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Novated lease A novated lease is a special kind of motor vehicle lease that is common in Australia that allows employees to operate personal motor vehicles in a tax and cost effective manner when compared with more traditional forms of leasing.
Novatianism The Novatianists following Novatius, or Novatian, held a strict view that refused readmission to communion of lapsi, those baptized Christians who had denied their faith or performed the formalities of a ritual sacrifice to the pagan gods, under the pressures of the persecution sanctioned by Emperor Decius, in AD 250.
Novation Novation is a term used in contract law and business law to describe the act of either replacing an obligation to perform with a new obligation, or replacing a party to an agreement with a new party. A novation need not be agreed upon by all the parties to the original agreement.
Novation CAT Novation was an early modem manufacturer whose CAT series were popular in the early home computer market in the late 1970s and early 1980s, notably on the Apple II. The Hayes Smartmodem 300, introduced in 1981, helped kill off Novation and many other early modem companies over the next few years.
Novation Supernova The Novation SuperNova is a virtual analog synthesizer made by the British company Novation. It was the predecessor of the cut-down Nova and was considered, at the time, to be the company's "flagship" synthesizer.
Novax Guitars Novax Guitars is a guitar manufacturing company founded by Ralph Novak. His instruments feature frets which are not perpendicular to the instrument's neck (as is standard), but rather fan out at various angles to allow for more comfortable and ergonomic playing.
Novaya Ladoga Novaya Ladoga () is a town in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the point where the Volkhov River flows into Lake Ladoga, some 140 km east of Saint Petersburg. Population: 9,920 (2002 Census); 11,310 (1989 Census).
Novaya Zemlya effect The Novaya Zemlya effect is a polar mirage caused by high refraction of sunlight between atmospheric thermoclines. The Novaya Zemlya effect will give the impression that the sun is rising earlier than it actually should (astronomically speaking) and depending on the meteorological situation the effect will present the sun as a line or a square (which is sometimes referred to as the "rectangular sun"), made up of flattened hourglass shapes.
Novaya Zhizn (Mensheviks) Novaya Zhizn (, New Life) was a daily newspaper issued by Mensheviks-internationalists and writers of the literary magazine Letopis. It was issued in Petrograd (April 1917 - July 1918) and Moscow (June - July 1918).
Novísimos The Novísimos is a poetic group in Spain that takes its name from an anthology in which the Catalan critic José María Castellet gathered the work of majority of the youngest and most experimental poets in the decade of the 1970s: Nueve novísimos poetas españoles ("Nine very new Spanish poets"), Barcelona, 1970. Nevertheless, they were often referred to as the "venecianos" (Venetians), in allusion to one of the poems in the anthology, Oda a Venecia ante el mar de los teatros ("Ode to Venice in front of the theatre sea") by Pere Gimferrer.
Novec 1230 NOVEC 1230 (also known as "Dry Water" and "Waterless Water") is an environmentally friendly Halon replacement for gaseous fire suppression manufactured by 3M. It is generally used in situations where water from a fire sprinkler would damage expensive equipment or where water-based fire protection is impractical, such as on marine vessels and platforms.
Novel A novel (from French nouvelle Italian "novella", "new") is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. Until the eighteenth century, the word referred specifically to short fictions of love and intrigue as opposed to romances, which were epic-length works about love and adventure.
Novel & Short Story Writer's Market Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (NSSWM) is an annual resource guide for fiction writers that compiles hundreds of listings for book publishers, magazines literary agents, writing contests, and conferences. NSSWM is published by Writer's Digest Books and usually hits bookstores around August of each year.
Novel sequence A novel sequence is a set or series of novels which share common themes, characters, or settings, but where each novel has its own title and free-standing storyline, and can thus be read independently or out of sequence.
Noveleta, Cavite The Municipality of Noveleta (Filipino: Bayan ng Noveleta) is a fourth class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 31,959 people in 6,934 households.
Novell exteNd Novell exteNd is a web application development suite from Novell that provides a visual environment that simplifies the development and deployment of business solutions that exploit existing systems. Based on Java technology, it contains tools for integration of legacy systems to Web Services with XML and Java EE.
