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The work is tied to the historical significance of the site, as well as the high pedestal.


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The equestrian statue of Marshal Mannerheim

The pedestal also highlights, like the old conduct guides, the need for an extensive private space for a senior person.


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[13] The statue project started in Mannerheim in the early 1950s removed the retainers from plans to erect statues to other Finnish statesmen.


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[13] Statues of K. J. Ståhlberg (Wäinö Aaltonen, 1959), P. E. Svinhufvud (Wäinö Aaltonen, 1961) and Kyösti Kallio (Kalervo Kallio, 1962), and before long they also received their monuments by J. K. Paasikivi (Harry Kivijärvi, 1980), Risto Ryti (1980) Veikko Myller, 1994), L.


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K. Relander (Matti Peltokangas, 1996) and Urho Kekkonen (Pekka Jylhä, 2000).


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The realism represented by Tukiainen has seen safety based on immutability with heavy archaic and rigid forms.


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The typical realism of the sculptures built an image of collective Finnishness, where sweetness meant authenticity, jewellessness honesty and pregnancy stability.


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In magazines, these traits might be mocked as “the endurance realism of the folk man.”


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Contemporaries, however, saw realism exhausted itself and Tukiaisen also saw Tukiaisen's reserve of realism in the execution of the heavy rider statue.


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Realism had demonstrated its ties to conservative nationalism and was no longer perceived to be associated with the big-line democratic emblems of freedom of the time.


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Modernist sculpture theory labelled realism even totalitarian.


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Opportunities seemed to be found for shaping the new rhetorical tradition, especially in informalism, which, like many other sculptors, also moved to Aimo Tukiainen.


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[13] The Museum of Contemporary Art next to the statue The Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma was opposed in the 1990s.


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Opponents did not consider the museum suitable for the proximity of the monument and its building was thought to threaten the location of the statue as well as the spectacularity.


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[2] According to Infantry General Adolf Ehrnrooth, the issue in the dispute was that the equestrian statue in Mannerheim and the Museum of Modern Art are incompatible because they represent two different worldviews.


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Combining them would become a shambles no one understands.


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“One must remember that the place is consecrated to the memory of Mannerheim,” Ehrnrooth said.


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[64] Kiasma's director Tuula Arkio responded to Ehrnrooth's criticism: Aimo Tukiainen felt that Kiasma came too close to the statue.


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“The equestrian statue and the museum do not fit on the same plot without harassing each other.


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The monument must have its territory viewed from all sides and there must be a park behind it,” Tukiainen wrote in 1994.


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[65] According to him, the museum should have been located rather than in Töölönlahti and in general should have asked more of the public's opinion.


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[9] In November 1995, the Supreme Administrative Court rejected Tukiainen's appeal against Kiasma's city plan, alleging that the city plan decision violated his right as the artist who created the statue.


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The Finnish Marshal Mannerheim Heritage Foundation, on the other hand, stated in its complaint that the preservation of the statue of Mannerheim in a dignified setting should be ensured, but this complaint was also rejected by the KHO.


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[66] When construction work on Kiasma began in 1996, the protective fence circling the site was painted pink by art students.


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Aidan's painting caused turmoil and in one audience lift writing it was written: “Pink red so close to March.


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Cheeky, Did the Review Board Wish to Annoy, Tasteless Color Choice, Contrary to Building Humanity”.


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The Ministry of Education calmed the debate by ordering the section of fence closest to Mannerheim's statue to be painted grey.


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[67] [68] [69] Public debate was also sparked by the wrapping of Kiasma in “tapings” in spring 2006, namely sticker images prepared for the marketing of the exhibition.


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[70] Tuomas Manninen stated in Ilta-Sanomat that “In the opinion of some passers-by, the nightmare of General Adolf Ehrnrooth has finally come true: Kiasma suffocates the statue of Mannerheim.” [71] The debate was attended by Lauri Jääskeläinen, head of the Helsinki Building Control Agency, who stated in the audience section of Helsingin Sanomat about taping on the background of the statue of Mannerheim: “The statue of Marshal Mannerheim can withstand a periodic change in its background despite everything.” [72] Erik Kruskopf wrote: As an attraction The statue has been flowered on many occasions, such as as a tribute to Mannerheim and to commemorate the start of the Winter War.


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[73] [74] The equestrian statue of Mannerheim is also depicted on a postage stamp that appeared on 4 June 1967, the centenary of the marshal's birth.


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The equestrian statue is a point of attention in the cityscape, and over time it has become one of Helsinki's most famous attractions.


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[75] [76] See also honours awarded to Marshal Mannerheim Sources Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Riitta Konttinen| title = Finnish Marshal Rider Statue | publisher = Finnish Marshal Mannerheim Heritage Foundation| year = 1989}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Erik Kruskopf| title = City of Sculptures — Art in Helsinki Street Photo| publisher = Schildts| year = 2000}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Olli Valkonen| title = Aimo Tukiainen, sculptor| publisher = Printing Center| year = 1993}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Antero Rautio| title = Public monuments and artworks in the metropolitan area | publisher = Karisto| year = 1998}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Pekka Rönkkö| title = Oskari Jauhiainen| publisher = Ars Nordica 5, Nord| year = 1994}} References elsewhere Check date values in: |date= (help) Interview with Annikki Tukiainen, widow of sculptor Aimo Tukiainen.


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Question: Why was Group B discontinued?

Group B

Group B was a class of rally cars competed in the Rally World Rally Series in the 1980s.


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Group B

The class has been abolished from rally motoring.


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Group B

At least 200 serial production cars were to be produced in the rating during the year, up to 20 or 10% of 200 in the evolutionary version.


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Group B

Group B cars eventually developed too fast, leading to serious accidents and a class ban at the rally in 1986.


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Group B

This was particularly affected by the fatal accident of Finnish rally driver Henri Toivonen and his map reader Sergio Cresto.


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Group B

Other fatal accidents with Group B race cars included the ejection of Attilio Bettega at the Corsica Rally in 1985, Joaquim Santos's outward run at the Rally Portugal in 1986, and the outward run of Swiss Marc Surer at the 1986 ADAC Hesse Rallye, which resulted in his map reader, the Swiss to the death of Michel Wyder (b.1950).


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Group B

Surer lost control of his Ford RS 200 car on a sustained high-speed road curve hitting a tree at a speed of approx.


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Group B


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Group B

History [1] Audi released a new four-wheel-drive Quattro at the autumn 1980 Geneva Motor Show, which was initially just laughed at by competitors.


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Group B

At the Monte Carlo Rally in 1981, however, an Audi Quattro driven by Hannu Mikkola led the rally by far, increasing the difference to his opponents by up to a minute each special test.


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Group B

However, the new Quattro could not yet reach the taste of victory, as Mikkola drove his car into a rock and had to abort.


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Group B

In the Rally Sweden run next, Audi took its first win in the Rally World Rally Championship series.


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Group B

Lancia at this point raced races in the series still on his Stratos, which began to fall badly at the feet of others.


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Group B

Lancia decided to make a new rally car and the Corsica Rally in 1982 saw the new Lancia Rally 037.


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Group B

However, it was rear-wheel drive and no great success came.


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Group B

Ford also began developing an RS200 car suitable for Group B and later Peugeotkin decided to be included in the Rally Championship Series when they introduced their new four-wheel-drive mid-engined 205 Turbo 16 car in February 1983.


Question: Why was Group B discontinued?

