LUND (balunda), people in Zaire, Zambia and Angola. 1030 thousand person (1992). Christians believing main, the part saves traditional convictions.

LUND (Lunda), a plateau in Zaire and Angola. An altitude up to 1300-1600 m. Dry tropical a thin forest. Deposits of diamonds, manganese ores.

LUNDBERG (Lundberg) Eric (1907-87), the Swedish economist. Developed problems of simulation of economic growth, an economic conditions.

LUNDEMIS (Ludemis) Menelaos (1912-77), the Grecian writer. The participant of movement of Resistance. The collection of realistic stories " the Ships have not docked " (1938), the novel " the Boy considers asters " (t. 1-2, 1956-57), stories. A theme of extirpation with fascism - in a drama " lightnings " (1958) Have burst, the novel " Hours of a terrestrial globe knap midnight " (1961). Verses.

LUNDKVIST (Lundkvist) Arthur (1906-91), the Swedish writer. In the collection of verses " Exposed life " (1929) and other asserted lasting value of fundamental principles of human life. Roman " the Waltz in Vindinge " (1956) about village, the historical novel " Life and mors free a scape " (1970), short stories, travelling sketches, literary criticism. Interlacing realistic and modernist fig. is typical of compositions Lundkvista. The International Lenin premium. (1958).

LUNDMARK (Lundmark) Whip Emil (1889-1958), the Swedish astronomer. Has defined (1919) distance up to a galaxy of M 31 in the Andromeda, has discovered (1924), that the Sun goes to planes of the Galaxy at right angle on a direction of its centre; has stated the supposition about rotation of the Galaxy. Has placed, that spiral nebulosity are outside the Galaxy.

LUNDSTREM Oleg Leonidovich (r. 1916), the Russian variety conductor, the national actor of Russia (1984). Has organized a jazz band in Harbin (1934) with which has moved to shanghai (1936), then in the USSR (1947, Kazan). With 1956 artistic administrator and the main conductor of a variety orchestra. Roskontserta (Moscow, nowadays the Concert orchestra of jazz music). The writer of jazz compositions.

LUNI, a stem of predatory birds of a set hawk. On sides of a head a similarity of a facial disc, characteristic for owls. Length 41-60 see 9 kinds, are distributed widely, except for Arctic regions and Antarctic Region. Exterminate rodents

LUNIN Valery Vasiljevich (r. 1940), Russian fizikohimik, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science (1991). The main probes in range of a contact catalysis; has developed a way of salvaging vysokotaktichnyh a nitrogen-bearing organic combustion materials of rocket-propelled combustibles.

LUNIN Mihail Sergeevich (1787/88-1845), the decembrist, the lieutenant colonel. The participant of Domestic war and oversea marchings. One of founders of " Soyuz of salvage " and " Soyuz of prosperity ", the member of Boreal and Austral societies. It is convicted on 20 flying of penal servitude. In 1836-40 has written a number of antimonarchic compositions and distributed them in the manuscript. For the composition found at a search " the View on a secret society in Russia (1816-1826) " in 1841 is encased in Akatujskuju prison.

LUNIN Nikolay Ivanovich (1853-1937), the Russian doctor - pediatrist. For the first time (1880) has shown necessity for an organism of the special substances called later as vitamins.

LUNINETS, city (with 1940) in Belarus, the Brest region. ZHeleznodorozhyj a unit. 23,2 thousand inhabitants (1989). Factories: electromotors, mechanical-repair; wood and wood-working, a food-processing industry.

LUNKEVICH Sergey Aleksandrovich (r. 1934), the Moldavian conductor, the violinist, the composer, the national actor of the USSR (1976). With 1958 artistic administrator, the conductor, the soloist of an orchestra of folk music "Fluerash" of the Moldavian philarmonic society. Songs, products for an orchestra, music to movies.

LUNMYN, Chinese buddistsky a cave temple in prov. Henan. It is cut in 495-898 in rocks on coasts r. Ihe; some hundreds caves, majestic statues buddistskih godhoods ("Buddha Vajrochana", 7 century, vys. 15 ì), refined reliefs.

LUNAR DYNASTY, in induistskoj mythologies the legendary imperial stem master the provenance from the god Siluruses. To a lunar dynasty descendants Bharaty - Pandavy and Kauravy belonged.

LUNAR STATION, automatic or habitable station for activity on moon. First-ever automatic lunar station (fixed) "Moon - 9" (1966), automatic movable - the "Moonmobile - 1" (1970), habitable fixed - "Apollo - 11" (1969). See "moon", the Lunar powered vehicle.

ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, see. Eclipses.

LUNAR CRATERS, ring hollows on a surface of moon about a dia from sm up to hundreds in km. The meteoritic (shock - explosive) hypothesis of an origin of lunar craters is most convincing.

MARES, the title of major dark almost flat surface segments of moon located below of its average level. Mares take 17 % of a surface of moon; they are coated with the breeds similar to earth basalts, which age 3-4,5 billion flying.