Novell Embedded Systems Technology Novell Embedded Systems Technology, or NEST, was a series of APIs, data formats and network protocol stacks written in a highly portable fashion intended to be used in embedded systems. The idea was to allow various small devices to access Novell NetWare services, provide such services, or use Netware's IPX protocol as a communications system.
Novell Evolution Evolution or Novell Evolution (formerly Ximian Evolution, prior to Novell's 2003 acquisition of Ximian) is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. It combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions.
Novell Identity Manager Novell Identity Manager (aka, IDM) is Novell's implementation of Identity Management software. Previously known as DirXML the product utilizes XML-based configuration files to determine the product's implemented functions.
Novell NetWare NetWare is a network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a PC, and the network protocols were based on the archetypal Xerox XNS stack.
Novell S-Net S-Net was a network operating system and the set of network protocols it used to talk to client machines on the network. Released by Novell in 1983, the S-Net operating system was an entirely proprietary OS written for the Motorola 68000 processor.
Novell Storage Services Novell Storage Services (NSS) is a file system used by the Novell NetWare operating system and recently ported to Linux. It has some unique features that make it especially useful for, but not limited to, setting up shared volumes on a file server in a Local Area Network.
Novell ZENworks Novell ZENworks, a suite of software products developed and maintained by Novell, Inc. for computer systems management, aims to manage the entire lifecycle of servers, of desktop PCs (both Windows-based and Linux-based), of laptops and of handheld devices (such as PDAs).
Novella A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction measuring 17,501 to 40,000 words in length. Unlike a novel, which is traditionally plot-driven and based on extensive timelines, a novella is typically a heavy character study based on a shorter timeline, such as a few hours, a day, a week, or a month.
Noveltoons Noveltoons was an anthology series of animated cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the close of the studio in 1967. Casper the Friendly Ghost, Herman and Katnip, and Baby Huey all got their start from this series.
Novelty (patent) Novelty is a patentability test, according to which an invention is not patentable if it was already known before the date of filing, or before the date of priority if a priority is claimed, of the patent application.
Novelty and fad dances Fad dances are dances which are characterized by a short burst of popularity, while Novelty dances typically have a longer-lasting popularity based on their being characteristically humorous or humour-invoking, as well as the sense of uniqueness which they have.
Novelty architecture Novelty architecture is a type of architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes as a novelty, such as advertising, notoriety as a landmark, or simple eccentricity of the owner or architect. Many examples of novelty architecture take the form of buildings that resemble the products sold inside to attract drive-by customers.
Novelty song A novelty song is a usually intentionally humorous song, usually in published or recorded form. These songs may take the form of a parody, or a comedic take on current events or fads and may defy the usual categorization of music, or may not even be music.
Novelty theory Novelty theory attempts to predict the ebb and flow of novelty in the universe as an inherent quality of time. It is an idea conceived of and discussed at length by Terence McKenna from the early 1970s until his death in the year 2000.
November (film) November is a psychological thriller film first screened at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival (see 2004 in film). It stars Courteney Cox as Sophie, a photographer whose life begins to unravel following a traumatic incident on November 7 that involved her boyfriend, played by James LeGros.
November 14 2005 Brisbane bomb hoax On November 14, 2005, several bomb threats were called in from payphones in Brisbane, threatening the public transport system. Under advice from Police Commissioner, Bob Atkinson, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Premier, Peter Beattie ordered all buses and trains to be shut down at midday, and again at 4:45, causing huge problems, with thousands of people waiting.
November 1989 Tornado Outbreak The November 1989 Tornado Outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak on November 15 and 16, 1989 across a wide swath of the southern and eastern United States and into Canada. It produced at least 40 tornadoes and caused 30 deaths as a result of two deadly tornadoes.
November 2005 in Australia and New Zealand This page deals with current events that take place in or are of interest to Australia, New Zealand, and/or the territories of those countries (such as Norfolk Island and Ross Dependency), and/or current events that involve Australians and/or New Zealanders.
November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The date of November 7 has special significance in the liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church, due to some natural numerological relationships. Paranormal students point to the equation 7+1+1=9 as indicating its charismatic capability.
