PRUT

or Pruthboth: proot, river, c.530 mi (850 km) long, rising in the Carpathian Mts., W Ukraine, and flowing generally SE to the Danube River at Reni. It forms the border between Romania and Moldova. The Prut is navigable to Leovo. By the Peace of the Pruth (1711) Peter I of Russia restored Azov to the Turks (see Russo-Turkish Wars).

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books on: Prut  - 221 results

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Soviet Theaters, 1917-1941
Book by Yosyp Hirniak, Serge Orlovsky, Gabriel Ramensky, Boris Volkov, Peter Yershov, Martha Bradshaw; Research Program on the U.S.S.R., 1954
Subjects: Theater--Soviet Union
...court playwright to this Administration. Prut began to act as if he were the boss of...Eastern Battalion were in full swing, Prut, who had just returned from a vacation...verdict favorable to the Tur brothers. But Prut did not drop the matter. As the trial...
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My Just War: The Memoir of a Jewish Red Army Soldier in World War II
Book by Gabriel Temkin; Presidio Press, 1998
Subjects: Jewish soldiers--Soviet Union--Biography, Jews--Soviet Union--Biography, Soviet Union--Red Army--Biography, Temkin, Gabriel, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front--Personal narratives, Jewish, World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish
...Romanian prisoners on the west side of the Prut, in Romania proper, created a cheerful...Guys were bragging, " Kak Russkye na- Prut, tak Rumyny na-Serut ," which is a...was the river still farther west of the Prut. The sense of the saying was that as the...
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Comprising the Humorous Adventures of Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim
Book by Laurence Sterne, Darley; J.B. Lippincott, 1882
Subjects: Novelists, English--18th Century
...Ptr..r..r..ing, twing, twang, prut, trut; tis a cursed bad fiddle. Do you...whether my fiddles in tune or no? trut..prut. They should be fifths. Tis wickedly...post absolutely down, else, trut..prut. Hark! tis not so bad a tone. Diddle...
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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
Prut River Important river in Eastern Europe...Pyretus or Pirtos (also Porata) River, the Prut springs in the Cernogora Mountains (Eastern...Historically (until World War II), the Prut played a role in the exploitation of forests...
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The Newly Independent States of Eurasia: Handbook of Former Soviet Republics
Book by Sandra L. Batalden, Stephen K. Batalden; Oryx Press, 1997
Subjects: Former Soviet Republics--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...the former republics. Lying between the Prut Pruth River in the west and a stretch of...Moldovan territory north and east of the Prut River came to be integrated into the Russian...Russian Bessarabia, lying between the Prut and Dniester rivers, roughly equals present...
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Feeding of 0+ Smelt Osmerus Eperlanus in Lake Peipsi/0+ Peipsi Tindi Osmerus Eperlanus Toitumine Peipsi Jarves
Journal article by Jaana Salujoe, Helen Gottlob, Helen Agasild, Juta Haberman, Teet Krause, Prut Zingel; Estonian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 57, 2008
Subjects: Fishes--Distribution, Fishes--Environmental aspects, Fishes--Food and nutrition
...Helen Gottlob , Helen Agasild , Juta Haberman , Teet Krause , Prut Zingel INTRODUCTION Smelt Osmerus eperlanus (L.) is the main...Agasild (a), Juta Haberman (a), Teet Krause (a), and Prut Zingel (a) (a) Centre for Limnology, Institute of Environmental...
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Segmentation Vs. Consolidation: the Example of Four Gypsy Groups in Cis
Journal article by Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov; Romani Studies, Vol. 14, 2004
Subjects: Community, Consolidation, Gypsies
...Russia gained land between the Dnester and Prut rivers. This land included the territory...territory between the rivers Dnester and Prut, at that time Bessarabia, was incorporated...wars the territories between Dnester and Prut become part of Romania and after the Second...
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Stephen the Great: Leadership and Patronage on the Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Frontier
Journal article by Randal H. Munsen; East European Quarterly, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages--Comparative analysis, Alcoholic beverages--Research, Alcoholic beverages--Social aspects, Breweries--Comparative analysis, Breweries--Research, Breweries--Social aspects, Brewing industry--Comparative analysis, Brewing industry--Research, Brewing industry--Social aspects, Wine industry--Comparative analysis, Wine industry--Research, Wine industry--Social aspects, Wineries--Comparative analysis, Wineries--Research, Wineries--Social aspects
...1472 village of Ostrita on the and others Prut, with its plots of for 200 land Zlotys...gives Putna the village of Sirauti on the Prut, a chivot of 13 measures of gold and silver...Clicicauti at the mouth of Siret of the Prut in the territory of Cernauti and the bee...
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Sterne, Descartes, and the Music in 'Tristram Shandy
Journal article by Deborah M. Vlock; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, 1998
Subjects: Compendium Musicae (Book)--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Sterne, Laurence--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...shiftiness of musical expression with his "fiddle." "Ptr.. r.. r.. ing - twing - twang - prut - trut - tis a cursed bad fiddle . . . trut.. prut.. - They should be fifths . - Tis wickedly strung - tr... a.e.i.o.u. -twang...
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Books Recently Published
Journal article by Julia Graepel, Karen R. Little; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 63, 2006
Subjects: American history, Books, Children & youth, Childrens literature, Music industry, Oral history, Rap music
...ISBN 9986162750. LC 2003-465931. MOLDAVIAN Danila, Aurelian. Opera din ChiIsinau: privire retrospectiva. Chisinau: Prut International, 2005. 282 p. ISBN 9975697445. LC 2006-363206. NORWEGIAN Vanberg, Vidar. Da de forste norske grammofonstjernene...
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magazine articles on: Prut  - 5 results

