usually for a three or five year period, with the edition limited to a specific number of copies.
Mosaic templars The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is a museum in Little Rock, Arkansas that is dedicated to studying historic African American culture. Its goal is to accumulate, safeguard, and make available items from Arkansas's African American history, culture, and community since 1870.
Mosaic World In the DC Comics Universe the Mosaic World was a group of communities from different planets that were drawn to the planet Oa by the insane Guardian of the Universe, Appa Ali Apsa. The patchwork communities were kept on Oa by the Guardians of the Universe and guarded by the Green Lantern John Stewart.
Mosaic: World News from the Middle East Mosaic: World News from The Middle East is the Peabody Award-winning 30-minute news program offered by US free satellite channel LinkTV. Mosaic features selections from daily TV news programs produced by national broadcasters throughout the Middle East.
Mosaiclegs Mosaiclegs is a company that specializes in architectural mosaic design Their art studio preserves the ancient techniques of the handcrafted mosaic decorations using both byzantine smalti glass and marble. Further information can be found at http://www.
Mosan languages Mosan is a hypothetical language family consisting of the Salishan, Wakashan, and Chimakuan languages of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It was proposed by Edward Sapir in 1929 in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Mosasaur Mosasaurs, from Latin Mosa meaning the 'Meuse river' in the Netherlands, where the first fossil remains were discovered about 1780, and Greek sauros meaning 'lizard', were serpentine marine reptiles. These ferocious marine predators are considered by some experts to be closely related to snakes, due to extreme similarities in jaw and skull anatomies.
Mosasaurus Mosasaurus (IPA pronunciation: ) "lizard of the Meuse" was a genus of mosasaur, a carnivorous, aquatic lizard, somewhat resembling a flippered crocodile, with elongated heavy jaws. The genus lived in the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous period (Mesozoic era), around 70-65 millions years ago.
Mosè in Egitto Mosè in Egitto (known in the French version as Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le Passage de la Mer Rouge) is a three-act opera written by Gioacchino Rossini which premiered 5 March 1818 at the recently reconstructed Teatro San Carlo, Naples. It was loosely based on the Exodus from Egypt of the Israelites, led by Moses, rendered agreeable to the opera stage by introducing a love theme, in which Pharoah's son Amenophis (tenor) plans to prevent their departure, since he loves the Israelite Anaïs (soprano).
MosÄ—dis MosÄ—dis is a small town in northern Lithuania in Klaipeda County, best known for its stone collection. The museum and impressive outdoor collection were initiated by Vaclovas Intas and have since expanded all over the town.
Mosborough Mosborough ward—which includes the districts of Halfway, Mosborough village, Waterthorpe, and Westfield—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the border with Rotherham, and covers an area of 8.
Moscito Moscito (Major Oriented Strong Club — Intermediate Two Openings, sometimes Major Oriented Strong Club, Intrepid Two Openings) is a Bidding or Bridge System of the game of Contract Bridge invented by the Australian expert Paul Marston in the mid-1980s. According to him, this modification of his Forcing Pass System came about because of political repression by the American faction in the World Bridge Federation.
Moscofilero Moscofilero, or moscophilero, is an aromatic white grape of Greek origins with a rosy hue and quite spicy flavor with good acidity. Grown throughout much of Greece but especially in the Peloponnesian islands where it is used to make a dry and bold wine with lots of spice and perfume.
Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention center and exhibition hall. Built in 1981 with Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum as architects, the center is named for George Moscone, a former mayor of San Francisco who was assassinated in 1978.
Moscone-Milk Assassinations The Moscone-Milk Assassinations took place on Monday, November 27, 1978 when Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White in San Francisco City Hall. Moscone was set to appoint a new person to White's Board of Supervisors seat that day.
Moscow 2012 Olympic bid Moscow 2012 was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Games, and was to be held in Moscow, Russia. The capital city's Olympic plans were to build on top of the legacy created after the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Moscow 2042 Moscow 2042 is a 1986 novel (translated from Russian 1987) by Vladimir Voinovich. In this book, the alter ego of the author travels to the future, where he sees how communism has been built up in Moscow: at first, it seems the government has actually been successful in doing so.
Moscow Art Theatre Moscow Art Theatre (Russian: Московский Художественный Академический Театр) (MKhAT) is a theatre company in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1897 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas that were Russia's dominant form of theatre at the time.
Moscow Aviation Institute Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technology) (), named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, is one of several major engineering higher education establishments in Moscow (along with Moscow State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Moscow Engineering Physics Institute).
Moscow broomball Moscow broomball is a sport similar to ice-hockey played by non-Russians in Moscow. It is known by its players simply as "broomball", but is called Moscow broomball here to distinguish it from the similar sport of the same name played in Canada.