November class submarine The November class is the general NATO reporting name for the first type of nuclear-powered submarine that was put into service by the Soviet Union starting around April 1958. In the Soviet Union, they were produced under Project 627 Kit (Whale).
November Coalition The November Coalition is a non-profit grassroots organization, was founded in 1997, fighting against the War on Drugs and for the rights of the prisoners incarcerated as the effect of that war. It publishes a bulletin called Razor Wire.
November Rain "November Rain" is one of the most popular songs by the band Guns N' Roses, written by Axl Rose. As well known as the song is itself, perhaps a greater amount of attention is given to the music video, which, when it was released in 1992, quickly became the most requested video on MTV, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography.
November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–1831)—also known as the Cadet Revolution—was an armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland. It was started on November 29, 1830 in Warsaw by a group of young conspirators from the army's officer school in Warsaw and was soon joined by large part of the Polish society.
November's Chopin November's Chopin () is the 6th album by the Taiwanese R&B and Rap artist (and composer) mega star, Jay Chou, and was first released on November 1, 2005, on par with Jay's norm of releasing one major album per year. Aside from the ten original new songs from a total of twelve songs, the album also included the theme song and the interlude song that Jay composed and performed for the hit movie Initial D (film), in which also found Jay's own first acting in a real movie.
Novembers Fall The German melodic death metal band Novembers Fall from Neukirchen-Vluyn mixes melodic death metal, thrash metal and black metal, combined with clear vocals and undistorted guitars. They have an original style, which stands out especially through the dark atmosphere, often reflected in the lyrics.
Noventi Noventi is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology investments, based in Silicon Valley. It was founded in 2002 by Giacomo Marini and was previously known as CIR Ventures (or Cypress Ventures).
Novette laser Novette was a two beam neodymium glass (phosphate glass) testbed laser built at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in about 15 months throughout 1981 and 1982 and was completed in January 1983. Novette was made using recycled parts from the dismantled Shiva and Argus lasers and borrowed parts from the future Nova laser.
Novgorod Codex Novgorod Codex (Russian Новгородский кодекс) is a name for the oldest book of Rus’, unearthed on July 13, 2000 in Novgorod. This is a book consisting of three wooden tablets containing four pages filled with wax, on which its former owner wrote down dozens, probably hundreds of texts during two or three decades, each time wiping out the preceding text.
Novgorod Republic The Novgorod Feudal Republic () was a powerful mediæval Russian state which stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Ural Mountains between the 12th and 15th centuries. Novgorod’s tendencies towards isolation from Kiev manifested themselves as early as the beginning of the 11th century. The Novgorod boyars were the exponents of these tendencies with the support from the urban population, which had had to pay tribute to Kiev and supply it with soldiers for its military campaigns. In the early 12th century, Novgorod began inviting different knyazs to rule the city without prior consultations with the grand prince of Kiev. In 1136, the boyars and leading merchants gained political independence. Cities like Staraya Russa, Ladoga, Torzhok and Oreshek, which had been home to influential posads, enjoyed political independence and were considered the suburbs (vassals) of Novgorod the Great.
Novgorod School The Novgorod School is a Russian school noted for its icon and mural painters active from the 12th century through the 16th century in Novgorod. During this time, the Russian artists preserved Byzantine traditions, influenced by Theophanes the Greek, which became the framework for later Russian art.
Novhorod-Siverskyi Novhorod-Siversky (; ; Novgorod-Seversky) is a historic city in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Novhorod-Siversky Raion, and is situated on the bank of the Desna River, 330 km from the capital, Kiev, and 45 km south of the Russian border.
Novi Avion The Novi Avion is a 4th-generation, supersonic multirole fighter jet of cropped delta-canard platform, which was designed by Yugoslavia but cancelled just before production began. The project was started in the mid-1980s in order to make Yugoslavia fully self-sufficient in the manufacture of military equipment, and air superiority fighter jets were the only thing that Yugoslavia still had to import, having obtained the capability to build all other military equipment (tanks, light attack jets, submarines, etc) by the 1980s.
