Russian battleship Poltava (1894)
The Russian battleship Poltava (Russian: Полтава) was one of three Petropavlovsk-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 18…
Russian battleship Potemkin
The Russian battleship Potemkin (Russian: Князь Потёмкин-Таврический, romanized: Kniaz Potyomkin-Tavricheskiy, "Prince Potemkin of Taurida") was a pre-dreadnoug…
Russian battleship Retvizan
Retvizan (Russian: Ретвизан) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built before the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was built by t…
Russian battleship Rostislav
45°25′01″N 36°37′43″E / 45.41694°N 36.62861°E / 45.41694; 36.62861
Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895)
Sevastopol (Russian: Севастополь) was the last of three ships in the Petropavlovsk class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in t…
Russian battleship Slava
Slava (Russian: Слава "Glory") was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too lat…
Russian occupations of Beirut
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Russula emetica
Russula emetica, commonly known as the sickener, emetic russula, vomiting russula, is a basidiomycete mushroom, and the type species of the genus Russula. It wa…
Russula virescens
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Russulaceae
The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They comprise the brittleg…
Ruth Norman
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Rwandan Civil War
The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country's government, and the re…
Ryan White
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S&M (song)
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S-50 (Manhattan Project)
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S. O. Davies
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S. R. Crown Hall
S. R. Crown Hall is a building on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The structure was designed by th…
Sabre Wulf
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Sabrina Sidney
Sabrina Bicknell (1757 – 8 September 1843), better known as Sabrina Sidney, was a British woman abandoned at the Foundling Hospital in London as a baby, and tak…
Sacagawea dollar
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Sack of Amorium
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Sacrifice (video game)
Sacrifice is a real-time strategy video game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2000 for Microsoft Windows platform. Developed by Shiny Entertainment, the …
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. First released as the final track on Dylan's seventh studio album, Blonde…