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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a science fiction film directed by Irwin Allen and released in 1961. Walter Pidgeon starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson, designer/builder of USOS Seaview, a futuristic nuclear submarine, with
Voyage to the Outer Planets "Voyage to the Outer Planets" was an early multimedia experiment combining Omnimax film, 70 mm film and Planetarium special effects. The special effects and stills on standard and zoom equipped slide projectors were provided by the Reuben H.
Voyage ~sans retour~ Voyage ～sans retour～ is Malice Mizer's second album and first to feature singer Gackt. The lineup for the band includes Gackt (vocals, piano), Mana (guitar, synthesizer), Közi (guitar, synthesizer) Yu~ki (bass), and Kami (drums).
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne, previously called Journey to the Centre of the Moon, is a PC game that is based loosely on the novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company, the game was released in August 2005.
Voyager (band) Voyager were an English pop-rock band formed initially in Newbury, Berkshire, as The Paul French Connection by Paul French (vocals, keyboards), Paul Hirsh (keyboards, guitar), Chris Hook (bass), and former member of Mr Big, John Marter (drums). Though they initially saw themselves as a progressive group, they had to tailor their style to a more commercial mood, as evidenced by their debut single "Halfway Hotel".
Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is an 815-kilogram unmanned probe of the outer solar system and beyond, launched September 5, 1977, and is currently operational, making it NASA's longest-lasting mission. It visited Jupiter and Saturn and was the first probe to provide detailed images of the moons of these planets.
Voyager class The Voyager class refers to a design of post-Panamax cruise ships operated by Royal Caribbean International cruiselines. The only cruise ships in the world that are larger are RCI's Freedom Class and Cunard's ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2.
Voyager Company The Voyager Company was a pioneer in CD-ROM production in the 1980s and early 1990s, and published The Criterion Collection, a pioneering home video collection of classic and important contemporary films on laserdisc. It was founded in 1985 by four partners, Jon Turell, Bill Becker, Aleen Stein and Robert Stein.
Voyager of the Seas Voyager of the Seas, completed in 1999, is the first of five Voyager-class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International. It can handle up to 3114 guests, and, along with its cousins in the Voyager class, is one of the largest passenger ships in the world; currently, only Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean International's Freedom of the Seas are larger.
Voyager program (Mars) The Voyager Mars Program was a planned series of unmanned NASA probes to the planet Mars. The missions were planned,as part of the Apollo Applications Program, between 1966 and 1968 and were scheduled for launch in 1974–75.
Voyages Extraordinaires Les Voyages Extraordinaires ("The Extraordinary Voyages" in English) was a publishing title affixed to the novels, fictional and non-fictional, of French author and science fiction pioneer Jules Verne. According to Verne's publisher, Jules Hetzel, the Voyages Extraordinaires intent was "to outline all the geographical, geological, physical, and astronomical knowledge amassed by modern science and to recount, in an entertaining and picturesque format...
Voyages of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) was a navigator and an admiral for the Crown of Castile whose voyages to America began European exploration and colonization of the continent. History places great significance on his original voyage of 1492, although he did not actually reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498.
Voyageur Route The Voyageur Route is an Ontario Tourist Route, starting at the Manitoba-Ontario border on Kings Highway 17, passing through Kenora, Ontario and continuing to Kings Highway 71. The route turns south, following Highway 71 for its entire length until it meets Kings Highway 11 between Barwick, Ontario and Emo, Ontario.
Voyageurs Cup The Voyageurs Cup is the only trophy for top-level professional soccer in Canada. The Cup is awarded annually to the Canadian United Soccer Leagues division one team that finishes with the best record from regular season matches against other Canadian teams in the USL.
Voyageurs National Park Association Voyageurs National Park Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that works to protect and promote the natural, recreational, and historical resources of Voyageurs National Park.
Voyant Chai Cream Voyant Chai Cream is a chai-flavoured liqueur based on rum, cream, black tea, and spices, made in Holland and imported into the United States by Bacmar International of Greenwich, Connecticut.Voyant Chai Cream Liqueur Liquor It has a declared alcohol content of 12.
Voyces United for UNHCR "Voyces United for UNHCR" is a charity album for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement.
Voyetra-8 The Voyetra-8 (Voyetra-Eight) is an eight voice polyphonic analog synthesizer. Released in 1982 by the company Voyetra (formerly Octave-Plateau), it was one of the first analog programmable synthesizers to be rack-mountable.
Voyeur (song) Voyeur is a song written and performed by blink-182. There are two different versions of the song that both have similar meanings but are still the same title and have completely different guitar riffs and lyrics.
Voyeur (video game) Voyeur and Voyeur II were full motion video games released in 1993 and 1996 respectively. The first game was originally released as the "flagship" product for the short lived Philips CD-i video game console.
Voyeurism Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. Such people may be engaged in sexual acts, or be nude or in underwear, or dressed in whatever other way the "voyeur" finds appealing.
Voyevoda (opera) Voyevoda or Voevoda (Russian: Воевода – The Voivode) is an opera in 3 acts and 4 scenes, Op. 3 (1867 – 1868), by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) to the libretto by Alexander Ostrovsky after the latter's play Dream on the Volga (Russian: Сон на Волге).
Voynich manuscript The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book with incomprehensible contents. It is thought to have been written between approximately 1450 and 1520 by an unknown author in an unidentified script and unintelligible language.
Voyvodovo, Vratsa Province Voyvodovo (Войводово) is a village in Miziya municipality, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria, at . It was founded in 1900, mostly by Evangelist Czechs, but also by Slovaks and Banat Bulgarians, all settlers from the region of Banat, then in Austria-Hungary.
Vozrozhdeniya Island Vozrozhdeniya Island, also known as Renaissance Island (literally - The Island of Rebirth) (Uzbek Tiklanish orollari; Russian ĐžŃтров Возрождения), is a former island, now a peninsula, in the Aral Sea. It became a peninsula in 2002, due to ongoing shrinkage of the Aral Sea.
VO language In linguistics, a VO language is a language in which the verb typically comes before the object. VO languages are primarily right-branching, or head-initial; that is, heads are generally found at the beginning of their phrases.
VOA Indonesia VOA Indonesia is the Indonesian service of the Voice of America (VOA). Broadcasting from Washington, DC, the service produces programs for radio, television and website that especially catered for the Indonesian audience in their native language, Indonesian.