Group B

At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Audi introduced the new and shorter Quattro Sport and Porsche released the 911 SC RS.


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Group B

Through 1983, however, was dominated overwhelmingly by Audi Quattro and Lancia's evolutionary version of Rally 037.


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Group B

Following Peugeot's entry into the races in 1984, a new era began.


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Group B

Ari Vatanen led in Peugeot's debut race, but was nevertheless forced to drop out.


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Group B

The same thing happened at the Acropolis Rally, but in Jyväskylä Vatanen managed to win.


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Group B

In 1985, Group B flourished in its prime.


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Group B

Peugeot won the marker championship and Timo Salonen fought the personal championship for himself.


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Group B

Cars attended rallies a lot and no retreats were seen.


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Group B

The only black moment of the season was experienced at the Corsica Rally when Attilio Bettega, who was driving a Lancia, perished instantly as the car slid driver-side flank first into a tree.


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Group B

However, his map reader, Maurizio Perissinot, survived the accident without injury.


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Group B

[2] The second near-fatal accident of the season was Ari Vatanen's fierce outward run at the Rally Argentina.


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Group B

On the injury list that led to Vatanen's critical condition, confirmed by Peugeot Talbot Sport doctor Jean Duby, found 4 left and 2 right rib fractures, a damaged lumbar spine, a fracture of the cervical spine and a crushed left knee.


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Group B

Season 1986 completely revolutionized the Rally World Rally Championship series.


Question: Why was Group B discontinued?

Group B

Henri Toivonen opened the season by winning the Monte Carlo Rally with his new Lancia Delta S4.


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Group B

At the next Rally Sweden, Juha Kankkunen won with Peugeot, but at the third rally of the season in Portugal, Joaquim Santos ran off the road with fatal consequences; four spectators perished and dozens were classed.


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Group B

As a result of the incident, all stable drivers withdrew from the rally.


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Group B

Henri Toivonen also overwhelmingly dominated the 1986 Corsica rally of the season, despite flu symptoms and fever, until, on the 18th special test at Corte, his Lancia derailed from the road falling down a slope, after which the car hit a tree and caught fire.


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Group B

The other drivers who arrived at the scene a few moments later had only to say that there was nothing more to be done.


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Group B

Toivonen and his map-reader Sergio Cresto perished in their car.


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Group B

The cause of the crash was never established.


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Group B

Some background information is provided by a brief interview Toivonen gave to a Finnish journalist moments before the accident.


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Group B

that “this is good on and not enough brains to do this” Drivers have already driven more than 4 hours of fast track.


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Group B

As a result of the accident, special tests were shortened, automobiles became mandatory equipped with an automatic shutdown system, and evolutionary versions of cars were banned.


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Group B

Because of this, Audi withdrew from the series immediately and Citroën soon followed suit.


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Group B

Ford still participated in the RAC rally.


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Group B

In Sanremo, the Peugeots were excluded from the rally because the jury found the hem dampers on the cars they used to be illegal.


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Group B

Lancia raced under Markku Alen to a triple victory.


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Group B

After all the rallies of the season, Alen held the points lead and was announced as world champion.


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Group B

Eleven days later, FISA overturned the Sanremo Rally decision for the illegality of Peugeot's helms and the results of the race were disqualified in full.


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Group B

This is why Juha Kankkunen was finally crowned World Champion of 1986.


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Group B

At the same time also ended the Group B era in the Rally World Rally Championship series.


Question: Why did Group B be discontinued?

Group B

Later Group B cars were seen at rallying cross, the Dakar Rally, and the Pikes Peak race in the USA, among others.


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Group B

Engineering and performance Group B cars were mainly four-wheel drive and equipped with a turbocharger and/or mechanical supercharger.


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Group B

The cars were also lightweight because the bodies were made of light fibers.


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Group B

Low weight and engine efficiency ensured good performance for Group B cars.


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Group B

The rules for engines were also very loose, which allowed for high power.


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Group B

For example, the Audi Quattro Sport S1's engine was made to develop an instantaneous power of over 700 horsepower.


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Group B

However, the cars had to resemble the type name model for normal traffic, although for example the rear seats could only be nominal.


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Group B

The cars have been called “silhuette cars”.


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Group B

At least 200 copies of the rally version had to be produced for transport during the year for classification.


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Group B

A development version was later allowed, as long as at least 20 pieces of the equivalent were produced.


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Group B

[3] In a measurement made by Technology World in 1985, the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 accelerated from zero to 100 kilometres per hour in less than three seconds on heavy gravel tyres.


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Group B

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Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a species of whale belonging to the subfamily of hetula whales.


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

It is the heaviest and largest animal known to have ever existed; [1] [2] [3] although sauropods like Argentinosaurus grew longer, they were half lighter than a blue whale.


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

The blue whale is divided into four subspecies.


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Blue whale

[4] Size and appearance Blue whales are generally 16.0—30.0 metres long, [5] and has a tail of approx.


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Blue whale

7.5 meters wide.


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

The average length of an adult blue whale is 25.5 metres, the largest specimens caught have been between 33.6 and 33.3 metres long.


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Blue whale

The blue whale weighs between 90 and 150 tons, though the heaviest specimens can weigh up to 200 tons.


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Blue whale

[6] [7] [8] [9] The whale has a heart weighing about 680 kilograms and holds about 5000 litres of air in its lungs.


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Blue whale

[7] The female is larger than the male.


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Blue whale

Newborn chicks are 6.5—8.5 m long and weigh nearly three tonnes.


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Blue whale

The blue whale lives to an average of 80—120 years old.


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Blue whale

The blue whale is blue-grey in overall colour, but the water enhances the blue hue.


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Blue whale

Individuals can be identified by lighter spots on the skin.


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Blue whale

[7] It has a long streamlined body.


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Blue whale

[9] The underside of the posterior body is darker than the rest of the body.


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Blue whale

The hetulas are blue-black.


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Blue whale

The dorsal fin of the blue whale is very small and low.


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Blue whale

[8] The blue whale's breath shower is vertical, downcurved at the top and about 3.0—7.5 metres high [5].


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Blue whale

The blue whale is long and weighing, but despite its gigantic size, the sutjak and buckthorn.


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Blue whale

[3] The sea supports its immense weight, so when it gets on land, the animal's internal organs are cracked due to the huge mass causing the death of the blue whale.


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Blue whale

The huge size of the whale is illustrated, for example, by the fact that an African elephant could fit standing on a blue whale tongue weighing up to four tonnes.


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Blue whale

[7] Blue whales have a thick layer of fat that both protects it from the cold and serves as a reserve food when it does not receive sufficient nutrition.


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Blue whale

Lifestyles Blue whales live in cold seas and migrate from their wintry eating areas to warmer waters for reproduction.


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Blue whale

While swimming, the blue whale flags forward at speeds of about 2—10 km per hour, but can reach a speed of 37 km per hour in pursuit.


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Blue whale

[10] The usual swimming speed of a blue whale is about 2—15 kilometres per hour.


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Blue whale

[3] However, measurements taken in Antarctic waters from 1947 to 1948 showed that when frightened, a blue whale is able to maintain a speed of 37 kilometres per hour for ten minutes.


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Blue whale

It has been calculated that a 27m long blue whale travelling at this rate will develop a power of 382 kilowatts, or 520 horsepower.


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Blue whale

Blue whales often move in small flocks.


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Blue whale

[8] In contact with its far-flung species, the blue whale makes very strong and low sounds almost inaudible to human ears.


