In, the third character of the Russian alphabet; goes back to the cyrillic character ("conduct"), having, except for acoustical, also digital value 2.

BAAL see. Baal.

VAAL (Vaal), the river to the republic of South Africa, dextral in-leak{influx} Orange. Ok. 1250 kms. Average discharge of water in the lower flow 114 m3 / with. It is used for water supply and an irrigation. On the Baal-. Ferinihing.

VAALS J. Ä. van der, see Van - der-Vaals J. D.

VAARANDI (Vaarandi) Deborah (r. 1916), the Estonian poetess, the national writer of Estonia (1971). In collections of lyrical verses " Under hum of a surf " (1948), " the Dreamer for a window " (1959), " Bread of coastal plains " (1965), " At light of a wind " (1977) - the associative figurativeness, filosofichnost, case-hardened emotionality.

VABALNINKAS (Vabalninkas) (up to 1917 official title Vobolniki), city (with 1950) in Lithuania, in 27 kms from zh.-d. An item. Kupishkis. 1,9 thousand inhabitants (1990).

VABBE (Vabbe) Adolf (1892-1961), the Estonian painter and the schedule{chart}, the honored worker of arts of Estonia (1946). Has tested{experienced} influence of impressionism and futurism (" Family with the automobile{car} ", 1960); has introduced the apparent investment in development Estonian book schedules{charts}.

VABKENT, city (with 1981) in Uzbekistan, Bukhara region, in 28 kms from Bukhara. 13,1 thousand inhabitants (1991). A textile industry; an integrated poultry farm.

VAVEL (Wawel), the title of a hill in Krakow, to the south from aged city. A rotunda of the lady Mary (2-n a floor. 10 century), the royal clasp (13-17 centuries, nowadays in a nem are located State art collections), a Gothic cathedral (14 century, a tomb of Polish kings and figures of a national history).

VAVILA Antiochian (mind{wit}. 251), diocesan, the martyr damaged in persecution of emperor Detsija. Memory{remembrance} in the Orthodox church on September, 4 (17), in Roman catholic on January, 24.

VAVILA Nikomidijsky (mind{wit}. Between 305-311), the Christian martyr, the teacher, killed together with children in persecution of emperor Maksimiana. Memory{remembrance} in the Orthodox church on September, 4 (17).

VAVILA Sicilian (mind{wit}. kon. 3 century), a Christian hermit, podvizalsja on about. Sicily; the martyr. Memory{remembrance} in the Orthodox church on January, 24 (on February, 6).

VAVILOV Alexander Aleksandrovich (1922-83), the Russian scientist, corresponding member AN the USSR (1976). Transactionses on methods of probes of a null stability in nonlinear systems of steering.

VAVILOV Peter Petrovich (1918-84), the Russian biologist, the grower, corresponding member AN the USSR (1979), the academician (1973) and the president (1978-83) VASHNIL. The main{basic} transactionses on a radiobiology and an experimental mutagenesis, a plant growing and an introduction of plants.

VAVILOV Sergey Ivanovich (1891-1951), Russian physics, the founder of the Soviet scientific school physical opticians, the academician (1932) and the president (with 1945) AN the USSR. Brother N.I.Vavilov. Fundamental transactionses on physical optician, primarily on a luminescence and its{her} operational use. Under Vavilov guiding the Cherenkov radiation - Vavilov is open{discovered}. Transactionses on philosophy of natural sciences and a history of science. The popular writer of science. The first chairman of board of the All-Union society "Knowledge" (with 1947), managing editor BSE (with 1949). The state premium of the USSR (1943, 1946, 1951, 1952, posthumously).

VAVILOVSKOE SOCIETY GENETIKOV AND SELECTORS, at the Russian Academy of Science. It is based in 1992 on the basis the Russian republican society and of some branches of the All-Union society genetikov and selectors by him{it}. N.I.Vavilov (1966-91). Central advice{council} - in Saint Petersburg. In 1993 ok. 5 thousand person.

BABYLON, ancient city in Mesopotamia, to a southwest from the modern bagdad. In 19-6 centuries up to n. e. Capital of Babylonia. Archeological excavations with 1899.

BABYLONIA, the state nach. 2-nd thousand - 539 up to n. e. In the south of Mesopotamia (terrain of the modern Iraq). In the season{term} of bloom (at Hammurapi, 18 century) - a centralized slave state. It is conquered by persians.

The BABYLONIAN FILM, the season{term} in a history of ancient Jews with 586 on 539 up to n. e. (from violent resettlement of a part of Jews to Babylonia after taking Jerusalem by the babylonian tsar by Nabuchodonosor II before their recurring to Palestine after seizure of Babylonia by the persian tsar by Mineral tar II).