VOC ship Amsterdam The VOC (Dutch East India Company) ship Amsterdam ran aground near Hastings, England on 26 January 1749, on her maiden voyage to Batavia. Commanded by Captain Willem Klump, 33, the ship had 203 crew, 127 soldiers and 5 passengers.
VOGAD In electronics systems, a VOGAD or voice-operated gain-adjusting device is a type of automatic gain control or compressor for microphone amplification. It is usually used in radio transmitters to prevent overmodulation.
VOLMET VOLMET, or meteorological information for aircraft in flight, is the term applied to a worldwide network of radio stations that broadcast TAF, SIGMET and METAR reports on shortwave frequencies. Reports are sent using automated voice transmissions, in the upper sideband or J3E mode.
VOR: The Maelstrom VOR: The Maelstrom is a science fiction miniature wargame, set in the 22nd century. In this world, the Earth has been sucked into a pocket universe known as the Maelstrom (hence the name, 'VOR: The Maelstrom').
VORPAL VORPAL (Versatile Object-oriented Relativistic Plasma Analysis with Lasers) is a computational plasma application that can predict the dynamics of electromagnetic systems, plasmas, and rarified as well as dense gases. VORPAL is used for modeling laser wake-field acceleration, plasma thrusters, fusion plasmas, and multipactoring in
VOX-ATypI classification In typography, the Vox-Atypi classification makes it possible to classify typefaces in eleven general classes. Invented by Maximilien Vox in 1952, it was adopted in 1962 by the Association International Typographique (ATypI).
Vpopmail vpopmail is a free GPL software package, to provide an easy way to manage virtual e-mail domains and non /etc/passwd e-mail accounts on your qmail or Postfix mail servers. Originally developed by Inter7 it has become a large open source project with a large community supporting it.
VP Market VP MARKET is a private Lithuanian company, the operator of the largest retail trade network for the foodstuffs and manufactured goods in the Baltic States. The company was originally called "Vilniaus prekyba" (what the letters VP stand for, literally Vilnius' Trade).
VP/CSS VP/CSS was a time-sharing operating system developed by National CSS. It began life in 1968 as a copy of IBM's CP/CMS, which at the time was distributed to IBM customers at no charge, in source code form, without support, as part of the IBM Type-III Library.
VP6 TrueMotion VP6 is a video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3 and VP5. The VP6 codec has been used in products for broadcasting in the field, such as with BBC reporters and QuickLink software.
VP7 TrueMotion VP7 is a video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3, VP5 and TrueMotion VP6. It is a codec with both VFW and DirectShow support that On2 Technologies claims has better compression than leading competitive codecs from the MPEG-4 and H.
VPS/VM VPS/VM (Virtual Processing System/Virtual Machine) was an operating system that ran on IBM/370-IBM/3090 computers at Boston University from 1977 to around 1990. During the 1980s VPS/VM was the main operating system of Boston University and often ran up to 250 users at a time when rival VM/CMS computing systems could only run 120 or so users.
Vračar Vračar (Serbian Cyrillic: Врачар) is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With an area of only 297 hectares, it is the smallest of all Belgrade's (and Serbian) municipalities, but also the most densely populated.
Vrachneika Vrachnaiika or Vrachneika (Greek: Î’ĎαχνÎικα, Î’Ďαχναίικα until the 1990s, pronunciation: vrakh-NAY-ee-kah) is a community and a municipality that is 12 km south of and a suburb of Patras, Greece, between the city and Kato Achaia. The population is around 2,000 and 3,000 and the municipality between 4,500 and 5,000.
Vrana Palace Vrana Palace (, Dvorets „Vrana“) is a former royal palace, located on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is today the official residence of the deposed Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Tsaritsa Margarita.
Vranec Vranec or (Vranac) (Macedonian: Вранец) is an ancient variety of grape that is indigenous to Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro. Vranec is considered one of the most important varieties of grape in Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia.
Vranov nad DyjĂ Vranov nad DyjĂ (-Czech, German: Frain) is a village in the Czech Republic with 888 inhabitants. It lies on the Thaya (Dyje) river in the South Moravia Region three km north of the Austrian border near Hardegg.
Vrata In the context of Hinduism and Hindu mythology, the term vrata denotes a religious practice to carry out certain obligations with a view to achieve divine blessing for fulfillment of one or more than one desire. Etymologically, vrata, a Sanskrit word (and also used in several Indo-European languages), means to vow or to promise.
Vratislaus II of Bohemia Vratislaus II or Wratislaus II (Czech: Vratislav II) (died 14 January 1092), the son of Bretislaus I and Judith, daughter of Henry of Schweinfurt, was the first King of Bohemia from 15 June 1085. The royal title was a grant, however, from the Holy Roman Emperor and was not hereditary.
Vratislav Effenberger Vratislav Effenberger (* 22 April 1923 in Nymburk; - †10 August 1986 in Prague), was Czech literature theoretician. After the industrial school, which he terminated 1944 with Abitur, it studied chemistry and history of art as well as aesthetics at the philosophical faculty.
Vratislavice Vratislavice nad Nisou (German: Maffersdorf (historical)) is a district in the city of Liberec, in the north of the Czech Republic. It has around 6,700 inhabitants and straddles the Nisa river between Liberec and Jablonec, around 3.
Vratnica Vratnica (Macedonian Вратница) is a small village (or settlement) located in the northwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia, 22 km away from the city of Tetovo and 5 km away from Jazince, the border crossing point with Serbia.
Vratsa Peak Vratsa Peak (Vrah Vratsa 'vr&h 'vra-tsa) is a rocky peak rising to 470 m in Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island, Antarctica, situated between Targovishte Glacier and Musala Glacier, and 1 km E of the summit of Viskyar Ridge.
Vrba The village of Vrba (English ~ willow tree) is known as the birthplace of the most prominent Slovene poet, France Prešeren. The house where he was born is now a museum dedicated to his life and work and is a typical example of a rural residence from the first half of the 19th century.
Vrba-Wetzler report The Vrba-Wetzler report, also known as the Vrba-Wetzler statement, the Auschwitz Protocols, and the Auschwitz notebook, is a 32-page document about the German Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland during the Holocaust. It was written by hand and dictated in Slovak between April 25 and April 27, 1944 by Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler, two Slovakian Jews who had escaped from Auschwitz on April 7, and typed up in the form of a report by Dr.