 
 
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Moldova: Independence, Unification, Disintegration?
Magazine article by Charles King; Contemporary Review, Vol. 262, June 1993
Subjects: Moldova--Politics and government, Transdniestria, Moldova--Autonomy and independence movements
...Romania. The area of the Republic of Moldova situated between the Prut and Dnestr rivers was a part of the Kingdom of Romania between...without advocating reunion with the brothers from across the Prut (including the former Romanian lands now held by Ukraine...
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A Home for Heroes: Alyssa McDonald Discovers a Corner of Ukraine That Has Withstood Empire, Stalin and 21st-Century Advertising
Magazine article by Alyssa Mcdonald; New Statesman, Vol. 136, November 26, 2007
Subjects: Chernivtsi, Ukraine (City)--Description and travel, Cities and towns
...Chernivtsi and forget which country we were in. Chernivtsi is the capital of Bukovyna, the region that lies between the Dnister and Prut Rivers in western Ukraine. This small area variously belonged to Moldavia, Austria-Hungary and Romania before it was absorbed...
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The Bear Slayer: During His Quarter Century of Dictatorial Rule Nicolae Ceausescu Treated the Brown Bears of Romania Almost as Badly as He Treated the People. Only His Gamekeepers Saw the Grisly Reality
Magazine article by David Quammen; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, July 2003
Subjects: Bear hunting--Political aspects, Bear hunting--Social aspects, Ceausescu, Nicolae--Environmental policy, Ceausescu, Nicolae--Political activity, Romania--Natural history, Romania--Political aspects
...Romania is improbable. The lowlands are flat, fertile plains, draining gently south to the Danube or (in Moldavia) east to the Prut River. Those plains support most of the countrys human population and are largely settled, dissected, ploughed, and committed...
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Question of Power
Magazine article by James Sherr; The World Today, Vol. 65, May 2009
Subjects: Passports & visas
...power. And the halfhearted EU policy hardly gave him much incentive. For Voronin, as for most of his counterparts east of the Prut, the question of power has away of overshadowing all others. In todays tough geopolitical climate, power depends on Moscow...
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Pilgrims' Progress: Nineteenth-Century Refugees Flee to Jerusalem in Aharon Appelfeld's Novel
Magazine article by William Giraldi; Artforum International, Vol. 47, April 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Laish (Novel)--Book reviews
...ward off the killers, thieves, tricksters, and prostitutes who inhabit the wasteland through which they move along the river Prut: "Our wagons were beset by creatures of the darkness who took the form of aggressive beggars, the bitterly disabled, and...


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newspaper articles on: Prut  - 3 results

 
 
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Football: THE PRUT FORCE; Leeds Ace Eyes Goals Not Cards
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 24, 2007
Football: THE PRUT FORCE; Leeds Ace Eyes Goals Not Cards. Byline: By SARAH WINTERBURN DAVID PRUTTON has a simple target this season - to claim...
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Football: Redknapp Blast for 'Fool' Prut; SOUTHAMPTON 1 ARSENAL 1
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), February 27, 2005
Football: Redknapp Blast for Fool Prut; SOUTHAMPTON 1 ARSENAL 1. SOUTHAMPTON boss Harry Redknapp branded David Prutton foolish after he was sent off for two stupid...
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Saddlers' Bad Habits Return to Haunt Them; in Association with WWW.Flybe.Com COCA-COLA LEAGUE ONE LEEDS UNITED 3 WALSALL0
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 27, 2008
Subjects: Carbonated beverages, Soft drink industry, Soft drinks
...UNITED (W-2):Ankergren; Richardson, Michalikjelfer, Parker; Howson, Douglas, Kilkenny (Robinson, 60), Delph (Prut-ton, 87); Beckford, Becchio (Snodgrass, 82). Subs: White, Showunmr WALSALL (4-4-1-1): Ince; Palmer, Roberts...


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encyclopedia articles on: Prut  - 9 results

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Prut
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRUT or Pruth both: proot, river, c.530 mi (850 km) long, rising in the Carpathian...Danube River at Reni. It forms the border between Romania and Moldova. The Prut is navigable to Leovo. By the Peace of the Pruth (1711) Peter I of Russia...
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Moldova
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and largest city. Land and People Moldova is landlocked. The Prut River separates it from Romania in the west. In the north and...of Bessarabia (the name for the area of Moldavia between the Prut and Dniester rivers). The rest of Moldavia remained with the...
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Danube
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...branch is the main shipping route. The Danube receives more than 300 tributaries, notably the Inn , Drava , Tisza , Sava , and Prut . Navigation and Commerce Navigable by barges from Ulm (by larger craft from Regensburg), the Danube is an important artery...
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Roman , Town, Romania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROMAN , town, Romania town (1990 pop. 78,749), NE Romania, in Moldavia, at the confluence of the Prut and Siretul rivers. Sugar refining and the manufacture of building materials are the chief industries. The town was founded in...
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Bessarabia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...600 sq mi (45,600 sq km), largely in Moldova and Ukraine. It is bounded by the Dniester River on the north and east, the Prut on the west, and the Danube and the Black Sea on the south. Consisting mainly of a hilly plain with flat steppes, it is an...
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