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- (from the article "biblical literature") ...The most important production of the century, however, was that associated principally with Jan Blahoslav. Based on the original languages, it appeared at Kralice in six volumes (1579-93). The Kralice Bible is regarded as the finest extant specimen of classical Czech and became the standard Protestant version.Bohemian religious history
- Kraljevo
- city in central Serbia. It lies along the north bank of the Ibar River in a fertile agricultural region. The city's heavy industry includes the manufacture of railway rolling stock, metal equipment, springs, wagons, ceramics, and firebrick. Cultural institutions include the National Museum, National Library, and National Theatre, as well ...
- Krall, Diana
- Canadian jazz musician who achieved crossover success with her sultry, unforced contralto voice and her piano playing. [2 Related Articles]
- Kraly, Hans
- (from the article "1928/29: Other Winners") Writing: Hans Kraly for The PatriotCinematography: Clyde De Vinna for White Shadows in the South SeasArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons for The Bridge of San Luis Rey and other pictures
- Kramar, Karel
- (from the article "Austria") ...population openly showed its animosity. The Czech leader Tomas Masaryk, who had been one of the most prominent spokesmen of the Czech cause, emigrated to western Europe in protest. Karel Kramar, who had supported the Pan-Slav idea, was tried for high treason and found guilty on the basis of shaky ...
- Kramarenko, Alec
- (from the article "spearfishing") ...end. The shaft, which is tipped by one of a variety of spearheads, is drawn through the tube and pulled back, stretching the loop. When released, the shaft is propelled forward. In the mid-1930s, Alec Kramarenko patented an underwater gun in which the spear was propelled by a compressed spring. ...
- Kramatorsk
- city, eastern Ukraine. It lies on the bank of the Kazenny Torets, which is a tributary of the north Donets River. The city developed from the end of the 19th century with the growth of its metallurgical industry, particularly the production of iron and steel. Kramatorsk eventually became one of ...
- Kramer, Dame Leonie Judith
- Australian literary scholar and educator.
- Kramer, Ingrid
- (from the article "Olympic Games") The swimming events were dominated by the U.S. and Australian teams, which between them won all but one of the gold medals. Ingrid Kramer of Germany won both of the women's diving events. The U.S. basketball team took its fifth consecutive gold medal; the squad, which starred Oscar Robertson, Jerry ...
- Kramer, Jack
- American champion tennis player who became a successful promoter of professional tennis. [1 Related Articles]
- Kramer, Josef
- German commander of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (1944-45), notorious for his cruelty. [1 Related Articles]
- Kramer, Larry
- (from the article "homosexuality") ...homosexuals were at the forefront of advocacy for research into the disease and support for its victims through groups such as Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City. Novelist and playwright Larry Kramer, who believed a more aggressive presence was needed, founded the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), ...
- Kramer, Stanley
- American film producer and director who was noted for well-crafted films that touched on, without exploiting or exploring deeply, unconventional or controversial topics. [1 Related Articles]
- Kramer, Sven
- (from the article "Ice Skating") Davis's effort in Calgary was one of the 10 world-record performances in long-track speed skating during 2007. Sven Kramer of The Netherlands figured in four: one in the 5,000 m, two in the 10,000 m, and one as a member of a Dutch team-pursuit trio. Kramer, aged 21, also won ...
- Krameriaceae
- (from the article "Zygophyllales") Krameriaceae is composed of 1 genus (Krameria) and 18 species of hemiparasite annuals or small shrubs to herbs restricted to the New World from the southwestern United States to Chile. Leaves are alternate and almost always simple. Flowers are showy, irregular, and pealike. The flowers are orientated in an inverted ...
- Kramers, Hendrik Anthony
- Dutch physicist who, with Ralph de Laer Kronig, derived important equations relating the absorption to the dispersion of light. He also predicted (1924) the existence of the Raman effect, an inelastic scattering of light, and showed (1927) that the complex form of the mathematical functions in dispersion theory, concerning collisions ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kramnik, Vladimir
- Russian international chess grandmaster who defeated his countryman Garry Kasparov to win the Professional Chess Association world championship. The match was held in London from October 8 to November 2, 2000, with Kramnik winning 2 games, drawing 13, and losing none. [4 Related Articles]
- Kramskoy, Ivan Nikolayevich
- (from the article "Russia") ...until the 1870s with the appearance of the "Itinerants." Although their work is not well known outside Russia, the serene landscapes of Isaac Levitan, the expressive portraits of Ivan Kramskoy and Ilya Repin, and the socially oriented genre paintings of Vladimir Makovsky, Vasily Perov, and Repin arguably deserve an international ...
- Krancke, Theodor
- German naval commander during World War II.