Vrbas Banovina The Vrbas Banovina or Vrbas Banate (Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian: ВрбаŃка бановина/Vrbaska banovina) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. It was named after the Vrbas River and consisted mostly of territory in western Bosnia (part of historical and present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) with its capital at Banja Luka.
Vrbica Stefanov Vrbica Stefanov (Врбица Стефанов) (born December 19 1973 in Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia) is a famous Macedonian basketball player. He played two seasons with the MZT Skopje (1996-98), than passed to the Rabotnicki Skopje (1998-99), the Karsiyaka Izmir (1999-2000, Turkey), AEK Athens (2000-01, Greece).
Vrbovsko Vrbovsko is a town and a municipality in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county; on its 280 square kilometers area, Vrbovsko features 60 settlements and 6,047 inhabitants of which 57% Croats and 36% Serbs (2001). The town of Vrbovsko itself has a population of 1,894 (2001).
Vrdnik-Ravanica monastery The Vrdnik-Ravanica monastery (Serbian: МанаŃтир Врдник-Раваница / Manastir Vrdnik-Ravanica) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The exact date of its founding is unknown.
Vrdolyak 29 The Vrdolyak 29 was a group of 29 Chicago Aldermen who regularly opposed mayor Harold Washington during his first term in office (1983-1987). It was characterised by using race as a dividing factor between the white Democrats and the Mayor.
Vredenburg (castle) Vredenburg or Vredeborch was a 16th-century castle built by Habsburg emperor Charles V in the city of Utrecht in The Netherlands. Some remains of the castle, which stood for only 50 years, are still visible on what is now Vredenburg square in Utrecht.
Vreni Schneider Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born November 26 1964 in Elm) is a former ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the second most successful female ski racer ever (after Janica Kostelić) and was elected "Swiss Sportswoman of the Century".
Vrij Nederland Vrij Nederland (Free Netherlands) is a Dutch magazine which was established during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II as an underground newspaper but has since grown into a magazine. The magazine is generally considered to be intellectually left-wing.
Vril Vril, from the early science fiction novel Vril: The Power of the Coming Race, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, is supposedly a kind of energy in the form of an all-permeating fluid possessed by a subterranean race (the Vril-ya), who are said to be the descendants of Atlantis. Its uses amongst the Vril-ya vary from an agent of destruction to a healing substance.
Vrillon Vrillon, representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command was the name used by an unidentified voice who broadcast on the transmitters of Southern Television in the United Kingdom for about five minutes at 5:10 PM on Saturday November 26, 1977. The voice, which was disguised and accompanied by a deep buzzing, broke in to a broadcast by Independent Television News to warn viewers of "the destiny of your race" and "so that you may communicate to your fellow beings the course you must take to avoid a disaster which threatens your world and the beings on other worlds around you".
Vrindavan Vrindavan (alternate spellings Vrindaban or Brindavan), or Vraj in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India is a town on the site of an ancient forest which is believed to have been the region where the famous cowherd boy, Krishna, from Hindu scriptures spent his childhood days. It is about 15km away from Mathura city (said to be Krishna's birthplace), near the Agra-Delhi highway.
Vrio VRIO, the VRIO framework, is an internal tool of analysis in the context of businesses. VRIO is an acronym for the four question framework you ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: the question of Value, the question of Rarity, the question of Imitiability (Ease/Difficulty to Imitate), and the question of Organization (ability to exploit the resource or capability).
Vrissa Vrissa (Greek: Î’ĎÎŻĎα) is a village in the southern part of Lesvos island approximately 50 km from Mytilene. The village is named after the one of the two girls Agamemnon took from Lesvos during the ten-year Trojan War.
Vritra In the early Vedic religion, Vritra (Sanskrit: वŕĄŕ¤¤ŕĄŤŕ¤° (DevanÄgarÄ«) or (IAST)) "the enveloper", was an Asura and also a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and enemy of Indra. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi ("snake"), and he is said to have had three heads.
VršaÄŤki Ritovi VršaÄŤki Ritovi (Đ’Ń€Ńачки Ритови) is a village located in Serbia at 45° 9' 38" North, 21° 10' 19" East. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in Banat region (South Banat District), Vojvodina province.
Vršovci The Vršovci (Vrshovici) were a noble Czech (Bohemian) family and clan, particularly noted in the power struggles of the 10th-12th centuries. The Vršovci were the third most powerful political force in newly Christianized Czechia (Bohemia), after the reigning PĹ™emyslidi and the contending SlavnĂki.
Vrms vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) is a program that will analyze the set of currently-installed packages on a Debian-based system, and report all of the packages from the non-free tree which are currently installed.
Vrnjačka Banja Vrnjačka Banja (Serbian Cyrillic: Врњачка Бања) is a town, municipality, and a resort, mineral spa located in Raška District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 9,877, while population of the entire municipality was 26,492.
Vrontados Vrontados (Greek: Î’Ďοντάδος) is a small coastal town located at the eastern part of the island of Chios in Greece. With a population of about 4,500 the town hosts the seat of the municipality of Omiroupolis.
Vrooman's Point Vrooman's Point is a geographical feature in Ontario, Canada, near the border with the United States. The point projects out into the course of the Niagara River, and is located about a mile north of the town of Queenston, Ontario.
Vrouw Maria Vrouw Maria (Lady Mary) was a Dutch wooden two-masted merchant carrying a valuable cargo of art objects, captained by Raymund Lourens, that sank on October 9 1771 in the outer archipelago of the municipality of Nagu, Finland, 11 kilometers south-east of the island of Jurmo. In 1999 the ship was discovered by the members of Pro Vrouw Maria, lead by Rauno Koivusaari.
Vrujci Vrujci Spa is a town in the northwestern part of Serbia, at the northern base of the Suvobor mountain and in the valley of the River Toplica. The spa water is the source for VodaVoda, a popular mineral water in Serbia.
Vryburg High School Vryburg High School is a school in Vryburg, North West Province, South Africa. It made the news in 1998 when tensions between white, Afrikaans-speaking students and black students who were taught in English lead to violence including alleged hostage-taking, beatings of students, and riots.