Novi Beograd Novi Beograd or New Belgrade (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Београд) is one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is also one of the 10 urban municipalities which form the Belgrade City proper.
Novi engine The Novi engine was a Dual Overhead Cam Supercharged V8 engine used in the Indianapolis 500 designed by Bud Winfield and built by Fred Offenhauser. It was first used in 1941 under the "Winfield" name and produced over 450 hp, an amazing output for the time, but it was very difficult to handle.
Novi God Novi God (Translation: New Year) is the Russified version of Christmas which was nationalized by the Soviet regime. It is combined with the celebration of the New Year, and devoid of religious meaning, in order to be celebrated by all Soviet citizens.
Novi Iskar Novi Iskar (Нови Искър, 'New Iskar') is a town in western Bulgaria, located in Sofia City Province and the Capital Municipality. It is often regarded as a suburb of Sofia (being a rayon of the Capital Municipality) and lies in the northern part of the Sofia Valley, with the gorge of the Iskar's through the Balkan Mountains beginning just north of the town.
Novi Kneževac Novi Kneževac (Нови Кнежевац) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 7,567, while Novi Kneževac municipality has 12,952 inhabitants (2002 census).
Novi Marof Novi Marof is a town in north-western Croatia, located south of VaraĹľdin and east of Ivanec, in the VaraĹľdin county. The population of the municipality is 13,857, with 1,981 people living in Novi Marof itself (census 2001).
Novi Pazar, Bulgaria Novi Pazar (, "new marketplace") is a town in Shumen Province, northeastern Bulgaria. It is located in a hollow between the Shumen, Ludogorie and Provadiya plateaus, on the banks of the Kriva Reka ("twisting river").
Novi Sad municipality Novi Sad municipality (Serbian: Градска општина Нови Сад or Gradska opština Novi Sad) is one of two municipalities which comprise the City of Novi Sad in Serbia. The population of the municipality include approximately 270,000 people.
Novi Sad Synagogue Novi Sad Synagogue (Serbian: Новосадска синагога or Novosadska sinagoga) is a Jewish synagogue and one of the many cultural institutions in Novi Sad, the capital of Serbian province Vojvodina. Located in Jevrejska (Jewish) Street, in the city center, the synagogue has since been recognized as a landmark.
Novi Sad Theatre The Novi Sad Theatre or in Hungarian Újvidéki Színház (Serbian: Новосадско позориште) is a small Hungarian theatre. It is located in the Rotkvarija neighborhood, near city centre on Jovana Subotića street 3-5, in Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province Vojvodina.
Novi Sad Theological College Novi Sad Theological College (NSTC) (Serbian: Teološki fakultet - Novi Sad) is a Serbian language theological educational institution in Novi Sad, Serbia. NSTC seeks to equip emerging and current Christian leaders for ministry service in South East Europe, and is the only Protestant/Evangelical theological post-secondary educational institution in Serbia.
Novi Travnik Novi Travnik (English translation: "New Travnik") is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of Travnik on the road to Bugojno. It is under the administration of the Central Bosnia Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Novi Vinodolski Novi Vinodolski is a town on the Adriatic in Croatia, located south of Crikvenica, Selce and Bribir and north of Senj. The population of Novi is 4,119, with a total of 5,282 people in the municipality (census 2001).
Novi Zagreb - istok Novi Zagreb - istok ("New Zagreb - east") contains Mamut (Mammoth) which was built to be the largest communal housing block in southeast Europe. Mamut towers above other blocks of flats so that the impression is given that it must be on a hill even though the entire area is a flat plain.
Novial Novial [nov-, new + IAL, International Auxiliary Language] is a constructed language devised by Professor Otto Jespersen, a Danish linguist who was involved previously in the Ido movement and subsequently in the development of Interlingua. He devised Novial to be an international auxiliary language (IAL), which would facilitate international communication and friendship, without displacing anyone's native language.
Novice Gail Fawcett Novice Gail Fawcett (March 29, 1909—June 19, 1998, born in Gambier, Ohio) was the 8th President of the Ohio State University. He received a Bachelor of science from Kenyon College in 1931 and a Master's degree from Ohio State in 1937.