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Blue whale

The blue whale has the strongest sound of all animals.


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Blue whale

[3] Vocalisations of 188 decibels have been measured from the blue whale.


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Blue whale

Such shallow grunts can, in so-called deep-sea sound tunnels, carry hundreds, perhaps even thousands of miles.


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Blue whale

Distribution and strain Blue whales live in all oceans of the world.


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

The species is absent only in the Arctic and a few small marine areas such as the Mediterranean and the Bering Sea.


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Blue whale

[11] Despite its wide distribution, the blue whale is sparse throughout.


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

In the Baltic Sea, the blue whale is an extremely rare visitor, [12] and some sources suggest that there would have been no visual observations of the species in the Baltic Sea [8].


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

Large dorsal vertebrae were found in a field in Preivik in Finland, in Pori in 1942, which have been shown to have belonged to a blue whale.


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Blue whale

[12] [13] The vertebrae are very old, [13] but their exact age has not been able to determine.


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Blue whale

[14] They may date from as early as prehistoric times.


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Blue whale

In the 2000s, a skeleton of a large whale suspected of belonging to a blue whale was discovered on the route of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland.


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Blue whale

[13] At a depth of about 70 metres, a few bones have been raised from the skeleton lying at the bottom of the sea for determination of their age and species.


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Blue whale

The studies were still ongoing in spring 2011 [13].


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Blue whale

The blue whale was tranquilized in 1964.


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Blue whale

Prior to this, the blue whale had been caught near the brink of extinction.


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

The number of blue whales before the start of commercial catching was estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 individuals.


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Blue whale

Today, there are no more than 10,000 individuals of blue whales.


Question: How many species of whales are known?

Blue whale

The current blue whale population is estimated to be only 3 to 11 percent of 1911 levels.


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Blue whale

[7] In 1986, all commercial whaling was banned, but nevertheless Norway, Iceland and Japan continue to catch whales, citing scientific reasons.


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Blue whale

The International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN has assessed the blue whale as a critically endangered species.


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Blue whale

[11] Of the blue whale subspecies, the little blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) is insufficiently known [15] and the Balaenoptera musculus intermedia extremely endangered [16].


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Blue whale

Reproduction Blue whales, males and females alike, become sexually mature at about 10 years of age.


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Blue whale

They mate in winter while staying in the waters of a temperate or tropical zone every 2—3 years.


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Blue whale

[10] The female is pregnant for 10—12 months [8].


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Blue whale

The chick can be seven metres long and weigh between two and three tonnes, the largest offspring of an animal in the world.


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Blue whale

[7] It is breastfed by the mother for 7—8 months.


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Blue whale

The chick needs a day approx.


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Blue whale

190 liters of milk with a fat content of 40-50%.


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Blue whale

[7] With the power of the mother's fatty milk, the cub grows rapidly; its weight may increase by up to 90 kilograms per day and in a year its weight increases by up to 32,850kg.


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Blue whale

[7] A newly-weaned cub is twice as long as at birth.


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Blue whale

The female will mate again only after she stops breastfeeding.


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Blue whale

The foraging Blue whale eats almost exclusively krill, small shrimp-like plankton crustaceans.


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Blue whale

When eating, the blue whale swims with its mouth open into a swarm of krill and gobbles water into its mouth as much as it can with the throat while expanding.


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Blue whale

It closes its mouth and, with its tongue and at the bottom of its oral cavity, squeezes the water out through the hetula.


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Blue whale

The blue whale has an upper jaw of approx.


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Blue whale

400 hetulas, [7] operating like a strainer.


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Blue whale

Prey it swallows using as an auxiliary tongue.


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Blue whale

The blue whale might eat up to 40 million krill a day.


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Blue whale

[17] In calm feeding, the blue whale breathes once or twice in one minute and the dive usually lasts 3—10 minutes.


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Blue whale

[18] In this case, the swim speed is also slow, only a few kilometres per hour.


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Blue whale

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Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal [1], or Nepal, is a landlocked country in Asia.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

Nepal is located between China and India, roughly half in the Himalayan mountains and half in its foothills.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

On the territory of the state are located eight of the world's ten highest mountain peaks.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

Of Nepal's nearly 31 million inhabitants, the majority are Hindus.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

Nepal was in a civil war between 1996 and 2006 in which more than 13000 people were killed.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

The opposing parties were Maoist communists and the government of Nepal, which had declared war on the communists.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

The civil war ended with a victory for the Communists.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

As a result, in 2008, the country gave up the monarchy.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

[2] Nepal is one of the poorest and least developed states in the world.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

A quarter of its residents live below the poverty line.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

[3] It will therefore receive significant support from abroad, both from international organisations and through bilateral assistance.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

[4] History Early years Ancient tools found in the Kathmandu Valley say the area was inhabited since ancient times, but research on early history is progressing slowly.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

Written inscriptions do not exist in Indian sources until the 10th century BCE.


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Nepal

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Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

According to the Mahabharata, the area was inhabited at the time by Kirātas, whose descendants still live in the eastern part of Nepal.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

As the Indo-Aryans spread over the region, several small kingdoms were formed there.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

[5] The Maurya Empire was the most powerful of the kingdoms of ancient India, both politically and militarily.


Question: What is the national cuisine of Nepal?

Nepal

It is not certain whether it extended to the territory of present-day Nepal, but in any case its existence affected the history of Nepal.


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During Ashoka's reign, Buddhism spread to the Kathmandu Valley and much of Nepal.


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At the same time, a culture spread in which an autocratic king is the center of the world.


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With the defeat of Maurya, the region broke up again into several small states.


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[5] Nepal was united in the 18th century by Prithvi Narayan Shah, ruler of the small Gorkha Principality [4], who founded the Kingdom of Nepal.


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Nepal lost the war of 1814—1816 to the Britons, and the country fell into chaos.


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Order was restored in 1846 when the House of Rana gained power: the post of prime minister became hereditary and the king remained a figurehead.


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The Rana regime sought to insulate the country from foreign influences, and the changes in India did not proceed there.


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Even in the period of the ranos, some progress was made: in 1911 a hydroelectric company was founded, in 1920 the custom that a widow had to commit suicide by throwing herself on her husband's grave pyre was abandoned, and in 1929 slavery was abandoned.


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[6] The Ranas received support for their power from the British army.


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During World War I, Nepal lent 16000 soldiers to the British Army, and in addition to these 26000 Nepalese citizens fought with the British Indian forces.


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Either way, enlisting in the British Army was almost the only way to see the world for the people of isolated Nepal.


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[6] After World War I, a fragmented opposition began to organize themselves to oppose the rule of the Ranos.


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At the same time, there was an independence movement in India, in which many Nepalese activists also participated.


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Designated as the National Congress of Nepal, the body took it upon itself to oust the Ranat without violence and promote democratic socialism.


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Its leading figures included B.


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P. Koirala, who later became Prime Minister, as was subsequently his brother Girija Prasad Koiralastakin.


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[7] The King's sole power King Tribhuvan escaped in 1950 from his palatial prison to India and began armed resistance against the government.


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The status of the Shah king family was restored and the reign of the Prime Ministerial family ended.


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King Mahendra enacted a new constitution in 1959, and the first democratic elections were held.


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The king declared a democratic parliament to be a failure a year and a half later, and the new 1962 constitution replaced the parliament by panchayat councils, elected without parties, effectively leaving all decision-making power to the king.


