The HIMALAYA TONGUES, the collective title of tongues of Nepal and adjacent areas of India, except for indian (indoarijskih) and Tibetan. Do not compound unified group. Vostochnogimalajskie tongues: to a dial, jakha, sunvar, etc.; zapadnogimalajskie: kanauri, kanashi, etc.; central - Himalaya: nevari, etc.

, the second character of the Russian alphabet; goes back to the cyrillic character ("beeches").

BA, in the Chinese mythology spirit of the drought dwelling{living} in the south; it is figured by the way woman volant by air. Bears a drought, famine and mors.

BA GUA, art work of universe, designed in drevnekitajskom tract "Itszin". Will consist of eight (ba) three gramme (gua); from them each is combination of three lines and symbolizes the party of light correlated to different natural phenomena, animal, etc.

BA TSZIN (an ice-film. A name of Lie Fejgan) (r. 1904), the Chinese writer. The trilogy " Precipitant flow " (1933-40) about disintegration of feudal family, the patriotic novel "Fire" (1943), the novel " Chamber N 4 " (1945).

BAADE (Baade) Walter (Uolter) (1893-1960), the german astronomer. In 1931-58 in the USA. Has placed{installed} a sidereal nature of a nucleus of a galaxy of the Andromeda and its{her} different bright guides, existence of two phylums of a stellar population in galaxies. Probeed variable and novas, has discovered asteroids Gidalgo and an Icarus.

BAADER (Baader) Frants Ksaver a background (1765-1841), the german religious philosopher, the doctor, the scientist, the representative of philosophical romanticism and not orthodox catholicism.

BAAL (to the Dancing party, the Baal), ancient obshchesemitskoe the godhood of fertility, waters, wars. It was honored in Phoenicia, Palestine and Syria, then his{its} cult was distributed to the west (to Egypt, Greece, etc.).

BAAL-SHEM-TOV ISRAEL BEN ELIEZER (abbr. BESHT) (ok. 1700-60), the jewish thinker - mistik, the founder of sect of Chassids and the largest authority hasidizma.

BAALBEK, city in Lebanon, for foot hr. Anti-Lebanon. Ok. 20 thousand inhabitants. Debris ancient (since 18 century up to n. e.) Heliopolis, Julia - Avgusty-Feliks the latest Roman colony. Residues of temples and public constructions.

BAAS (the arab., characters. - revitalization), the title of the Consignment of Arabian socialist revitalization used in the literature.

SKULL CRACKERS (naturally Sejid Ali Mohammed) (1819-50), the founder of sect babidov. In 1844 has declared itself Babom, i.e. "gate" through which the will of the prophet - deliverer (mahdi) should be transmitted to people. In 1847 it arrested; in time babidskih revolts in Iran rasstreljan.

SKULL CRACKER, in technique - a working impact part of tups, rum engines and other machines; a wooden pig for a manual pile driving.

SKULL CRACKER (Baba) Korneliu (r. 1906), the Romanian painter, the honorary member AH the USSR (1958). Psychologic portraits, landscapes, scenes of country life ("Peasants", 1958) differ the steep zoetic truth, expressiveness of a constrained gamma and the pastose pattern.

SKULL CRACKER (Bhabha) (Bhabha) Homi Dzhehangir (1909-66), indian physics and the public figure. The founder and the first director of Nuclear centre Trombej (1957, nowadays him{it}. A skull cracker). Transactionses on nuclear and to a nuclear physics, ultrarays, an elementary particle physics.

BABADAG, top Main, or Water-partite, hr. B.Kavkaza, bliz headstreams r. Karachaj, in Azerbaijan. 3629 m.

BABADZHAN (an ice-film. fam. Babadzhanov) Ramz Nasyrovich (r. 1921), the Uzbek poet and the playwright, the national poet of Uzbekistan (1981). Poetic collections " New rubai " (1966), " the Sun in pupils " (1969), " Yes, I am an asian " (1973), " Bow of love " (1980). Poems "Water of life" (1969; the State premium of the USSR, 1972), " JUsuf and Zulejha " (1981). Comedies. Transfers{translations}.

BABADZHANJAN Arno Arutjunovich (1921-83), the Russian composer and the pianist, the national actor of the USSR (1971.) " the Heroic ballad " for a piano with an orchestra (1950), fortepiannoe a trio (1952), concerts for instruments with an orchestra, songs (including " the Song of the first love ", " Think of desire "), etc. The State premium of the USSR (1951).

BABAYEV Agadzhan Geldyevich (r. 1929), the Turkmen geographer, the academician (1975) and the president (in 1975-86, with 1989) AN Turkmenii, corresponding member Russian AN (19913 corresponding member AN the USSR with 1976). Transactionses on physical geography, a typology and assimilation of deserts. The state premium of the USSR (1981).