Vrykyl Vrykyl are fictional undead creatures from the Sovereign Stone trilogy, created ritualistically by Dagnarus' use of the Dagger of Vrykyl. They are the antithesis of the Dominion Lords, which were holy knights charged with the duty of protecting the Portals that connected the various races' homelands.
Vrysoules There are places that have the name Vrysoules (Greek, Modern: Î’ĎĎ…Ďούλες, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ai, from the Modern spelling βĎĎŤĎη vrysi + -ούλα -oula + plural -ες -es, little springs), other forms, Vrisoules, older form Vrysoulai, Vrisoulai:
Vrysoules (Arcadia), Greece Vrysoules (Greek, Modern: Î’ĎĎ…Ďούλες, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ai, from the Modern spelling βĎĎŤĎη vrysi + -ούλα -oula + plural -ες -es, little springs), older form, Vrisoulai, Vrisoules is a settlement that is almost completely surrounded by forests 4 km SE of Megalopoli and is part of the muniicpal district and the municipality of Megalopoli in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. It is part of the commune of Perivolia.
Vrystaatse Artillerie Regiment The Vrystaatse Artillerie Regiment (Afrikaans for Free State Artillery Regiment) is an artillery regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit.
VR - Crushing the World (DVD) VR - Crushing the World is a DVD compilation by heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1996. It contains various footage live, backstage and on-tour in Europe, two new videos produced by Gore Verbinski, three new songs as well as the band's four MTV Videos.
VR Group VR or VR Group (VR-Yhtymä) is a state-owned railway company in Finland, and formerly known as Valtionrautatiet (The State's Railway). Its most important function is the operation of freight and passenger rail services.
VR official The VR official was one of three postage stamps introduced by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in May 1840 for the pre-payment of postage. While the Penny Black and the Two Pence Blue were for use by the general public, as were the Mulready envelopes and letter sheets, the VR official was for use on official mail.
VR Troopers VR Troopers (Virtual Reality Troopers) was a syndicated live action show produced by Saban (creators of the similar Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series) from 1994 to 1996. The show tried to cash in on the short-lived Virtual Reality fad of the 1990s as well as the success of Power Rangers.
VR warehouses The VR warehouses (VR:n makasiinit in Finnish) were a group of old red brick warehouses in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, located at Mannerheimintie 13 or , near the Parliament building, the Helsinki Central railway station and the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art.
VRC Oaks The Crown Oaks (formerly known as the VRC Oaks), is the third day of the Melbourne Cup Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington. Oaks Day is held on the Thursday directly following Melbourne Cup Day (the first Tuesday in November).
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes The VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 3 thoroughbred horse race held on Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. The race is held each year directly after the Tuesday's Melbourne Cup as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, on the next Saturday, in early November.
VRML VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language, usually pronounced vermal) is a standard file format for representing 3-dimensional (3D) interactive vector graphics, designed particularly with the World Wide Web in mind.
VRWB The Flemish Council for Science Policy or Flemish Science Policy Council (Dutch: Vlaamse Raad voor Wetenschapsbeleid) (VRWB) is the advisory body of the Flemish government and the Flemish parliament for science - and technology policy. The VRWB provides advice concerning science - and technology policy on its own initiative or on request.
Vseslav of Polotsk Vseslav of Polotsk (Vseslav Bryachislavich, Belarusian language: ĐŁŃŃŹŃлаў БрачыŃлавіч , ĐŁŃŃŹŃлаў Чарадзей; Russian language: Đ’ŃеŃлав Полоцкий; Ukrainian language: Đ’ŃеŃлав Полоцький; also known as Vseslav the Sorcerer, ca. 1030-1101) was the most famous ruler of Polotsk.
Vsesvit Vsesvit (, Vsesvit) is a Ukrainian periodical that publishes exclusive translations of world classics and contemporary works of literature, covers different aspects of cultural, artistic, social, and political life in all parts of the world. The Ukrainian word Vsesvit translates as the Universe.
Vsevobuch Vsevobuch (via , a portmanteau for вŃеобщее военное обŃчение (vseobshcheye voyennoye obucheniye), universal military training) is the name of the compulsory military training of men practiced in the former Soviet Union. Vsevobuch is also affiliated with the sports training, to which it contributed.
Vsevolod Bobrov Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov () (December 1, 1922 - July 1, 1979) is a former Soviet athlete, who excelled in both football (soccer), bandy, and ice hockey. He is considered one of the best Russians ever in all of those sports.
Vsevolod II of Kiev Vsevolod II Olgovich (Russian: Đ’Ńеволод II Ольгович) (? - August 1, 1146), Kniaz' (Prince) of Chernigov (1127-1139) and Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1139-1146), son of Oleg Svyatoslavich, Kniaz' (Prince) of Chernigov.
Vsevolod Ivanov Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov ( IPA: ; , Lebyazhye, now in Pavlodar Oblast–August 15, 1963, Moscow) was a notable Soviet writer praised for the colourful adventure tales set in the Asiatic part of Russia during the Civil War.
Vsevolod Meyerhold Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold (German: Karl Kazimir Theodor Meyerhold) (28 January (10 February) 1874 – 2 February 1940) was a Russian theatrical producer, director, and actor whose provocative experiments in unconventional theatre made him one of the seminal forces in modern theatre.
Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov (Đ’Ńеволод Николаевич МеркŃлов in Russian) (October 25 (Old Style) or November 7 (New Style), 1895 - December 23,1953), was the head of NKGB from February to July 1941, and again from April 1943 to March 1946. He was a member of the so-called "Georgian mafia" of Lavrenti Beria, head of the NKVD.
Vsevolod Pudovkin Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin () (February 16, 1893 - June 20, 1953) was a Russian film director who developed influential theories of montage. Pudovkin's masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary Sergei Eisenstein, but whereas Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify the power of the masses, Pudovkin preferred to concentrate on the courage and resilience of individuals.
Vsevolod Rauzer Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer (October 16, 1908 - 1941) was a Ukrainian chess master, the joint Ukraine Champion in 1933. He is best known as the chess theoretician who gave his name to the Richter-Rauzer variant of Sicilian Defense (B60).
Vsevolod Vladimirov Vsevolod Vladimirov was an author and historian who wrote about Finland's Revolution in early 20th century, during the Russian Revolution of 1905. His opus on the topic, published in 1911, was translated by Victor E.
Vsquat A vsquat is vhost created on an under utilized web server without the authorization of the owner or administrator. The term can also be used to refer to other Internet services running without authorization; for example, an FTP server.