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King Birendra Bir Bikram took the throne in 1972.


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[8] Multi-party democracy After protests in 1980, the king held a referendum in which supporters of the panchayat system narrowly won.


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The king agreed to an elected parliament, but without the party system.


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In 1985, the Communist Party began a civil disobedience campaign to restore the multi-party system and boycotted elections.


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[8] As promised land reforms lingered, some rural residents began to organise their own land reforms in 1990 to free themselves from the debt slavery of their landlords.


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The movement was defeated by the Nepalese government, and several activists were killed.


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However, a new constitution and democratic institutions were created in the country.


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Girija Prasad Koirala of the Congress Party became the first Prime Minister.


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However, he was accused of corruption, and the king dissolved parliament and government in 1994.


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The governments that followed were short-lived.


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In 1996, the Maoist Communist Party (CPN-M) began armed resistance to end the monarchy and establish a communist society.


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Koirala became Prime Minister again in 2000, forming his ninth government in ten years.


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[8] The massacre at the palace and a national state of emergency a general strike organized by the Maoists chilled April 2001 across the country.


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[9] On 1 June 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra assassinated King Birendra and Queen Aiswary, along with seven other members of the royal family, as well as himself.


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[10] He was proclaimed king before his death in hospital.


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[11] Birendra's brother Prince Gyanendra inherited the throne, and was crowned on 4 June 2001.


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The Maoist revolt accelerated as the new king took the throne, and in July 2002, the king sacked the Koirala government and assumed power for himself.


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A new government was appointed a week later.


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Sher Bahadur Deuba negotiated a truce with the rebels that lasted until November 2001.


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Subsequently, a state of emergency was declared in the country due to the attacks.


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[8] In April 2002, a general strike was held and the guerrillas declared a truce, which was not accepted by the government.


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In May, Parliament was dissolved, and new elections were postponed to the frail future.


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In October, the pro-kingmaker Lokendra Bahadur Chand was appointed Prime Minister.


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[8] In January 2003, an armistice was declared.


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The prime minister resigned early in the summer, and the king appointed his own candidate to replace Surya Bahadur Thapa.


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In August 2003, negotiations broke off again.


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[8] From the beginning of 2004 there were almost daily demonstrations calling for the restoration of Parliament.


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The protestors also received support from abroad.


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[12] In June 2004, Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed by the King to replace Thapa, who resigned, and tasked him with holding elections.


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[8] In August, guerrillas besieged the capital Kathmandu for a week.


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[13] The king sacked the government on February 1, 2005, declared a state of emergency and assumed power directly for himself.


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In September, the guerrillas declared a three-month truce, which finally ended in early 2006.


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Maoist and opposition parties allied to restore democracy.


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[8] Some 13000 Nepalese were killed in the ten-year civil war.


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[14] Palace rule ended in April 2006 after weeks of protests.


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On 24 April 2006, the king agreed to restore parliament, and Koirala was again appointed Prime Minister on 28 April 2006.


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The 84-year-old Koirala was already too ill to take the oath of office at the time.


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[15] On 18 May, Parliament unanimously passed a law removing most of the privileges from the king and making Nepal a secular state.


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The government and Maoist rebels began peace talks.


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[8] Maoists into government At the end of 2006, Nepal's ruling seven-party government and the Maoists reached an agreement and formed a joint government.


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[16] In this case, a new coat of arms was introduced, with the removal of the crown referring to the monarchy.


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The country's parliament was dissolved on 15 January 2007 and replaced by a 330-seat provisional parliament to which Maoist rebels became 83 members.


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[17] The Maoists resigned from the Provisional Government to hasten the country's transformation into a republic.


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So the parliamentary elections had to be postponed too.


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In December 2007, Parliament pledged to give up kingship as part of a peace deal with the Maoists who returned to government.


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In April's elections, the Maoists won the most parliamentary seats but failed to win a simple majority.


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[8] Nepal was declared a republic on 28 May 2008 by decision of the assembly by a vote of 560 to 4.


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[18] In May 2008, Nepal became a republic, and in July Ram Baran Yadavista its first president.


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Maoist leader Prachanda was elected as the first Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on 15 August 2008.


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He resigned in May 2009, and was replaced by old Communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, who later resigned in June 2010.


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The date for the completion of the new constitution was first agreed to be 2010, but in May 2010 its deadline was extended by a year.


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[8] There was no consensus on the constitution by the deadline set for May 2012.


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[19] In November 2013, a new National Assembly was elected to enact the Constitution.


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[20] The policy of the Constitution that replaced the Interim Constitution of Nepal came into force in September 2015.


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Nepal is according to it multi-ethnic, -lingual, -religious, and -cultural.


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The country has been defined as a democratic, pluralistic federal republic which must be run on the basis of a multi-party system and parliamentarianism.


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Executive power rests with the State Council.


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The president nominates the representative of the largest political party in the Chamber of Deputies as Prime Minister.


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Provinces have their own councils of ministers with executive power in their territories.


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Each province has a director appointed by the president who represents the region in the federal government.


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There are seven provinces.


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For legislation, there is a bicameral Federal Parliament consisting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.


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From the House of Representatives, the vast majority are elected by direct popular vote, the representatives of the National Assembly are appointed on the principle that it would represent as comprehensively as possible the various segments of the population.


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The largest party is the Maoist-communist CPN-M, which received 38% of the vote in the 2008 National Assembly elections.


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It is followed by Congress Party NC with 19%, and Marxist-Leninist Communist Party CPN-UML with 19%, as well as the Madhesi People's Rights Platform with a 9% vote share.


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In addition, there are numerous small parties in the country.


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[3] Human trafficking and child labour remain serious problems.


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Girls are sold both abroad and inside the country.


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In 2008, there were estimated to be between 5,000 and 7000 women bought from rural areas in Kathmandu.


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The number of child laborers was estimated at 20,000.


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[4] Administrative division In alignment with the new constitution, the main parties of Nepal agreed in June 2015 to amend the administrative division of Nepal.


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[21] According to the September 2015 Constitution, Nepal consists of seven provinces (provinces), [22] [23] with a total of 75 districts.


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Previously, these districts were part of 14 zones (anchal) grouped into five development zones.


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[4] Each of the 75 districts has as its leader a Chief District Officer, or CDO, who maintains law and order and represents the central authority in its district.


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[24] At the lowest level, the country will be divided into 744 local government units according to the spring 2017 news.


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This comprises four metropolises, 13 metropolis smaller metropolitan cities (sub-metropolitan city), 246 towns with councils and 481 village councils.


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[25] In the past, power was exercised in rural areas by local level village committees (VDCs), of which there were over 3000.


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[26] [25] The table below shows the area and population of the zones in Nepal in 2001 and 2011.


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[27] Number zonePalitesurface subpopulation (2001) Population (2011) 1.Bagmatiबाग्मती9 428 km²3,008 4873,843,5962.Bheriिेरी10 545 km²1,417 0851,701,7673. Dhawalagiriलागीरी8 148 km²556 191542,2964.Gandakiग्चकी12 275 km²1,487,9541,541,549,8575.Janakpurजनकपुर9,669 km²2,557,0042,837,4816.Karnaliकर्ाली21 351 km²309 0849,0849,08416.Karnaliकर्ाली21 351 km²309 0849 0849,08416.Karnaliकर्ाली21 351 km²309 0849,388,7137.Kosiकोशी9 669 km²2 110 6642,335,0478.Lumbiniलुम्बिनी8,975 km²2,526 8682,834,6129.Mahakaliसगरमााा6,989 km²860 475977,51410. Mechiमेची8 196 km²1,307 6691,422,18211.Narayaniनारायी8 313 km²2,466 1382,975,90812.Raptiराप््ती10 482 km²1,286,8061,456,20213.Sagarmathaसगरमाा10,591 km²1 91km²1 1432,054,32614.Setiसेती12 550 km²1 330 8551,575,003 Geography of Nepal is located in the Himalayan Mountains of India and China Between Tibet.


