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Volendam town, Edam-Volendam gemeente (municipality), northwestern Netherlands, on Lake IJssel. Its harbour was sealed off as part of an inland lake (see IJsselmeer Polders), and the town's once-flourishing fishing industry has subsequently declined. Tourism is now the principal economic factor. Visitors and artists are attracted by the quaint buildings, some lake ... Volga River river of Europe, the continent's longest, and the principal waterway of western Russia and the historic cradle of the Russian state. Its basin, sprawling across about two-fifths of the European part of Russia, contains almost half of the entire population of the Russian Republic. The Volga's immense economic, cultural, and ... Volga-Baltic Waterway system of rivers and a canal in western Russia linking the Volga River with the Baltic Sea. The Volga-Baltic Waterway connects with the White Sea-Baltic Canal at Lake Onega. The total length of the waterway is about 1,100 km (685 miles). Volga-Don Canal canal linking the lower Volga River with the Don River at their closest point in southwestern Russia. The canal runs from Kalach-na-Donu, on the eastern shore of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir, for 101 km (63 miles) to Krasnoarmeysk on the Volga immediately south of Volgograd. There are 13 locks along its ... Volga-Ural Petroleum and Gas Province principal petroleum-producing region of Russia. Situated in the southern part of European Russia, it stretches from the west flank of the Ural Mountains to west of the Volga River. The largest fields are in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan and near Samara (Syzran fields), Perm, and Orenburg. Buguruslan has large natural-gas fields. ... Volgograd oblast (region), southwestern Russia, lying athwart the lower Volga and Don rivers. The Volga is flanked on the west by the Volga Upland, which is continued south of Volgograd as the Yergeni Upland. West of the Khoper and Don are additional low uplands. Between the uplands and also east of ... Volgograd city and administrative centre of Volgograd oblast (region), southwestern Russia, on the Volga River. It was founded as the fortress of Tsaritsyn in 1589 to protect newly acquired Russian territory along the Volga. During the Russian Civil War (1918-20), Joseph Stalin organized the defense of the city in a major ... Volhynia area of northwestern Ukraine that was a principality (10th-14th century) and then an autonomous component of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was ruled largely by its own aristocracy (after the late 14th century). The region became prominent during the 12th century, when many emigrants from the declining Kiev principality ... Volkhov River river, northwestern Russia. It is the major outlet for Lake Ilmen, whence it flows past Novgorod and directly north-northeast into Lake Ladoga across a level, swampy basin. The river is 139 miles (224 km) long and drains a basin of 31,000 square miles (80,200 square km). It is frozen from ... Volkischer Beobachter (German: "People's Observer"), daily newspaper published by the Nazi Party in Germany from the 1920s until the fall of the Third Reich in 1945. The paper was originally founded in 1887 as a four-page Munich weekly, the Munchner Beobachter. It had become a daily anti-Semitic gossip sheet with a circulation ... Volkmann contracture disorder of the wrist and hand in which the hand and fingers become fixed in a characteristic bent position. The disorder may be caused by the pressure of bandages, a tourniquet, or splints after a fracture; it may also be caused by a severe injury in the region of the ... Volkov, Aleksandr Russian pilot and cosmonaut, the first cosmonaut whose son also went into space. Volkov, Sergey Russian military pilot and cosmonaut, the first second-generation cosmonaut, following his father, Aleksandr Volkov, into space. Volkov, Vladislav Nikolayevich Soviet cosmonaut, participant in the Soyuz 7 and 11 missions of 1969 and 1971, the second of which resulted in the death of three cosmonauts. Volkova, Vera Soviet ballet teacher who greatly influenced Western dance training. Volksraad advisory body created by the Dutch in the East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1917 and opened in May 1918. It served as a forum for the expression of grievances but lacked the power to pursue genuine reform. Volkswagen AG major German automobile manufacturer, founded by the German government in 1937 to mass-produce a low-priced "people's car." Headquarters are in Wolfsburg. Vollard, Ambroise French art dealer and publisher who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries championed the then avant-garde works of such artists as Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. Volleyball: Year in Review 1994 As the year following the 1992 Olympic Games, 1993 was expected by many to be slow and uneventful; nonetheless, the world of volleyball continued to grow. The $3 million World League for men, consisting of two six-team divisions and contested from mid-May to early August, completed its fourth season. Defending ... Volleyball: Year in Review 1995 At the 1994 men's world championships in Greece, the Italians reclaimed the top spot, adding to their first-place finish in the World League. The U.S. may have been the biggest surprise, however, capturing the bronze medal with victories over reigning Olympic champion Brazil and perennial power Cuba. Two-time Olympic medalist ... Volleyball: Year in Review 1996 The United States women's and men's volleyball teams reinforced their places among the world's elite following their impressive 1995 campaigns. The U.S. women