Voyage to the Outer Planets "Voyage to the Outer Planets" was an early multimedia experiment combining Omnimax film, 70 mm film and Planetarium special effects. The special effects and stills on standard and zoom equipped slide projectors were provided by the Reuben H.
Voyage ~sans retour~ Voyage ～sans retour～ is Malice Mizer's second album and first to feature singer Gackt. The lineup for the band includes Gackt (vocals, piano), Mana (guitar, synthesizer), Közi (guitar, synthesizer) Yu~ki (bass), and Kami (drums).
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne, previously called Journey to the Centre of the Moon, is a PC game that is based loosely on the novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company, the game was released in August 2005.
Voyager (band) Voyager were an English pop-rock band formed initially in Newbury, Berkshire, as The Paul French Connection by Paul French (vocals, keyboards), Paul Hirsh (keyboards, guitar), Chris Hook (bass), and former member of Mr Big, John Marter (drums). Though they initially saw themselves as a progressive group, they had to tailor their style to a more commercial mood, as evidenced by their debut single "Halfway Hotel".
Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is an 815-kilogram unmanned probe of the outer solar system and beyond, launched September 5, 1977, and is currently operational, making it NASA's longest-lasting mission. It visited Jupiter and Saturn and was the first probe to provide detailed images of the moons of these planets.
Voyager class The Voyager class refers to a design of post-Panamax cruise ships operated by Royal Caribbean International cruiselines. The only cruise ships in the world that are larger are RCI's Freedom Class and Cunard's ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2.
Voyager Company The Voyager Company was a pioneer in CD-ROM production in the 1980s and early 1990s, and published The Criterion Collection, a pioneering home video collection of classic and important contemporary films on laserdisc. It was founded in 1985 by four partners, Jon Turell, Bill Becker, Aleen Stein and Robert Stein.
Voyager of the Seas Voyager of the Seas, completed in 1999, is the first of five Voyager-class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International. It can handle up to 3114 guests, and, along with its cousins in the Voyager class, is one of the largest passenger ships in the world; currently, only Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean International's Freedom of the Seas are larger.
Voyager program (Mars) The Voyager Mars Program was a planned series of unmanned NASA probes to the planet Mars. The missions were planned,as part of the Apollo Applications Program, between 1966 and 1968 and were scheduled for launch in 1974–75.
Voyages Extraordinaires Les Voyages Extraordinaires ("The Extraordinary Voyages" in English) was a publishing title affixed to the novels, fictional and non-fictional, of French author and science fiction pioneer Jules Verne. According to Verne's publisher, Jules Hetzel, the Voyages Extraordinaires intent was "to outline all the geographical, geological, physical, and astronomical knowledge amassed by modern science and to recount, in an entertaining and picturesque format...
Voyages of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) was a navigator and an admiral for the Crown of Castile whose voyages to America began European exploration and colonization of the continent. History places great significance on his original voyage of 1492, although he did not actually reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498.
Voyageur Route The Voyageur Route is an Ontario Tourist Route, starting at the Manitoba-Ontario border on Kings Highway 17, passing through Kenora, Ontario and continuing to Kings Highway 71. The route turns south, following Highway 71 for its entire length until it meets Kings Highway 11 between Barwick, Ontario and Emo, Ontario.
Voyageurs Cup The Voyageurs Cup is the only trophy for top-level professional soccer in Canada. The Cup is awarded annually to the Canadian United Soccer Leagues division one team that finishes with the best record from regular season matches against other Canadian teams in the USL.
Voyageurs National Park Association Voyageurs National Park Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that works to protect and promote the natural, recreational, and historical resources of Voyageurs National Park.
Voyant Chai Cream Voyant Chai Cream is a chai-flavoured liqueur based on rum, cream, black tea, and spices, made in Holland and imported into the United States by Bacmar International of Greenwich, Connecticut.Voyant Chai Cream Liqueur Liquor It has a declared alcohol content of 12.
Voyces United for UNHCR "Voyces United for UNHCR" is a charity album for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement.
Voyetra-8 The Voyetra-8 (Voyetra-Eight) is an eight voice polyphonic analog synthesizer. Released in 1982 by the company Voyetra (formerly Octave-Plateau), it was one of the first analog programmable synthesizers to be rack-mountable.
Voyeur (song) Voyeur is a song written and performed by blink-182. There are two different versions of the song that both have similar meanings but are still the same title and have completely different guitar riffs and lyrics.
Voyeur (video game) Voyeur and Voyeur II were full motion video games released in 1993 and 1996 respectively. The first game was originally released as the "flagship" product for the short lived Philips CD-i video game console.
Voyeurism Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. Such people may be engaged in sexual acts, or be nude or in underwear, or dressed in whatever other way the "voyeur" finds appealing.
Voyevoda (opera) Voyevoda or Voevoda (Russian: Воевода – The Voivode) is an opera in 3 acts and 4 scenes, Op. 3 (1867 – 1868), by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) to the libretto by Alexander Ostrovsky after the latter's play Dream on the Volga (Russian: Сон на Волге).
Voynich manuscript The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book with incomprehensible contents. It is thought to have been written between approximately 1450 and 1520 by an unknown author in an unidentified script and unintelligible language.
Voyvodovo, Vratsa Province Voyvodovo (Войводово) is a village in Miziya municipality, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria, at . It was founded in 1900, mostly by Evangelist Czechs, but also by Slovaks and Banat Bulgarians, all settlers from the region of Banat, then in Austria-Hungary.
Vozrozhdeniya Island Vozrozhdeniya Island, also known as Renaissance Island (literally - The Island of Rebirth) (Uzbek Tiklanish orollari; Russian ĐžŃтров Возрождения), is a former island, now a peninsula, in the Aral Sea. It became a peninsula in 2002, due to ongoing shrinkage of the Aral Sea.
VO language In linguistics, a VO language is a language in which the verb typically comes before the object. VO languages are primarily right-branching, or head-initial; that is, heads are generally found at the beginning of their phrases.
VOA Indonesia VOA Indonesia is the Indonesian service of the Voice of America (VOA). Broadcasting from Washington, DC, the service produces programs for radio, television and website that especially catered for the Indonesian audience in their native language, Indonesian.
