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The Donner Laboratory

    Rawlins Springs

    Just loved the description of the spring by Gen. Rawlins - who was part of the 1867 survey party that was exploring a route for the Union Pacific Railroad: "General John A. Rawlins, a member of...

    Just loved the description of the spring by Gen. Rawlins - who was part of the 1867 survey party that was exploring a route for the Union Pacific Railroad: "General John A. Rawlins, a member...

    • gracious
    • acceptable
    • water spring

    Mount Baker Terminal

      Historic Tumwater

        Honor Roll South Bend

          Pioneer tank and plane

          In our school in the fall of 1941, an initiative was born to raise funds among Bor schoolchildren for a pioneer tank and plane

          In our school in the fall of 1941, an initiative was born to raise funds among Bor schoolchildren for a pioneer tank and plane

          • bor

          Hero Minenko Leonid

          In this house from 1966 to 2007 lived a participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel,Leonid Ivanovich MINENKO Honoured Test Pilot, Honorary Citizen of Nizhny Novgorod Region

          In this house from 1966 to 2007 lived a participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel,Leonid Ivanovich MINENKO Honoured Test Pilot, Honorary Citizen of Nizhny Novgorod Region

          • nizhny novgorod
          • gorky
          • ussr

          Clifford Neal Boone and Sondra Lee Boone

            Filippov Alexander Vasilievich

            Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilievich Filippov lived in this house from April 5, 1961 to April 15, 1972

            Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilievich Filippov lived in this house from April 5, 1961 to April 15, 1972

            • bor

            Rubinchik Ephim

            This is the building where he worked  from 1957 to 1985  RUBINCHIK  Efim Emanuilovich prominent party and economic figure of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour, laureate of the Stalin Prize of the...

            This is the building where he worked  from 1957 to 1985  RUBINCHIK  Efim Emanuilovich prominent party and economic figure of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour, laureate of the Stalin Prize of the...

            • nizhny novgorod
            • ussr
            • gorky

            An outstanding geneticist Sergey Sergeevich Chetverikov

            Sergey Sergeevich Chetverikov 1800-1959, an outstanding geneticist, worked at Gorky University 1935-1948.

            Sergey Sergeevich Chetverikov 1800-1959, an outstanding geneticist, worked at Gorky University 1935-1948.

            • nizhny novgorod

            World-famous Russian photographer Andrei Karelin

            In this house in 1897-1906 years lived and worked world-famous photographer, artist, teacher, public figure Andrei Osipovich Karelin

            In this house in 1897-1906 years lived and worked world-famous photographer, artist, teacher, public figure Andrei Osipovich Karelin

            • nizhny novgorod
            • russian muse...

            Belarusian poet Maksim BOGDANOVICH

            In this building of the former Nizhny Novgorod gymnasium in 1902-1908 studied the outstanding Belarusian poet Maksim BOGDANOVICH

            In this building of the former Nizhny Novgorod gymnasium in 1902-1908 studied the outstanding Belarusian poet Maksim BOGDANOVICH

            • nizhny novgorod
            • minin university
            • maksim bogdanovich

            Luray Caverns

              Frederick Allen Hampton

              • fred hampton
              • black panthers