- Krapf, Johann Ludwig
- (from the article "eastern Africa, history of") ...African slave trade, and the Roman Catholic and evangelical fervour that existed there inspired the invasion of the East African interior by a motley collection of Christian missionary enterprises. Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rebmann of the Church Missionary Society, who had worked inland from Mombasa and had, in the ...
- Krapina remains
- fossilized remains of at least 24 early Neanderthal adults and children, consisting of skulls, teeth, and other skeletal parts found in a rock shelter near the city of Krapina, northern Croatia, between 1899 and 1905. The remains date to about 130,000 years ago, and the skulls have strong Neanderthal features ...
- Krapp, Katherine
- (from the article "Melanchthon, Philipp") ...bachelor of theology degree at Wittenberg. His energy was phenomenal. He began his day at 2:00 AM and gave lectures, often to as many as 600 students, at 6:00. In addition, he found time to court Katherine Krapp, whom he married in 1520 and who bore him four children-Anna, Philipp, ...
- krar
- (from the article "stringed instrument") ...that is considered by the Christian Ethiopians to be a God-given instrument that came to them from King David; it is used, of course, for sacred music. The smaller lyre, krar (the ancient Greek lyra), has a bowl-shaped resonator and is emphatically secular in ...
- Krasicki, Ignacy
- a major Polish poet, satirist, and prose writer of the Enlightenment. [1 Related Articles]
- Krasinski, Zygmunt
- Polish Romantic poet and dramatist whose works dealt prophetically with the class conflict that would engender Russia's October Revolution. [2 Related Articles]
- Krasker, Robert
- (from the article "1950: Other Winners") ...Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt for Panic in the StreetsStory and Screenplay: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman, Jr., for Sunset BoulevardCinematography, Black-and-White: Robert Krasker for The Third ManCinematography, Color: Robert Surtees for King Solomon's MinesArt Direction, Black-and-White: Hans Dreier and John Meehan for Sunset BoulevardArt...
- Krasko, Ivan
- (from the article "Slovak literature") ...In the period before World War I, the lyric poet Hviezdoslav (Pavol Orszagh) enriched the language with original works and numerous translations. Another notable poet was Ivan Krasko (the pseudonym of Jan Botto), whose volumes of verse, Nox et solitudo (1909) and Verse (1912), were among the finest achievements of ...
- Krasna, Norman
- (from the article "1943: Other Winners") Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch for CasablancaOriginal Story: William Saroyan for The Human ComedyOriginal Screenplay: Norman Krasna for Princess O'RourkeCinematography, Black-and-White: Arthur Miller for The Song of BernadetteCinematography, Color: W. Howard Greene and Hal Mohr for The Phantom of the...
- Krasner, Lee
- American painter recognized for her unique contribution to Abstract Expressionism. [1 Related Articles]
- Krasner, Louis
- Ukrainian-born U.S. violinist and music teacher who was best remembered for having commissioned Alban Berg to write his 1934 Violin Concerto (b. June 21, 1903--d. May 4, 1995).
- Krasner, Milton
- (from the article "1954: Other Winners") ...Yordan for Broken LanceStory and Screenplay: Budd Schulberg for On the WaterfrontCinematography, Black-and-White: Boris Kaufman for On the WaterfrontCinematography, Color: Milton Krasner for Three Coins in the FountainArt Direction, Black-and-White: Richard Day for On the WaterfrontArt Direction, Color: John Meehan for 20,000 Leagues Under the...
- Krasnitsky, Vladimir
- (from the article "Renovated Church") Seizing the opportunity for a revolution in the church, a group of priests, notably Aleksandr Vvedensky and Vladimir Krasnitsky, organized a Temporary Higher Church Administration, which rapidly evolved into a general movement aimed at deposing the patriarch and introducing radical church reforms. The Temporary Administration found support among some bishops, ...
- Krasnoarmiysk
- city, eastern Ukraine. It is an old coal-mining centre of the Donets Basin coalfield, and mining began there in 1884. Other industries have included railway servicing and the production of construction materials. It is the centre of a significant agricultural area. Pop. (2001) 69,154; (2005 est.) 67,259.
- Krasnodar
- kray (region), southwestern Russia, extending northward from the crest line of the Caucasus Mountains across the plains east of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov as far as the Gulf of Taganrog. The plains, crossed by the Kuban and other rivers flowing to the Sea ...
- Krasnodar
- city and administrative centre of Krasnodar kray (region), southwestern Russia, lying along the Kuban River. Founded about 1793 as a Cossack guardpost on the Kuban frontier, it developed as a military town. In 1867, after the Caucasian wars, it became a city and centre of the fertile ...