VOC ship Amsterdam The VOC (Dutch East India Company) ship Amsterdam ran aground near Hastings, England on 26 January 1749, on her maiden voyage to Batavia. Commanded by Captain Willem Klump, 33, the ship had 203 crew, 127 soldiers and 5 passengers.
VOGAD In electronics systems, a VOGAD or voice-operated gain-adjusting device is a type of automatic gain control or compressor for microphone amplification. It is usually used in radio transmitters to prevent overmodulation.
VOLMET VOLMET, or meteorological information for aircraft in flight, is the term applied to a worldwide network of radio stations that broadcast TAF, SIGMET and METAR reports on shortwave frequencies. Reports are sent using automated voice transmissions, in the upper sideband or J3E mode.
VOR: The Maelstrom VOR: The Maelstrom is a science fiction miniature wargame, set in the 22nd century. In this world, the Earth has been sucked into a pocket universe known as the Maelstrom (hence the name, 'VOR: The Maelstrom').
VORPAL VORPAL (Versatile Object-oriented Relativistic Plasma Analysis with Lasers) is a computational plasma application that can predict the dynamics of electromagnetic systems, plasmas, and rarified as well as dense gases. VORPAL is used for modeling laser wake-field acceleration, plasma thrusters, fusion plasmas, and multipactoring in
VOX-ATypI classification In typography, the Vox-Atypi classification makes it possible to classify typefaces in eleven general classes. Invented by Maximilien Vox in 1952, it was adopted in 1962 by the Association International Typographique (ATypI).
Vpopmail vpopmail is a free GPL software package, to provide an easy way to manage virtual e-mail domains and non /etc/passwd e-mail accounts on your qmail or Postfix mail servers. Originally developed by Inter7 it has become a large open source project with a large community supporting it.
VP Market VP MARKET is a private Lithuanian company, the operator of the largest retail trade network for the foodstuffs and manufactured goods in the Baltic States. The company was originally called "Vilniaus prekyba" (what the letters VP stand for, literally Vilnius' Trade).
VP/CSS VP/CSS was a time-sharing operating system developed by National CSS. It began life in 1968 as a copy of IBM's CP/CMS, which at the time was distributed to IBM customers at no charge, in source code form, without support, as part of the IBM Type-III Library.
VP6 TrueMotion VP6 is a video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3 and VP5. The VP6 codec has been used in products for broadcasting in the field, such as with BBC reporters and QuickLink software.
VP7 TrueMotion VP7 is a video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3, VP5 and TrueMotion VP6. It is a codec with both VFW and DirectShow support that On2 Technologies claims has better compression than leading competitive codecs from the MPEG-4 and H.
VPS/VM VPS/VM (Virtual Processing System/Virtual Machine) was an operating system that ran on IBM/370-IBM/3090 computers at Boston University from 1977 to around 1990. During the 1980s VPS/VM was the main operating system of Boston University and often ran up to 250 users at a time when rival VM/CMS computing systems could only run 120 or so users.
Vračar Vračar (Serbian Cyrillic: Врачар) is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With an area of only 297 hectares, it is the smallest of all Belgrade's (and Serbian) municipalities, but also the most densely populated.
Vrachneika Vrachnaiika or Vrachneika (Greek: Î’ĎαχνÎικα, Î’Ďαχναίικα until the 1990s, pronunciation: vrakh-NAY-ee-kah) is a community and a municipality that is 12 km south of and a suburb of Patras, Greece, between the city and Kato Achaia. The population is around 2,000 and 3,000 and the municipality between 4,500 and 5,000.
Vrana Palace Vrana Palace (, Dvorets „Vrana“) is a former royal palace, located on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is today the official residence of the deposed Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Tsaritsa Margarita.
Vranec Vranec or (Vranac) (Macedonian: Вранец) is an ancient variety of grape that is indigenous to Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro. Vranec is considered one of the most important varieties of grape in Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia.
Vranov nad DyjĂ Vranov nad DyjĂ (-Czech, German: Frain) is a village in the Czech Republic with 888 inhabitants. It lies on the Thaya (Dyje) river in the South Moravia Region three km north of the Austrian border near Hardegg.
Vrata In the context of Hinduism and Hindu mythology, the term vrata denotes a religious practice to carry out certain obligations with a view to achieve divine blessing for fulfillment of one or more than one desire. Etymologically, vrata, a Sanskrit word (and also used in several Indo-European languages), means to vow or to promise.
Vratislaus II of Bohemia Vratislaus II or Wratislaus II (Czech: Vratislav II) (died 14 January 1092), the son of Bretislaus I and Judith, daughter of Henry of Schweinfurt, was the first King of Bohemia from 15 June 1085. The royal title was a grant, however, from the Holy Roman Emperor and was not hereditary.
Vratislav Effenberger Vratislav Effenberger (* 22 April 1923 in Nymburk; - †10 August 1986 in Prague), was Czech literature theoretician. After the industrial school, which he terminated 1944 with Abitur, it studied chemistry and history of art as well as aesthetics at the philosophical faculty.
Vratislavice Vratislavice nad Nisou (German: Maffersdorf (historical)) is a district in the city of Liberec, in the north of the Czech Republic. It has around 6,700 inhabitants and straddles the Nisa river between Liberec and Jablonec, around 3.
Vratnica Vratnica (Macedonian Вратница) is a small village (or settlement) located in the northwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia, 22 km away from the city of Tetovo and 5 km away from Jazince, the border crossing point with Serbia.
Vratsa Peak Vratsa Peak (Vrah Vratsa 'vr&h 'vra-tsa) is a rocky peak rising to 470 m in Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island, Antarctica, situated between Targovishte Glacier and Musala Glacier, and 1 km E of the summit of Viskyar Ridge.
Vrba The village of Vrba (English ~ willow tree) is known as the birthplace of the most prominent Slovene poet, France Prešeren. The house where he was born is now a museum dedicated to his life and work and is a typical example of a rural residence from the first half of the 19th century.
Vrba-Wetzler report The Vrba-Wetzler report, also known as the Vrba-Wetzler statement, the Auschwitz Protocols, and the Auschwitz notebook, is a 32-page document about the German Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland during the Holocaust. It was written by hand and dictated in Slovak between April 25 and April 27, 1944 by Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler, two Slovakian Jews who had escaped from Auschwitz on April 7, and typed up in the form of a report by Dr.