Moscow Biennale One of the most obvious consequences of political and economical stabilisation in Russia is the growing interest of the Russian society in contemporary culture, and more precisely in contemporary art. As a result a totally new Russian art infrastructure has emerged through art fairs, commercial galleries, non-profit exhibition spaces, festivals and conferences.
Moscow Canal The Moscow Canal (); until 1947 called Moscow-Volga Canal is a canal that connects the Moskva River with the main transportation artery of European Russia, the Volga. It is located in Moscow and Tver Oblasts north of Moscow.
Moscow Central Bus Terminal Moscow Central Bus Terminal is a bus terminal in Moscow for long-range and intercity passenger buses with daily overturn of about 25 thousand passengers serving about 40% of long-range bus routes in Moscow. See also: Realty news.
Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoi Boulevard used to be the only circus in Moscow between 1926 and 1971 and still remains the most popular one. The circus building was opened on 20 October 1880 as the Solomonsky Circus.
Moscow City Hall The former Moscow City Hall is an ornate red-brick edifice situated immediately to the east from the State Historical Museum and notable in the history of architecture as a unique hybrid of the Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles.
Moscow Conference Three Moscow conferences took place during the course of World War II. Government leaders or senior representatives of the three leading Allies of World War II, Great Britain, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union took part in each conference.
Moscow Conference (1945) The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers (also know as the Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers) of the United States (James F. Byrnes), the United Kingdom (Ernest Bevin), and the Soviet Union (Vyacheslav Molotov) met between December 16 and December 26 1945, to discuss the problems of occupation, establishing peace, and other Far East issues.
Moscow Country Club Resort Moscow Country Club Resort is a GlavUpDK Golf Resort at Nakhabino/Krasnogorsk in Greater Moscow, was Russia's first 18-hole golf course developed by Ivan Sergeyev and Alexander Zinovyev and Antti Peltoniemi from a project by renowned architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. Founded in 1994.
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Russian: Московский Инженерно-Физический Институт, abbreviated МИФИ, MEPhI) is one of the most recognized technical universities in Russia. MEPhI was founded in 1942 by the father of Soviet nuclear project Igor Kurchatov as Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitionas (), soon renamed to just Moscow Mechanical Institute.
Moscow Flyer Moscow Flyer was a top-class National Hunt horse over distances between 2 miles and 2 1/2 miles. He won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2003 and 2005, the Tingle Creek Trophy in 2003 and 2004 and the Arkle Challenge Trophy in 2002.
Moscow gold "Moscow gold" (Spanish: el oro de MoscĂş) is the term for the Spanish gold reserves transferred to the Soviet Union and to Soviet-controlled banks by the Spanish Republican government in 1937 to purchase arms and military equipment during the Spanish Civil War. At the time, Spain had held the world's fourth-largest gold reserves, worth more than US$750 million.
Moscow Helsinki Group The Moscow Helsinki Group (also known as the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group) is a pathbreaking and influential human rights monitoring group, originally started in what was then the Soviet Union; it still operates in Russia.
Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (Technical University), TU MIET — Russian higher educational institution in the field of microelectronics. Founded in 1965 as the Soviet Union's center of electronic and micro-electronic engineering, the university is located in the formerlly closed city of Zelenograd, in the north of Moscow.
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (), abbreviated MIPT or informally Phystech (alternative transliterations: MFTI, Fiztekh; ) is a leading Russian university, originally established in the Soviet Union. It prepares specialists in theoretical and applied physics, applied mathematics, and related disciplines.
Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (Technological University) (Russian: Московский институт стали и сплавов, abbreviated МИСиС) is Russia's main technological university in the field of steelmaking and metallurgy in general. It was established in 1918 as a part of Moscow Mining Academy.
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology is a Russian (and former Soviet) scientific research institute that was founded on May 13, 1946. Previously, it was primarily focused on developing ballistic missiles and rockets to increase the nation's strategic deterrent capability.
Moscow International House of Music Moscow International Performance Arts Center, opened in 2003, also known as Moscow International House of Music, is known for its performances in classical music. It also has the largest organ in Russia installed in Svetlanov hall.
Moscow Internet Exchange The Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX) is an Internet Exchange Point in Moscow, Russia. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange (), but it is now comprised of eight geographically-diverse locations in Moscow interconnected via Gigabit links.
Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). It is the best known of kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes four palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers.
Moscow Mathematical Papyrus The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus is also called the Golenischev Mathematical Papyrus, after its first owner, Egyptologist Vladimir Goleniščev. It later entered the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, where it remains today.
Moscow Metallurgical Plant Moscow Metallurgical Plant Serp i Molot ("hammer and sickle") in Moscow, Russia was founded in 1883 as a metallurgic worksop and became known as Guzhon Plant (завод Гужона). It is one of the oldest major industrial enterprises in the middle Russia.
Moscow Metro Moscow Metro, which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is one of the world's most heavily used metro systems. It is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain beautiful examples of socialist realist art.