- Krasnodon
- coal-mining city, eastern Ukraine. It lies on the Great (Bilsha) Kam'yanka River. Krasnodon was established in 1914 and incorporated in 1938. Historically, it has been important for the mining of bituminous coal. A local museum commemorates the defense of the city during World War II by local youths. Pop. (2001) ...
- Krasnogorsk
- city and centre of a rayon (sector), Moscow oblast (province), western Russia, a few miles west of Moscow. Situated in the Moscow greenbelt, it was known as Banki before its incorporation as a town in 1940. It now produces cameras and is important for building machinery and plasterwork. The newer, ...
- Krasnokamsk
- city, Perm oblast (province), western Russia. Krasnokamsk lies along the Kama River. Founded in 1929 as a settlement in connection with the development of a pulp and paper mill, it became a town in 1938 and is now a satellite of Perm city. Oil was discovered nearby in 1934, and ...
- Krasnomovets, Olesya
- (from the article "Track and Field Sports") Russian Olesya Krasnomovets won the women's 400 m in 50.04 sec, the only meet record of the championships. Krasnomovets also ran the third leg for the winning Russian 4 × 400-m team, timed in 3 min 24.91 sec. The gold-medal U.S. men's 4 × 400-m team posted a time of comparable excellence: 3 min ...
- Krasnoperekopsk
- (from the article "Syvash") ...in width. Syvash covers an area of approximately 990 square miles (2,560 square km) and is covered with mineral salts during the summer months. The salts are used in the local chemical industries of Krasnoperekopsk, a city in northwestern Crimea.
- Krasnoturinsk
- town, Sverdlovsk oblast (province), western Russia. The town lies along the Turya River in the eastern foothills of the Northern Ural Mountains. Founded in 1758, it was called Turinskiye Rudniki ("Turinsky Mines") until 1944, when it became the town of Krasnoturinsk.
- Krasnov, Pyotr Nikolayevich
- imperial Russian army officer and a commander of anti-Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War. During World War II he helped organize anti-Soviet Cossack units for the Germans and urged the creation of a Cossack state under German protection.
- Krasnoyarsk
- kray (territory), east-central Russia. It occupies an area of Central Siberia and extends from the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean to the Sayan Mountains in the south. In 2007 the autonomous okruga (districts) of Evenk and Taymyr (Dolgano-Nenets) were merged with Krasnoyarsk. The kray, which has its headquarters ...
- Krasnoyarsk
- city and administrative centre of Krasnoyarsk kray (region), east-central Russia. The city stands on both banks of the Yenisey River where the river is crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railroad. One of the earliest Russian settlements in Siberia, it was founded as the fort of Krasny Yar in 1628 on the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Krasnoyarsk Reservoir
- (from the article "Yenisey River") ...3 miles (5 km) wide; the bed, about 500 yards (460 metres) from bank to bank, is studded with islands; the flow velocity is reduced to about 6 feet (2 metres) per second; and the long and narrow Krasnoyarsk Reservoir, contained on the east by northwestern spurs of the Eastern ...
- Krasnoye Selo
- rayon (sector), St. Petersburg, northwestern Russia. The name Krasnoye Selo, meaning "beautiful village," has been in use since 1730, when it described three settlements located southwest of St. Petersburg. Krasnoye Selo was the site of one of the summer residences for the tsars and the summer camp for Russian soldiers ...
- Krasnyanska, Iryna
- (from the article "Gymnastics") ...Bieger and Romania's Sandra Raluca Izbasa. Elizabeth Tweddle won the U.K's first gold medal on the uneven bars, defeating defending world champion Anastasia Liukin of the U.S. Ferrari was third. Iryna Krasnyanska won the first gold for Ukraine by placing first on the balance beam. Romania's Izbasa finished second, and ...
- Krasnyy Luch
- city, eastern Ukraine, on the southern slopes of the Donets Hills. Originally established as a mining site in the 1880s, it was incorporated as a city in 1926. Krasnyy Luch historically has been an important anthracite-mining centre of the Donets Basin coalfield. The city also has been home to coal-enriching ...
- Kraszewski, Jozef Ignacy
- Polish novelist, poet, literary critic, dramatist, historian, and journalist who was the dominant prose writer of Poland's Romantic period. [1 Related Articles]
- krater
- ancient Greek vessel used for diluting wine with water. It usually stood on a tripod in the dining room, where wine was mixed. Kraters were made of metal or pottery and were often painted or elaborately ornamented. In Homer's Iliad the prize offered by Achilles for the footrace at Patroclus' ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kratochvilova, Jarmila
- (from the article "athletics") ...in the 1976 Olympics was the fastest without the aid of high altitude, and Michael Johnson (U.S.), whose world record time of 43.18 seconds was set at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain. Jarmila Kratochvilova (Czechoslovakia) won a rare double victory in the women's 400- and 800-metre events at ...
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