BRITTEN (Britten) Benjamin (1913-76), the English composer, the pianist, the conductor. Has revived the English musical theatre. Combined national musical traditions of 16-17 centuries (especially G.Persella) with the modern musical means. Operas " Peters Grajms " (1945), "Albert Herring" (1947), " Dream in summer night " (1960), chamber operas, including " Turning movement of the screw " (1954); vokalno-symphonic compositions " the Ballad about heroes ", " the Military requiem mass " (1961), " the Cantata of mercy " (1963), etc.

BRITTY, the Celtic nations, the main{basic} population of Britain in 8 century up to n. e. - 5 century n. e. Stayed during Anglo-Saxon seizure (5-6 centuries) the part brittov has constituted one of elements of the English nationality{national character}.

BRIEFING (English briefing, from brief - brief), meeting of authorities with representatives of mass media on which the official position on a fixed problem or agreed by the parties participating in international negotiations, meetings, conferences briefly is stated, the information on their course, views of the parties, etc.

BRIHASPATI, in vedicheskoj religions and brahmanizme the sacrificer and the trainer of gods, the lord of a pray, the promoter of a house.

BRITSKE Edgard Viktorovich (1877-1953), the Russian chemist, the academician, AN the USSR (1932) and VASHNIL (1935). Probes on chemistry and technologies of mineral raw materials, a physical chemistry of metallurgical processes. One of organizers of Scientific institute on fertilizers (1919). The premium him{it}. V.I.Lenina (1929), the State premium of the USSR (1942).

BRITSKA (polsk. bryczka), a mild road carriage predominary without carriage springs, sometimes with the open top part.

BRNO (Brno), city in Czechia, an administrative centre of Southern - moravian range of 388 thousand inhabitants (1990). A machine industry, textile, chemical, polygraphic, a food-processing industry. International industrial exhibitions. Branch Czech AN. University. Academy of the musical arts. A moravian museum, Moravian passageway. As the clasp is mentioned in 11 century. With kon. 11 century the centre of specific reignings Przhemyslovichej, with kon. 12 century a residence moravian markgrafa, about 1243 royal loose city. In 1526-1918 under authority Gabsburgov. Clasp Shpilberk (13-18 centuries). Gothic churches (over. Peter, over. JAkuba). Aged (14-16 centuries) and New (16-18 centuries) town halls.

BROVARY, city (with 1956) on Ukraine, the Kiev region. A depot. 84,8 thousand inhabitants (1991). Factories: a powder metallurgy, lighting engineering, refrigerators, plastics materials, etc.; wood-working combine. It is known with 1628.

EDGE Petrus (Peter Ustinovich) (1905-80), the Byelorussian writer, the national poet of Belarus (1962), academician AN of Belarus (1966), the Hero Socialist Transactionses (1972). Lyrical verses (the collection " And days go... ", 1961, the Lenin premium, 1962; " the Duma about immortality ", 1973), poems, the novel " When drain the rivers " (1957). State premiums of the USSR (1947, 1951).

FORD Ignatius Osipovich (1902-62), the Russian geologist - oilman, the doctor of geologic sciences (1945). Transactionses in range of geology of petroleum and gas. Has discovered a number{series} of oil deposits, including the first petroleum in the Volgograd region. The state premium of the USSR (1949).

FORD (Brod) Maks (1884-1968), the Austrian prose writer. The representative t. n. " The Prague school ". The friend and literary legal representative F.Kafki, the writer of his{its} biography (1937, the supplemented issuing 1954). Novels " Arnold Beer. A history of one Jew " (1912), " the Path{Route} Quietly to the Home-made beer to the God " (1916), " France, or Second-rate love " (1922), "Master" (1952), " Poor TSitseron " (1955). Short stories, an essay about destiny evrejstva.

BRODATY Lion Grigorjevich (1889-1954), the Russian schedule{chart}, the honored worker of arts of Russia (1945). Ostrosatiricheskie drawings on international themes. With 1918 employee of the newspaper "Truth", with 1932 - the log-book "Crocodile".

BROADWAY (Broadway), street in New York, the trunk main (length over 25 kms) about. Manhattan, crossing on a diagonal of it{him} rectangularly sequenced site development. Besides banks and other kommerchesko-financial institutions, on the Broadway - flock of trade, pleasure and entertainment establishments (including the majority of theatres of New York), that has made his{its} numeral of show business.

BRODELE (Brodele) Anna (1910-81), the Latvian writer. Novels " Blood of heart " (1955), "Accuracy" (1960); " Quiet small town " (1967); dilogija: stories " the Blue sparrow " (1965), " This my time " (1969); plays.

BRODEL (Braudel) Fernan (1902-85), the French historian. Transactionses predominary on economic history Zap. Europe 16-18 centuries.

BRODMAN (Brodmann) Korbinian (1868-1918), the german neurologist, one of osnovatelej doctrines about tsitoarhitektonike (value, the form and an arrangement of cells of a cerebral cortex). Has created maps (are published in 1909) arrangements tsitoarhitektonicheskih fields of major hemispheres of a brain of the person.

BRODNIKI, the population of a shore of the Azov m. and the lower Don in 12-13 centuries, probably slavonic. Participat in civil strifes of Russian princes, russko-polovetskih and the russko-tatar battles.

BRODSKAJA Lydia Isaakovna (1910-91), the Russian painter, the national artist of the USSR (1980), corresponding member AH the USSR (1970). Daughter I.I.Brodsky. Legible under the form, affluent component parts landscapes ("Spring", 1961-67).

BRODSKY, the Russian businessmen, saharozavodchiki. Have begun beet sugar manufacture in 40th of 19 century. Organizers of 1-st sugar syndicate (1887).