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The highest point of the country is Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, and a total of eight of the world's ten highest peaks are located in Nepal.


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[4] The land is mountainous and hilly, but varied.


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In the central part of the country there is a shallower mountainous area, where the Kathmandu Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located among others.


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[28] In the southern part of the country is the Terai region, which is lowland where up to tropical forest and savannah grow.


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Various estimates suggest between 16% and 25% of the land is cultivable.


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[3] [4] Deforestation is a serious problem.


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[29] As a result of rains and wood felling, landslides occur annually.


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[30] Mild earthquakes are common.


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A quake that caused large-scale devastation was experienced in Kathmandu in 1934.


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[31] In April 2015, more than 6000 people were killed in a 7.8 torque magnitude earthquake in the central part of the country.


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The casualty rate is still expected to rise because information had not been received from even more remote affected areas.


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[32] Several World Heritage Sites in Nepal were destroyed or badly damaged in the quake.


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[33] Mount Everest and Sagarmāthā National Park Nepal's highest point Mount Everest is known in local parlance as' Sagarmāthā '(सगरमा्ा).


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The results of altitude measurements from the mountaintop range between 8844 [34] and 8850 metres.


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On 19 July 1976, the Sagarmāthā National Park was established in the area of Everest and the surrounding Himalayan part.


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The protected area was annexed in 1979 to the UNESCO World Heritage List.


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High and fairly well-known peaks or morecapped mountains off Everest include Lhotse (8501m), LHotseShar (8393m), Nuptse (7861m), IslandPeak/Imja Tse (6189m), Peak38 (7591m), Khumbutse (6665m) and Pumori (7165m).


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[35] Climate Nepal has five climatic zones, ranging in altitude from subtropical to cool.


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Monsoon rains bring 60% to 80% of the rainfall, ranging from 2500 millimeters in the eastern parts of the country to 1420 millimeters around Kathmandu and 1000 millimetres in western Nepal.


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[36] In some areas the annual rainfall is between 4000mm and 6000mm.


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In December and January, temperatures in the hill areas fall to the frost side at night.


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Still, daytime temperatures can be as low as 10 to 20 degrees.


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Monsoon rains come in June and end in September.


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[37] Nature One classification divides the biota of Nepal into four vegetation zones: [38] Tropical monsoon zone deciduous forest grows in the Terai plains and in broad valleys between hills.


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The principal tree species in the area is the Indian Merant tree.


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The meadows where eight-foot elephant hay grew have now been largely converted into fields and pastures.


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The fauna of the tropical region is among the most abundant in Nepal.


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In the forests occur gauri, water buffalo, four species of deer, tiger and leopard.


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Indian rhinoceros, barasinga and pig deer occur in the grasslands of the valleys.


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In which live two species of crocodiles and ganges dolphin.


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[38] Subtropical evergreen mixed forest grows in river valleys and Himalayan slopes up to 2400 m.


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Tree species typical of the area include Castanopsis indica and Schima wallichii, among which maples, alders, rhododendrons and oaks also grow.


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On the trunks of trees grow climbing plants and orchids.


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There are few animals in this zone.


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The only mammals are wild boar, muntyaks, Capricornis thar goat, goral and collared bear.


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[38] Temperate evergreen forest grows above 2400 m.


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In the lower part of the zone, the main tree species are oak and conifers, above predominate spruce, noble spruce, larch.


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Near the tree line, the tree is transformed into birch forest.


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Rhododendron, maple and bamboo are also met.


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The species of the zone varies considerably in different parts of the region.


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Animals include the collared bear, serovs, goral, muntyaks and wild boar, as well as the Himalayan half-goat and gold panda.


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[38] Mountain vegetation grows above the tree line.


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Rhododendron, juniper and other low evergreen woody plants are found up to about 4200 m.


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Grasses and mosses continue up to the snow limit, about 5100 feet.


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There are few mammals: groundhogs, hares, musk deer, snow leopard, Himalayan half-goat and some half-sheep.


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In the past, wild yaks and sheep were also found in the area.


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Today domesticated yaks are grown in the area, which are used as drag and carry feasts.


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Their milk is made into cheese.


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[38] Nature Parks and Protected Areas Nepal has 19 national parks and nature reserves covering a total of 29014.52 square kilometres with buffer areas, or 23.2% of the area of Nepal.


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[39] Of the national parks, Shey Phoksundo National Park is the largest, Chitwan National Park the oldest, and Sagarmāthā National Park contains the highest peaks.


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[40] Nepal National Parks: [39] [41] Bardia National Park Chitwan National Park Khaptad National Park Langtang National Park Makalu Barun National Park Rara National Park Sagarmāthā National Park Shey Phoksundo National Park Shivapur national park Nepal protected areas that are not national parks: [41] Annapurna Protected Area (7629 km2) Api Namba Reserve (1903 km2) Blackbuck Reserve (16 km2) Gaurishankar Reserve (2179 km2) Kanchanjunga Reserve (2035 km2) Koshi Tappu Natural Park (1753 km2) Manaslu Protected Area (1663 km2) Parsa Natural Park (499 km2) Shukla Phanta Natural Park (205 km2) Economy Since the early 1990s, efforts have been made to liberalize Nepal's economic policies.


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In particular, efforts have been made to reduce the share of the public sector in exports.


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State companies have been privatised or disbanded.


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[4] In 2009, economic growth was 4.7%.


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[3] Growth is urgently needed as Nepal is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.


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A quarter of its residents live below the poverty line.


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[3] In 2009, income per person was only $420.


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[4] Today, Nepal is one of the most open economies in South Asia and is very heavily dependent on trade.


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The trade-to-gross domestic product ratio is about 38 percent.


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Customs duties are around 11% and customs restrictions on quantities have been lifted almost completely.


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Nepal became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2004 and thus was the first nation on the Least Developed Countries (LDC) list in the WTO.


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[42] The backbone of the economy is agriculture which provides a livelihood for more than 71% of the population and generates 32% of GDP.


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Only a quarter of the land area is suitable for cultivation, in addition, a third of the area is forest and the rest is mountain.


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In certain areas, such as the Kathmandu Valley, overpopulation has begun to cause environmental problems, and clearing of forests for pasture and farmland has led to erosion and flooding.


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[4] Industry is concentrated in the southern parts of the country in the Terai region and employs only six percent of the population.


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It focuses on processing agricultural products (tobacco, jute, sugar, grain and legumes).


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[3] Rivers flowing across Nepal from the Himalayas would allow for large-scale hydropower generation, for which there would be demand both domestically and in India.


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In 2010, it was estimated that only 1 per cent of capacity had been harnessed.


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For the time being, power stations are based on the natural flow of water, storing in reservoirs would bring with it new environmental problems.


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[4] Much of Nepal's export goods are so-called emerging goods such as textiles and jewellery.


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Their commercial prospects are on the rise.


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Long-term growth conditions are high, but overall export growth is slow.