Moscow Metro 2 Metro-2 in Moscow, Russia is a purported secret underground metro system which parallels the public Moscow Metro. The system was built supposedly during (or from) the time of Stalin and codenamed D-6 by the KGBhttp://www.
Moscow Music Peace Festival The Moscow Music Peace Festival was a one-time gathering of high-profile hard rock acts, who put on a concert for the people in Moscow, Soviet Union in 1989, to promote world peace and establish international cooperation in fighting the drug war in Russia. It was part of a pinnacle turning point in the Soviet Union, in which democracy was on the march and communism was collapsing.
Moscow Nights Podmoskovnye Vechera (Russian: Подмосковные Вечера, English: "Moscow Nights" or, more correctly, "Evenings near Moscow") is one of the most famous Russian songs outside Russia.
Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast (, Moskovskaya oblast), or Podmoskovye (Moscow Oblast gets {another} official name)|accessdate=2007-01-18|author=Molnet.ru|date=2006-05-29|language=Russian}} (, Podmoskovye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929.
Moscow Rail Terminal The Moscow Rail Terminal (), with an easily recognizable Neo-Renaissance frontage on Nevsky Prospekt and Uprising Square, is the main line terminal station in Central Saint Petersburg. It is a terminus for the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway and other lines running from Central and South Russia, Siberia, Eastern Ukraine, and Crimea.
Moscow Serbsky Institute Moscow Serbsky Institute for Social and Forensic Psychiatry () is a psychiatric hospital and the main center for the forensic psyciatry of the Soviet Union and Russia. The hospital got a lot of negative publicity because many Soviet dissidents were incarcerated and tortured there.
Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation () was a Russian educational institution founded by Peter the Great in 1701 and situated in the Sukharev Tower. It provided Russians with technical education for the first time and much of its curriculum was devoted to producing sailors, engineers, cartographers and bombardiers to support Peter's expanding navy and army.
Moscow Square (film) Moscow Square (Hungarian: Moszkva tér) is a Hungarian film made in 2001. It is named after Moscow Square in Budapest and is about a group of high school students who would rather party than take notice of the history taking place all round them in 1989.
Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography ( - abbreviated as МГАХ, and formally known in Russian as Московское академическое хореографическое училище - abbreviated as МАХУ) is better known in the west by several unofficial names, including The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, The Bolshoi Academy, The Bolshoi Ballet School, The Moscow Choreographic Institute, The Moscow Ballet School, The Bolshoi Moscow Ballet School and The Bolshoi Theatre Ballet School.
Moscow State Forest University Moscow State Forest University (MSFU) is a specialized establishment of higher education which trains engineering personnel, scientists as well as bachelors and masters for forest industry, wood processing and pulp-and-paper industry and is the major educational and scientific centre of forest complex of the country.
Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) () is a public university in Moscow, Russia affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. It is the oldest and the best known school of Russia for preparing specialists in International relations and Diplomacy.
Moscow State Jewish Theater The Moscow State Jewish Theater, Russian language: Московский Государственный Еврейский Театр, also known by its acronym GOSET: ГОСЕТ) was a Yiddish theater company established in 1919 and shut down in 1948 by the Soviet authorities.
Moscow State Technical University The Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Bauman MSTU, sometimes colloquially referred to as the Bauman School) () a public university located in Moscow, Russia. Bauman MSTU is one of the oldest and biggest Russian educational institutions offering the M.
Moscow theater hostage crisis The Moscow theatre hostage crisis was the seizure on October 23, 2002 of a crowded Moscow theatre by armed Chechen terrorists who claimed allegiance to the separatist movement in Chechnya. They took 850 hostages and demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya and end to the Second Chechen War.
Moscow Trials The Moscow Trials were a series of trials of political opponents of Joseph Stalin during the Great Purge. After Nikita Khrushchev's revelations in the 1950s, the Moscow Trials are today universally acknowledged as show trials in which the verdicts were predetermined using extorted confessions.
Moscow Triumphal Gates The Moscow Triumphal Gates (, Moskovskiye Triumfalnye vorota) is a Neoclassical triumphal arch in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The monument — built mainly in cast iron — was erected in 1834 -1838 in the memory of the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829.
Moscow University Ice Shelf Moscow University Ice Shelf () is a narrow ice shelf, about 120 miles long, which fringes Sabrina Coast between Totten Glacier and Paulding Bay. Dalton Iceberg Tongue extends north from the east part of the shelf.
Moscow Uprising of 1682 Moscow Uprising of 1682, also known as Streltsy Uprising of 1682 (), was an uprising of the Moscow Streltsy regiments which resulted in supreme power being devolved on Sophia Alekseyevna. Behind the uprising was the rivalry between the relatives of the two wives of the late Tsar Alexis I of Russia for the dominant influence on the politics of Muscovy.

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