Novinha Novinha (Dona Ivanova Santa Katarina von Hesse) is a fictional character from Orson Scott Card's science fiction saga the Ender's Game series. She is first introduced in the novel Speaker for the Dead and appears in its two sequels, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind.
Novistador Novistador is a one man band from Canada by a man named Chrono. The style of music is reminisent of Heavy Metal and Dark Ambient Music, and Chrono has said he defines it as 'Undead Metal', as it fits the concept of the band's music and ideas.
Novistrana Novistrana (, "New Country") is a fictional Soviet breakaway state featured in the computer game Republic: The Revolution. It has been created with groundbreaking graphic detail, and is highly reminiscent of other recently post-Soviet countries in the design of its buildings and the naming of its streets and suburbs.
Novita A Novita (borrowed from the Italian word for novelty) is a novel that consists chiefly of stand-alone short stories arranged in a manner that serves the overall movement of plot and character development, though the genre tends to emphasize character development or the depiction of a community, an era or an event more than plot.
Novita Issue Communications Novita Issue Communications provides public relations and campaign services for federal, state and community public policy and to address legislative issues. The firm boasts as being one of the state’s most creative issue communications agencies.
Novitiate Novitiate, alt. Noviciate, is the period that a novice or prospective member of a religious order who has not yet been admitted to vows has to undergo training in order to be found eligible or qualified for admission.
Noviye Cheryomushki Noviye Cheryomushki () is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened as the final segment of the Kaluzhskiy radius on October 13, 1962, serving briefely as a terminus for two years.
Novlene Williams Novlene Williams (born April 26, 1982 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa The Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa is a comprehensive dictionary of the Portuguese language, published in Brazil, first compiled by Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira. It is popularly known as the Dicionário Aurélio, or simply Aurélio or Aurelião ("Big Aurélio"').
Novo Goražde Novo Goražde (Cyrillic: Ново Горажде), also known as Srpsko Goražde (Српско Горажде), is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Goražde (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Novo Hopovo monastery The Novo Hopovo Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Ново Хопово / Manastir Novo Hopovo) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was built by the Despots of the House of Branković.
Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk (KFX: CSE1158) () manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services. Founded in Denmark in 1923, the company has since become a world leader in diabetes care with the broadest diabetes product portfolio in the industry, including the most advanced products within the area of insulin delivery systems.
Novo Nordisk Engineering NNE is wholly owned by Novo Nordisk, which was founded as a consultancy engineering company in the 1920s. They are now a large company who provide consultancy for constructing, validating, and optimizing pharmaceutical systems and plants.
Novo Selo, Vidin Province Novo Selo (, "new village") is a village in northwesternmost Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It lies on the right (south) bank of the Danube and is the administrative centre of a municipality with the same name.
Novoaltaysk Novoaltaysk (), known as Chesnokovka () before 1962, is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ob River across from Barnaul. Population: 60,015 (2002 Census); 51,000 (1974); 9,000 (1939).
Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery (Новодевичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is the most famous cemetery in Moscow, Russia, situated next to the World Heritage Site, the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist site. It should not be confused with an eponymous cemetery in Saint Petersburg.
Novodevichy Cemetery (Saint Petersburg) Novodevichy Cemetery () in Saint Petersburg is a historic cemetery in the South-West part of the city near the Moscow Triumphal Gate. The cemetery is named after the historical Resurrection (Novodevichy) Convent.
Novodevichy Convent Novodevichy Convent, also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery () is probably the best-known cloister of Moscow. Its name, sometimes translated as the New Maidens' Monastery, was devised to differ from an ancient maidens' convent in the Moscow Kremlin.
Novodvinsk Novodvinsk () is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina River, 20 km south of Arkhangelsk. It was founded in 1936 as the settlement of Pervomaysky serving a pulp and paper mill, received urban-type settlement status in 1941, and town status in 1977, when it was renamed Novodvinsk.
Novocherkassk Novocherkassk () is a former capital of the Don Cossacks, now a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and Aksai River. Population: 170,822 (2002 Census); 187,973 (1989 Census); 178,000 (1974); 123,000 (1959); 81,000 (1939); 52,000 (1897).