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As the need for imported goods continues to grow, the trade deficit becomes larger.


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Nepal's trade deficit is offset by wage money sent by Nepalese from abroad, as well as the significant foreign aid it receives both from international organizations (World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNDP) and bilateral aid (Britain, United States, Japan, Germany and Scandinavian countries).


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[4] In 2011, Nepal received a total of $892 million in development aid [43], or 4.7% of its GDP.


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[44] Nepal is one of Finland's seven long-term partner countries for development cooperation.


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The cooperation focuses on equal education, good government, water and sanitation, management of forests and natural resources, and livelihoods for the marginalized and poorest.


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[45] India is by far Nepal's largest trading partner (almost 80% of imports and 94% of exports), other importing countries include Korea and China.


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The highest number of exports is to India, Bangladesh and Italy.


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[3] Population According to the 2011 census, Nepal had a population of 26494504 and a population density of 180.0 inhabitants per square kilometre.


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[46] The population ranked 5423297 households or 4005 institutional communities (garrisons, dormitories, monasteries).


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Population growth averaged 1.35% per year between 2001 and 2011.


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The average household size decreased in a decade from 5.44 to 4.88 people.


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The largest households with average are found in Rautahat (6.44 people) and the smallest in Kaski district (3.92).


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Of the three main ecological zones of the country, the Terai (lowlands) in the south lived 50.3% of the population, 43.0% in the mound zone and 6.7% of the population in the mountainous regions of the north.


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[47] The evolution of the population of Nepal between 1911 and 2011 is evident in the accompanying graphic.


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[47] According to the 2011 census, 17.1% of the population lived in 58 cities of Nepal.


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[46] Through legislative changes in May and December 2014, a large number of new towns were formed.


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Areas of nearby village planning committees (VDCs) were linked together, increasing the number of towns to 191.


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As a result of the changes, Nepal's urbanization rate increased to 36.2% in December 2014.


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[48] [49] The Human Development Index (hdi) for Nepal calculated using the new formulas was 0.490.


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[50] Within the country, variation is high: for the population of the Western, Midwest and Far West Mountains, the reading averaged 0.398 and in turn 0.622 for the inhabitants of the metropolitan Kathmandu Valley.


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The very low hdi index value was found in eight districts of the westernmost Nepal mountain and mound zone and two districts of eastern Terai.


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The lowest readings, below 0.400, were in the districts of Bajura, Bajhang, Kalikoti, Humla, Achham, Rautahat, Mahottar, Jajarkot, Rolpa and Mugu.


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[50] Ethnic composition and language distribution There are three major ethnic groups in Nepal: Indo-Aryans, Tibetan Burmese and the indigenous population of Nepal, consisting of numerous smaller groups.


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According to the 2011 census, 123 different languages are spoken in the country as a mother tongue.


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The Nepali language, written with Devanagari, is the official national language spoken by over 60% of the population (44.6% as a native language).


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The next most common native languages are maithili (11.7%), bhojpuri (6.0%), tharu (5.8%), tamang (5.1%), newar (3.2%), bajjika (3.0%), magar (3.0%), dotel (3.0%) and Urdu (2.6%).


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65.9% of those aged over 5 were literate (2001 rate was 54.1%); 75.1% of males and 57.4% of females.


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The highest literacy rate is in Kathmandu District (86.3%) and lowest in Rautahat (41.7%).


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[47] Religion Many Hindus and Buddhists practice an intermediate form which takes on both religions.


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[51] According to the 2011 census, 81.3% are officially Hindu, 9.0% Buddhists, 4.4% Muslims, 3.1% adherents of the local Kirat religion, 1.4% are Christians, and 0.5% follow the local Prakrit religion.


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[47] Hinduism was the official state religion until 18 May 2006.


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[52] [53] Development challenges Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world.


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As recently as the early 1950s, the country had no schools, hospitals, roads, telecommunications electricity or industry.


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Since then, the country has been methodically implementing economic reforms and trying to improve living conditions.


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[4] Progress has been made in many areas.


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Under the UN target, extreme poverty, or the number living on less than $1 a day, has the potential to halve by 2015.


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Infant mortality is also falling, and that too could be halved by 2015.


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The child figure for a family is between 4 and 5, with people under 15 making up 50% of all Nepalese.


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The infant mortality rate is about 6.6 percent.


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Up to nine per cent of children die by the age of five.


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Only a third of women use contraception.


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[54] Nepal has the potential to achieve most UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015.


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A 2010 report estimated that poverty has decreased and the proportion of people attending primary school has increased, but the population of school leavers remains high.


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In elementary school, the proportion of girls and boys is equal, in middle school there is still a way to go.


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There has been a reduction in mortality and maternal mortality among under-five, but there is a large rural-urban gap.


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Fighting infectious diseases requires effort.


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Environmental goals may be unmet.


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The drinking water target requires even more effort: A fifth of Nepalese live without clean drinking water.


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Sanitary facilities are missing up to 57 percent.


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But the development has been remarkable: in 1990, less than half the population received clean drinking water and sanitary access was only six per cent.


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[55] Poverty is concentrated in rural areas and in the west of the country.


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The most disadvantaged are the Dalit, or caste-less, and indigenous members.


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There are many small farmers living with self-sufficiency in rural areas, and many are so small that they do not receive adequate livelihoods in poor harvest years.


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Approximately 70% of farms are less than one hectare.


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[56] Achieving the Millennium Development Goals is difficult in rural areas.


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Sanitary facilities, for example, were in 2010 only 37% of countrymen, 78% of urban residents.


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[55] There is also a sorely shortage of doctors in rural areas: there are 30-40 times as many patients per doctor as in cities.


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[57] [58] Equality between women and men has not materialised.


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In 2011, about 47 per cent of women were literate, while 71 per cent of men could read.


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[3] It is estimated that two out of three people of school age attend school, and the differences between girls and boys are large.


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No more than a fifth of third-grade students are girls.


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[59] Particularly in the poor western part of the country, chhaupad is observed, where women and teenage girls are regularly isolated from the community for religious reasons for the duration of their menstruation for several days.


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During isolation, women and girls live in barns and yard sheds and, for example, are not allowed to attend school or eat anything other than bread and rice.


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[60] The oldest and largest of the universities in Nepal is Tribhuvan University, founded in 1959, where 78% of the country's university students studied in 2016 (over 400,000 students in 2014).


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The next largest were Pokhara University (share 7.2%) and Kathmandu University.


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[61] [62] Culture Religion regulates the lives of Nepalese people in many ways and is involved in everyday life and celebration holistically.


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There is a temple or place of worship on almost every street corner, the rice bowl in front of which is never empty.


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There are 2700 shrines in the Kathmandu Valley alone.


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[63] Various Hindu celebrations abound and the largest of them are Dashai and the feast of light Tihar celebrated in honour of the Durga goddess.


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[64] Three calendars are used in Nepal: the Western, the official Bikram Sambhat solar calendar, and the lunar calendar.


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[65] Religious festivities are determined by the lunar calendar, so they do not have a strictly determined place in the Gregorian calendar, but move from one year to the next.


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[66] In Nepal, a proper meal always includes rice.


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It is usually offered with lentil stew, or dal, and boiled vegetables, or tarkar.


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Where rice does not grow, it can be replaced by a thick porridge made of corn or millet.


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Where there is a lot of wheat, bread called roti can be offered additionally.


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[67] Caste ministry is part of Nepalese culture.