Vrbas Banovina The Vrbas Banovina or Vrbas Banate (Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian: ВрбаŃка бановина/Vrbaska banovina) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. It was named after the Vrbas River and consisted mostly of territory in western Bosnia (part of historical and present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) with its capital at Banja Luka.
Vrbica Stefanov Vrbica Stefanov (Врбица Стефанов) (born December 19 1973 in Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia) is a famous Macedonian basketball player. He played two seasons with the MZT Skopje (1996-98), than passed to the Rabotnicki Skopje (1998-99), the Karsiyaka Izmir (1999-2000, Turkey), AEK Athens (2000-01, Greece).
Vrbovsko Vrbovsko is a town and a municipality in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county; on its 280 square kilometers area, Vrbovsko features 60 settlements and 6,047 inhabitants of which 57% Croats and 36% Serbs (2001). The town of Vrbovsko itself has a population of 1,894 (2001).
Vrdnik-Ravanica monastery The Vrdnik-Ravanica monastery (Serbian: МанаŃтир Врдник-Раваница / Manastir Vrdnik-Ravanica) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The exact date of its founding is unknown.
Vrdolyak 29 The Vrdolyak 29 was a group of 29 Chicago Aldermen who regularly opposed mayor Harold Washington during his first term in office (1983-1987). It was characterised by using race as a dividing factor between the white Democrats and the Mayor.
Vredenburg (castle) Vredenburg or Vredeborch was a 16th-century castle built by Habsburg emperor Charles V in the city of Utrecht in The Netherlands. Some remains of the castle, which stood for only 50 years, are still visible on what is now Vredenburg square in Utrecht.
Vreni Schneider Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born November 26 1964 in Elm) is a former ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the second most successful female ski racer ever (after Janica Kostelić) and was elected "Swiss Sportswoman of the Century".
Vrij Nederland Vrij Nederland (Free Netherlands) is a Dutch magazine which was established during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II as an underground newspaper but has since grown into a magazine. The magazine is generally considered to be intellectually left-wing.
Vril Vril, from the early science fiction novel Vril: The Power of the Coming Race, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, is supposedly a kind of energy in the form of an all-permeating fluid possessed by a subterranean race (the Vril-ya), who are said to be the descendants of Atlantis. Its uses amongst the Vril-ya vary from an agent of destruction to a healing substance.
Vrillon Vrillon, representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command was the name used by an unidentified voice who broadcast on the transmitters of Southern Television in the United Kingdom for about five minutes at 5:10 PM on Saturday November 26, 1977. The voice, which was disguised and accompanied by a deep buzzing, broke in to a broadcast by Independent Television News to warn viewers of "the destiny of your race" and "so that you may communicate to your fellow beings the course you must take to avoid a disaster which threatens your world and the beings on other worlds around you".
Vrindavan Vrindavan (alternate spellings Vrindaban or Brindavan), or Vraj in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India is a town on the site of an ancient forest which is believed to have been the region where the famous cowherd boy, Krishna, from Hindu scriptures spent his childhood days. It is about 15km away from Mathura city (said to be Krishna's birthplace), near the Agra-Delhi highway.
Vrio VRIO, the VRIO framework, is an internal tool of analysis in the context of businesses. VRIO is an acronym for the four question framework you ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: the question of Value, the question of Rarity, the question of Imitiability (Ease/Difficulty to Imitate), and the question of Organization (ability to exploit the resource or capability).
Vrissa Vrissa (Greek: Î’ĎÎŻĎα) is a village in the southern part of Lesvos island approximately 50 km from Mytilene. The village is named after the one of the two girls Agamemnon took from Lesvos during the ten-year Trojan War.
Vritra In the early Vedic religion, Vritra (Sanskrit: वŕĄŕ¤¤ŕĄŤŕ¤° (DevanÄgarÄ«) or (IAST)) "the enveloper", was an Asura and also a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and enemy of Indra. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi ("snake"), and he is said to have had three heads.
VršaÄŤki Ritovi VršaÄŤki Ritovi (Đ’Ń€Ńачки Ритови) is a village located in Serbia at 45° 9' 38" North, 21° 10' 19" East. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in Banat region (South Banat District), Vojvodina province.
Vršovci The Vršovci (Vrshovici) were a noble Czech (Bohemian) family and clan, particularly noted in the power struggles of the 10th-12th centuries. The Vršovci were the third most powerful political force in newly Christianized Czechia (Bohemia), after the reigning PĹ™emyslidi and the contending SlavnĂki.
Vrms vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) is a program that will analyze the set of currently-installed packages on a Debian-based system, and report all of the packages from the non-free tree which are currently installed.
Vrnjačka Banja Vrnjačka Banja (Serbian Cyrillic: Врњачка Бања) is a town, municipality, and a resort, mineral spa located in Raška District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 9,877, while population of the entire municipality was 26,492.
Vrontados Vrontados (Greek: Î’Ďοντάδος) is a small coastal town located at the eastern part of the island of Chios in Greece. With a population of about 4,500 the town hosts the seat of the municipality of Omiroupolis.
Vrooman's Point Vrooman's Point is a geographical feature in Ontario, Canada, near the border with the United States. The point projects out into the course of the Niagara River, and is located about a mile north of the town of Queenston, Ontario.
Vrouw Maria Vrouw Maria (Lady Mary) was a Dutch wooden two-masted merchant carrying a valuable cargo of art objects, captained by Raymund Lourens, that sank on October 9 1771 in the outer archipelago of the municipality of Nagu, Finland, 11 kilometers south-east of the island of Jurmo. In 1999 the ship was discovered by the members of Pro Vrouw Maria, lead by Rauno Koivusaari.
Vrujci Vrujci Spa is a town in the northwestern part of Serbia, at the northern base of the Suvobor mountain and in the valley of the River Toplica. The spa water is the source for VodaVoda, a popular mineral water in Serbia.
Vryburg High School Vryburg High School is a school in Vryburg, North West Province, South Africa. It made the news in 1998 when tensions between white, Afrikaans-speaking students and black students who were taught in English lead to violence including alleged hostage-taking, beatings of students, and riots.
Vrykyl Vrykyl are fictional undead creatures from the Sovereign Stone trilogy, created ritualistically by Dagnarus' use of the Dagger of Vrykyl. They are the antithesis of the Dominion Lords, which were holy knights charged with the duty of protecting the Portals that connected the various races' homelands.