Novokuznetsk Iron and Steel Plant Novokuznetsk Iron and Steel Plant (in Russian:Новокузнецкий металлургический комбинат) is a major Russian steel producer in the city of Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo Oblast in southwestern Siberia. The company's name is abbreviated to NKMK (Russian:НКМК).
Novomoskovsk, Russia Novomoskovsk (), called Bobriki () before 1934 and Stalinogorsk () between 1934 and 1961, is a city in Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the source of the Don and Shat Rivers some 230 km south of Moscow, at . Population: 134,081 (2002 Census); 143,000 (1974); 107,000 (1959); 76,000 (1939).
Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, pronounced ) is Russia's third largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast. It is also the largest city in Siberia and the administrative center of Siberian Federal District, in the southwest of which it is located.
Novosibirsk Globus theatre Globus (in Russian Новосибирский академический театр Глобус - novosibirskiy akademicheskiy teatr globus, or briefly globus) is a theatre in Novosibirsk city, Siberia, Russia.
Novosibirsk opera and ballet theatre Novosibirsk opera and ballet theatre (in Russian Новосибирский театр оперы и балета) is the most important theatre of Novosibirsk and Siberia. It was completed in February 1944, the first performance being held on May 12 1945.
Novosibirsk Report The Novosibirsk Report was the name given in the West to a classified paper ("for internal use only") prepared under the direction of Tatyana Zaslavskaya of the Novosibirsk Institute of Economics which addressed the crisis in the agriculture of the Soviet Union. It was the theme of a closed conference in Novosibirsk in April 1983 and leaked to the Washington Post which published it in August.
Novosibirsk Reservoir Novosibirsk Reservoir or Novosibirskoye Reservoir (), informally called the Ob Sea (), is the largest artificial lake in Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai created by a dam on the Ob River near Novosibirsk. The dam, built in 1956, is for generating hydroelectric power.
Novosibirsk State Technical University Novosibirsk State Technical University is a university in Novosibirsk, Russia. It is one of the largest universities in Siberia, enrolling a total of 25,101 students, of which 17,977 are undergraduate and graduate students.
Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk State University was founded in May 1959 in the USSR by Soviet academicians Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentiev, Sergei Lvovich Sobolev and Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich in a program of estabilishing a Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Novosibirsk State University is one of the most famous universities in Russia, although is somewhat young.
Novosoft Handy Backup Handy Backup by Novosoft - shareware Windows application intended to automatically backup a large range of data including files and settings of such widely used programs as ICQ, Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, ACDSee, Mozilla Suite, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Windows Media Player 10 and more. Backup copies are being stored to virtually any type of media or to remote servers, such as those provided by Handy Backup Online storage service.
Novosokolniki Novosokolniki () is a town in the southern part of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Maly Udray River some 287 km southeast of Pskov. It is situated at the junction of two railroads: Saint Petersburg–Kiev and Moscow–Riga.
Novospassky Bridge Novospassky Bridge (Новоспасский Мост) is a steel plate girder bridge that spans [Moskva River], connecting Novospassky Monastery and Paveletsky rail terminal areas in Moscow, Russia (about 3 kilometers south-east from the Kremlin). It was built in 1911, as a triple-span steel arch bridge.
Novospassky Monastery Novospassky monastery (New monastery of the Saviour) is one of the fortified monasteries surrounding Moscow from south-east. It was founded in the 14th century at the first monastery in the Moscow Kremlin, affiliated with the Saviour Cathedral.
Novosti RIA (Russian Information Agency) Novosti is a Russian press agency based in Moscow. (Russian: Российское агентство международных новостей "РИА Новости")
Novotext Novotext is a trade name for cotton textile-phenol epoxy resin, essentially cotton-reinforced Bakelite. It was often used in car engines for gear wheels used to provide a direct drive to the cam shaft as it is flexible and quiet-running.
Novotitorovka culture Novotitorovka culture, 3300—2700 BC, a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the south Caucasus immediately to the north of and largely overlapping portions of the Maykop culture facing the Sea of Azov, running from the Kerch Strait eastwards, almost to the Caspian, roughly coterminous with the modern Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.

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