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At the top are high Hindu castes, Hindus belonging to lower castes and practitioners of other religions have long lived in the margins.


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Traditionally, the top castes have owned the land and been economically and politically privileged anyway.


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Today, caste discrimination is basically illegal.


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However, in 1991 about 80% of senior civilian and military posts were held by members of the two top castes.


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Caste also affects eating habits: representatives of high castes are strict vegetarians and do not touch alcohol, while lower-castes may eat pig.


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[67] The UNESCO World Heritage List lists two cultural sites from Nepal (Kathmandu Valley and Buddha's birthplace Lumbini) and two nature sites (Chitwan National Park and Sagarmāthā National Park).


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[68] The flag of Nepal is the only state flag in the world that is not rectangular.


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[69] Media in Nepal appears in abundance of magazines and operates several radio channels and cable television stations.


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They express opinions quite boldly, but media representatives have been subjected to constant violence and pressure from political factions.


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[4] The oldest newspaper in the country is Gorkhapatra.


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Other daily papers include Kantipur and English-language Kathmandu Post and Rising Nepal.


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[70] According to the 2011 census, about half of Nepalese people had radio and one-third had television.


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Mobile phone was in 84% of urban residents, 64% of the total population.


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Only 3.3 per cent of the population were within reach of the internet.


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[71] In 2012, 2.7 million users gained access to the internet.


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Facebook, in particular, was a popular communication channel.


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[70] Sports Nepal has participated in the Summer Olympics since 1968 and the Winter Olympics between 1924 and 2010.


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So far, the only medal was brought in 1924 by mountaineer Tejbir Bura.


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[72] The best achievements of the Nepal national football team are 3rd place in the South Asian Championship in 1993 and South Asian Games wins from 1984 and 1993.


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In the Asian Championship and World Championships, it has participated infrequently and has never made it through qualifying.


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It was ranked 163 in the FIFA rankings in November 2010.


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[73] Cricket is gaining popularity, the Nepal national team rose to the fourth division of the World Cricket League in 2010 and immediately finished third.


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Question: What does judgement mean?

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Rovasti (abbreviation for rov.


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[1], 'superior of priests' < 'superior') is an ecclesiastical title.


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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland In the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, a bishop may grant the title of rovast in ecclesiastical work to a priest especially distinguished.


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On 14 September 2004, the Episcopal Assembly has issued a recommendation to grant the title.


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According to the recommendation, titles should be awarded one copy per diocese's 30 voting priests in four years (a priest has no right to vote in diocesan elections after resignation or if he does not serve in a priestly position).


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In addition, the priest should be at least 50 years old.


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The title is not awarded to a Doctor of Theology.


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According to the recommendation, a bishop may grant the title to a fief-rovass after his duties in the office of county rover ceases.


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The value of Rovast should not be implicated in the posts of the Provincial Rovast or the Judgment Responder.


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The current post of county rovast stems from the original significance of the rovast as an auxiliary to the bishop.


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[2] The loser of the priestly right retains the title of rovast.


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[3] Orthodox Church In the Orthodox Church, the rank of rovast (, 'first priest') may be granted to a priest who has served for a long time with success and integrity.


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It is usually given to a long-serving vicar.


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In the Orthodox Church, the rank of rovast can also be obtained by a Doctor of Theology.


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In priestly monks, the equivalent rank is archimandrite.


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Cuban missile crisis

The Cuban crisis was a major power political crisis that developed between the world's two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with a fiery phase of 16.


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− 28 October 1962.


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Cuban missile crisis

The Cuban crisis was prompted by the US deployment of medium-range nuclear missiles in Turkey and the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, which began in response to this.


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Cuban missile crisis

The crisis came close to starting an open war that might have escalated into a nuclear war and World War III.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Background Following Fidel Castro's rise to power with the 1959 revolution, Cuba established diplomatic and commercial relations with the Soviet Union in early 1960.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Armed by the United States and trained by it in Guatemala, a force of 1,400 Cuban rebels seeking to oust Fidel Castro carried out a landings in the spring of 1961 in the Bay of Pigs on Cuba's southern coast.


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However, the invasion forces were beaten by the Cuban army in just two days, after which Castro declared the revolution was socialist in nature.


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With both Cuba and the Soviet Union at the helm, it was believed the U.S. was preparing a new invasion of Cuba.


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Consequently, Castro began military cooperation with the Soviet Union.


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The United States, under its 1959 agreement with Turkey, had stationed 15 pieces of mid-range Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey starting in the summer of 1961.


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The flight time of Jupiter missiles in Turkey to key population centers in the Soviet Union was extremely short.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

In response to the threat it experienced from the south from the direction of Turkey, a plan was developed in the Soviet Union during the spring of 1962 to deploy Soviet armed forces capable of anti-US-N nuclear attacks in Cuba.


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Troop transfers began in agreement with the Cuban government in the summer of 1962.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Using shipments of cargo and passenger ships, the Soviet Union managed, without the knowledge of the United States, to transfer a considerable number of equipment and men to Cuba in three months.


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The main strike force of the Soviet Cuban forces was with five missile regiments with a total of a few dozen nuclear missiles.


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In addition to these, the successful transfer to the island included a fighter aircraft regiment, a mine and torpedo aircraft regiment, an anti-aircraft missile division, a coastal missile regiment, four motorised infantry regiments, and support and maintenance units.


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The strength of Soviet forces in Cuba then increased to over 40,000 men.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Escalation of the crisis The situation came to a head when a US Lockheed U-2 spy plane photographed a firearm area of Soviet R-12 type mid-range ballistic missiles under construction in Cuba near San Cristóbal on 14 October 1962.


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[1] The missiles' 2000 km range directly threatened Washington and about half of US strategic missile bases.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

A 20-minute flight time would have reduced the warning time for missile defense and the possibility of a counter-strike considerably.


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By 19 October, reconnaissance flights detected four completed fireplace areas.


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The planned strength was 40 missiles.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

On the 22nd, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced in a televised address that an invasion from Cuba would be revenge on the Soviet Union, and imposed a blockade preventing more missiles from being shipped to Cuba.


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[1] The invasion was planned, but Cuba had 40000 armed Soviet troops in addition to tactical nuclear weapons.


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On the 23rd, the United States raised the standby status of its strategic air forces to DEFCON 2 level.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

October 27, 1962, has been called “the most dangerous day in human history.”


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[2] It was then that a U-2 plane was shot down over Cuba, and Soviet transport ships approached the US-defined cordon.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Nikita Khrushchev offered to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States did not attempt an invasion or support one and in return withdrew its missiles from Turkey.


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[1] Kennedy publicly acquiesced to the initial demands and sent his brother Robert Kennedy to the Soviet embassy to agree to withdraw some of the missiles.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

The situation lapsed the next day when the negotiating link was reached.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Khrushchev turned the transports back and announced that he would withdraw Soviet missiles from Cuba.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

After the crisis, superpowers opened the so-called hot line, a direct link between great power leaders, to prevent a nuclear war from breaking out.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Cuba in great power politics in the 21st century, Cuba has been nuclear-free by treaty of superpowers, even though it houses the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay and the notorious prison camp of the War on Terror.


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In the summer of 2008, however, arguments during the Cuban crisis resurfaced in the media.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

U.S. Air Force commander Gen. Norton Schwartz warned Russia against deploying long-range bombers in Cuba.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Bringing planes carrying nuclear weapons to Cuba, he said, would exceed the US “security frontier.”


