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1 day ago · Slovenia is the third most-forested country in Europe, [121] with 58.3% of the territory covered by forests. [122] The forests are an important natural resource, and logging is kept to a minimum. [123] In the interior of the country are typical Central European forests, predominantly oak and beech.
3 hours ago · Second-class carriage of the State Railway of Thailand at Bangkok railway station. The SRT operates all of Thailand's national rail lines. As of 2023, Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal is the main terminus of all long-distance services from Bangkok on the Northern, Northeastern and Southern lines, while Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) railway station is the terminus of all Eastern line services and ...
1 day ago · Bratislava (/ ˌ b r æ t ɪ ˈ s l ɑː v ə / BRAT-iss-LAH-və, US also / ˌ b r ɑː t-/ BRAHT-, Slovak: [ˈbracislaʋa] ⓘ; Hungarian: Pozsony ⓘ), historically known as Pressburg (or Preßburg, German pronunciation: [ˈpʁɛsbʊʁk]; Slovak: Prešporok), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.
1 day ago · Name Common English terms for the German state in the Nazi era are "Nazi Germany" and the "Third Reich", which Hitler and the Nazis also referred to as the "Thousand-Year Reich" (Tausendjähriges Reich). The latter, a translation of the Nazi propaganda term Drittes Reich, was first used in Das Dritte Reich, a 1923 book by Arthur Moeller van den Bruck. The book counted the Holy Roman Empire ...
3 hours ago · The abbreviation GULAG (ГУЛАГ) stands for " Г ла́вное У правле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х ЛАГ ере́й" (Main Directorate of Correctional Labour Camps ), but the full official name of the agency changed several times . The Gulag is recognized as a major instrument of political repression in ...
1 day ago · Pittsburgh ( / ˈpɪtsbɜːrɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan ...
1 day ago · Ohio ( / oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ / ⓘ oh-HY-oh) [13] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ohio borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area.