Vrysoules There are places that have the name Vrysoules (Greek, Modern: Î’ĎĎ…Ďούλες, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ai, from the Modern spelling βĎĎŤĎη vrysi + -ούλα -oula + plural -ες -es, little springs), other forms, Vrisoules, older form Vrysoulai, Vrisoulai:
Vrysoules (Arcadia), Greece Vrysoules (Greek, Modern: Î’ĎĎ…Ďούλες, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ai, from the Modern spelling βĎĎŤĎη vrysi + -ούλα -oula + plural -ες -es, little springs), older form, Vrisoulai, Vrisoules is a settlement that is almost completely surrounded by forests 4 km SE of Megalopoli and is part of the muniicpal district and the municipality of Megalopoli in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. It is part of the commune of Perivolia.
Vrystaatse Artillerie Regiment The Vrystaatse Artillerie Regiment (Afrikaans for Free State Artillery Regiment) is an artillery regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit.
VR - Crushing the World (DVD) VR - Crushing the World is a DVD compilation by heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1996. It contains various footage live, backstage and on-tour in Europe, two new videos produced by Gore Verbinski, three new songs as well as the band's four MTV Videos.
VR Group VR or VR Group (VR-Yhtymä) is a state-owned railway company in Finland, and formerly known as Valtionrautatiet (The State's Railway). Its most important function is the operation of freight and passenger rail services.
VR official The VR official was one of three postage stamps introduced by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in May 1840 for the pre-payment of postage. While the Penny Black and the Two Pence Blue were for use by the general public, as were the Mulready envelopes and letter sheets, the VR official was for use on official mail.
VR Troopers VR Troopers (Virtual Reality Troopers) was a syndicated live action show produced by Saban (creators of the similar Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series) from 1994 to 1996. The show tried to cash in on the short-lived Virtual Reality fad of the 1990s as well as the success of Power Rangers.
VR warehouses The VR warehouses (VR:n makasiinit in Finnish) were a group of old red brick warehouses in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, located at Mannerheimintie 13 or , near the Parliament building, the Helsinki Central railway station and the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art.
VRC Oaks The Crown Oaks (formerly known as the VRC Oaks), is the third day of the Melbourne Cup Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington. Oaks Day is held on the Thursday directly following Melbourne Cup Day (the first Tuesday in November).
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes The VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 3 thoroughbred horse race held on Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. The race is held each year directly after the Tuesday's Melbourne Cup as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, on the next Saturday, in early November.
VRML VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language, usually pronounced vermal) is a standard file format for representing 3-dimensional (3D) interactive vector graphics, designed particularly with the World Wide Web in mind.
VRWB The Flemish Council for Science Policy or Flemish Science Policy Council (Dutch: Vlaamse Raad voor Wetenschapsbeleid) (VRWB) is the advisory body of the Flemish government and the Flemish parliament for science - and technology policy. The VRWB provides advice concerning science - and technology policy on its own initiative or on request.
Vseslav of Polotsk Vseslav of Polotsk (Vseslav Bryachislavich, Belarusian language: ĐŁŃŃŹŃлаў БрачыŃлавіч , ĐŁŃŃŹŃлаў Чарадзей; Russian language: Đ’ŃеŃлав Полоцкий; Ukrainian language: Đ’ŃеŃлав Полоцький; also known as Vseslav the Sorcerer, ca. 1030-1101) was the most famous ruler of Polotsk.
Vsesvit Vsesvit (, Vsesvit) is a Ukrainian periodical that publishes exclusive translations of world classics and contemporary works of literature, covers different aspects of cultural, artistic, social, and political life in all parts of the world. The Ukrainian word Vsesvit translates as the Universe.
Vsevobuch Vsevobuch (via , a portmanteau for вŃеобщее военное обŃчение (vseobshcheye voyennoye obucheniye), universal military training) is the name of the compulsory military training of men practiced in the former Soviet Union. Vsevobuch is also affiliated with the sports training, to which it contributed.
Vsevolod Bobrov Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov () (December 1, 1922 - July 1, 1979) is a former Soviet athlete, who excelled in both football (soccer), bandy, and ice hockey. He is considered one of the best Russians ever in all of those sports.
Vsevolod II of Kiev Vsevolod II Olgovich (Russian: Đ’Ńеволод II Ольгович) (? - August 1, 1146), Kniaz' (Prince) of Chernigov (1127-1139) and Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1139-1146), son of Oleg Svyatoslavich, Kniaz' (Prince) of Chernigov.
Vsevolod Ivanov Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov ( IPA: ; , Lebyazhye, now in Pavlodar Oblast–August 15, 1963, Moscow) was a notable Soviet writer praised for the colourful adventure tales set in the Asiatic part of Russia during the Civil War.
Vsevolod Meyerhold Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold (German: Karl Kazimir Theodor Meyerhold) (28 January (10 February) 1874 – 2 February 1940) was a Russian theatrical producer, director, and actor whose provocative experiments in unconventional theatre made him one of the seminal forces in modern theatre.
Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov (Đ’Ńеволод Николаевич МеркŃлов in Russian) (October 25 (Old Style) or November 7 (New Style), 1895 - December 23,1953), was the head of NKGB from February to July 1941, and again from April 1943 to March 1946. He was a member of the so-called "Georgian mafia" of Lavrenti Beria, head of the NKVD.
Vsevolod Pudovkin Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin () (February 16, 1893 - June 20, 1953) was a Russian film director who developed influential theories of montage. Pudovkin's masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary Sergei Eisenstein, but whereas Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify the power of the masses, Pudovkin preferred to concentrate on the courage and resilience of individuals.
Vsevolod Rauzer Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer (October 16, 1908 - 1941) was a Ukrainian chess master, the joint Ukraine Champion in 1933. He is best known as the chess theoretician who gave his name to the Richter-Rauzer variant of Sicilian Defense (B60).
Vsevolod Vladimirov Vsevolod Vladimirov was an author and historian who wrote about Finland's Revolution in early 20th century, during the Russian Revolution of 1905. His opus on the topic, published in 1911, was translated by Victor E.
Vsquat A vsquat is vhost created on an under utilized web server without the authorization of the owner or administrator. The term can also be used to refer to other Internet services running without authorization; for example, an FTP server.
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