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Cuba Missile Crisis

This was in response to plans by the Russian armed forces to deploy long-range bombers in Cuba should the United States deploy its missiles in the Czech Republic and Poland.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

[3] See also Able Archer 83 Sources Literature by Robert F. Kennedy: 13 Days on the Brink of the Abyss: The Diary of the Cuban Crisis.


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Preface written by Harold Macmillan.


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Translated by Väinö J. Tervaskari.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

Porvoo-Helsinki: WSOY, 1969.


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Cuba Missile Crisis

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Question: What age is Count Olaf?

List of minor characters in the book series The Soreful Coincidences Series

This is a list of minor characters in the book series Sordid Coincidences written by American author Lemony Snicket.


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Primary tributaries Lord Saituri's saw in the borders of the settlement In the book The saituri saw The Lord is the owner of a lucky saw located in the Lesser West.


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His real name is not known but has been described as difficult to pronounce.


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Mr. Poe has tried to pronounce the first syllable of the name, using a different syllable each time (Wuz, Qui, Bek, Duy, Sho, Gek, etc.).


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The appearance of the Lord is equally confusing.


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His entire head is hidden behind a layer of smoke created by a thick cigar.


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He does not appear to care at all for the orphans of Baudelaire or his employees, whom he pays with vouchers and gives only chewing gum as food.


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His partner, Charles, mentions that Lord had a terrible childhood.


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For some reason he keeps saying “I'm not an idiot”.


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Later, the Lord also appears in the book The Limits of Solution


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The cover of the book features a man with smoke in front of his face.


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It was previously suspected that this would have been the Lord, but that is probably not true, for the man smokes a pipe rather than a cigar and because his face can be seen.


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Lemony Snicket has also said that the Baudelaires, the reader, or he himself have never seen or will see the face of the Lord.


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It is not known if Lord Hotel Solution died in the fire.


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Charles Saitur's sawmill At the borders of the settlement, Charles is the Lord's partner in the Onnenkanmoinen sawmill.


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Charles was the one who proposed to the Lord to set up a library at the sawmill, which, since his suggestion, had only three books at all times.


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Charles is concerned about the Baudelaires, but fears the Lord too much to help the children so that it would be of some use.


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In the book The Borders of the Solution, Kit Snicket says that Charles sent him blueprints, poems and maps, so it is possible that Charles is a friend of Kit Snicket.


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Later in the same book, Kit tells the children that Charles has been looking for them to tell him he has joined V.P.K.


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On the side of the good ones.


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Charles still appears in the same book with the Lord at the Hotel Settlement.


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He explains to the Lord that he wants to apologize to the Baudelaires for the treatment he received, and he receives J.S.


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A letter signed by him leading him in his search.


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It is not known whether Charles managed to escape the Hotel Solution fire.


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Phil Miser's Saw The Grim Pastor Phil worked on the Lucky Range saw in the book Miser's Saw.


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Phil was one of the kinder sawmill workers, and he helped the Baudelaires adjust to their new home.


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During Baudelaire's stationary position, one of the saw planes piloted by the hypnotised Klaus paced him.


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Phil is constantly optimistic, and he wasn't shocked by the incident.


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All he said was “My left leg is crushed, but luckily I'm right-footed”.


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In the book The Grim Deep Phil worked as a chef for Captain Counterhair's submarine, even though he could only make damp boxes there.


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Captain Counterhair called Phil Kökse for no rational reason.


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Klaus believes the stamping machine accident is still affecting Phil, but Phil claims he was bitten by the shark.


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She abandons Captain Counterhair with the Baudelaires and Counterhair's stepdaughter, Fiona, for unknown reasons (she may have been captured), and she no longer appears in the books The Borders of the Solution and the End.


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There is a suspicion that Phil left his job at the sawmill due to inadequate pay; at the Saituri sawmill, he says he read law books and learned that paying wages in vouchers is illegal.


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Although he brought it up with the Lord, the book Boundaries of the Solution reports that the workers of the sawmill are still paid in vouchers.


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In the book Ending the great unknown takes him, but it is not known whether he is alive or dead.


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Nero Quirky study gift at the borders of the settlement Vice-Principal Nero is the Vice Principal of the Vaaksavaara Preparatory School in the book Quirky Study Aid.


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His name is probably a reference to Emperor Nero, who, like the character, is reported to have clung to his instrument and refused to acknowledge the dangers of the community he is meant to protect.


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Vice Principal Nero is immensely strict, and based on making Sunny his secretary, it seems he lacks a sense of reality.


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Although Nero cannot play the violin properly, each student is still forced to attend six hour-long concerts each night in which Nero himself plays.


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Nero refers to himself constantly as a “genius”.


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Despite his own claim, he is useless at maths and he believes that the word “triplets” means four babies born at the same time.


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Nero wears brown in a suit and tie with images of snails.


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In a bizarre study gift, her hair is knotted to four saparos, but according to the book The Boundaries of the Solution, four long pigtails have grown out of them hanging behind her.


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Nero often mimics what others have just said, in a high, shrill voice, and has many harsh methods of punishment for his students.


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One of them is that a student has to buy him a bag of candy and watch him eat it, and that's what you get for it if you don't attend his concert.


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If a pupil enters a staff building, they can't get cutlery for food class, and if they're late for class, they're forced to eat with his hands tied behind his back.


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Like most of the guardians of the Baudelaires, Nero still insists that Count Olaf is not coach Genghis (Olaf's disguise), despite being outed by the Baudelaires.


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Shortly after this, the Baudelaires were expelled from the Vaaksavaara Preparatory School because they were, in Nero's opinion, bad pupils.


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Nero also appears in the book Borders of the Solution when he, Mr. Remora and Mrs. Bass are invited to Esmé Kurjimo's cocktail invitations.


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Nero is never said to be on either side of the V.P.K. Schism, and when asked about him in the book The Borders of the Solution V.P.K.


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The code phrase, he doesn't seem to understand.


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However if Nero is V.P.K.


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A member of, he is probably on the side of the evil; during the Boundaries of the Solution book, he places the glass on the table without using the coaster.


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It's a constant theme in the book and is said to be something only an evil person could do.


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At the end of the book, a large fire begins to destroy the hotel, inside of which Nero is.


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It is not known whether he got away from the hotel, or if he died.


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Jerome Kurjimo Ghost Elevator at the borders of the settlement Jerome Kurjimo (engl.


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Squalor) first appears in the book GhostElevator.


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He is married to Esmé Kurjimo, a woman who decided to adopt the Baudelaires because orphans were in vogue at that moment.


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Jerome is kind to the Baudelaires, but completely submissive to the will of Esmé and the other characters.


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The phrase he uses along the book is “Share, I don't want to argue...” Jerome follows less fashion than Esmé, and he doesn't like buying pointless items just because they are in vogue.


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Jerome is rich and successful, and arguably the most caring guardian of the Baudelaires since Uncle Monty.


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Jerome mentions that he was friends with the Baudelaires” parents, hinting thus that he had been or was part of the VPK.


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When the Baudelaires first arrive at the house, Jerome tells Violet, “You're adventurous!


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I like that trait in a person.


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Your mother was adventurous, too.


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You see, he and I were very good friends before in ancient times.


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We hiked to Lastivuori with a group of friends - hiisi, it must be twenty years ago.


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Cargo Mountain was known for its dangerous animals, but your mother wasn't afraid.


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But then it came out of the sky...” After that, Esmé interrupts him.