posted more than 50 victories, including their first major international tournament championship in the $2 million World Grand Prix. Tara Cross-Battle of the U.S. won the Most ... Volleyball: Year in Review 1997 Cuba in 1996 captured its second consecutive Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball at the Centennial Games in Atlanta, Ga., and The Netherlands improved upon its runner-up finish at the 1992 Olympics to claim its first Olympic men's volleyball gold medal. Both U.S. indoor teams were disappointing after having posted ... Volleyball: Year in Review 1998 In 1997 volleyball ranked among the fastest-growing sports in the world. More than 200 nations were members of the Federation Internationale de Volley Ball (FIVB), the world governing body for the sport, and more than 130 million people played volleyball annually, according to the FIVB. In an attempt to adapt ... Volleyball: Year in Review 1999 In 1998 two significant rule changes were instituted by volleyball's international organization--the Federation Internationale de Volley Ball (FIVB)--to speed up the sport, which often included matches on the elite level that lasted more than three hours. The creation of the "libero" position added more defense and specialization to the sport. ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2000 In 1999 Italy won the World League title for the seventh time in the 10-year history of the multimillion dollar competition, despite finishing second in its pool during the regular season. The Italian team bested defending champion Cuba in the finals, three games to one, after the Cubans had suffered ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2001 One dynasty continued in the world of volleyball, while another fell short in its quest for gold, at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The Cuban women's team won the Olympic gold medal for a record third successive Olympiad by defeating Russia in a dramatic five-set match. The Russians ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2002 The U.S. women's volleyball team made a large step toward reestablishing itself as a world power with a victory in the ninth World Grand Prix, held in Macau, China, in August 2001. It defeated the host country 3-1 in the final. The U.S. had won the team title in 1995 ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2003 In men's volleyball Brazil and Russia proved that they were the world's best with gold-medal performances at the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) world championships and World League, respectively. At the world championships, in Buenos Aires, Arg., in October, Brazil rallied to defeat Russia in five sets to capture the ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2004 Misty May and Kerri Walsh of the United States upset the Brazilian defending champions, Adriana Behar and Shelda Bruno, 21-19, 21-19 in the final of the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) 2003 beach volleyball world championships, held in Rio de Janeiro in October. Australia's Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson collected ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2005 In 2004 Brazil was the world's capital for men's volleyball. Brazil's team won the men's indoor volleyball gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens with a 25-15, 24-26, 25-20, 25-22 victory over Italy. (Russia upended the U.S. to capture the bronze.) The gold medal completed a cycle in which ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2006 In 2005 Brazil continued to show why it was the world's top-rated volleyball nation. The men's team won its fourth Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World League title in five years, downing host Serbia and Montenegro 14-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-16 on July 10 to capture the world's top event. Cuba ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2007 For the fourth year in a row, Brazil won the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World League men's volleyball title in 2006, coming back from a two-game deficit to edge France 22-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-13. Russia, the host of the finals in August, swept Bulgaria 25-20, 25-19, 25-19 for ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2008 The United States swept the titles at the 2007 Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) world beach volleyball championship, held in July in Gstaad, Switz. In the women's competition, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh collected their third successive world title when they defeated Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China 21-16, ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2009 The United States returned to the top of the volleyball world in 2008. The U.S. captured the men's gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing, downing Brazil 20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 in the final match, while Russia swept Italy 25-22, 25-19, 25-23 to take the bronze medal. The Americans' ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2010 Americans Jen Kessy and April Ross defeated Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil (30-28, 23-21) to win the women's gold medal at the 2009 Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) beach volleyball world championships, held in Stavanger, Nor. Talita Antunes and Maria Antonelli downed fellow Brazilians Ana Paula Connelly ... Volleyball: Year in Review 2011 In men's indoor volleyball Brazil dominated the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World League in 2010 with its seventh title in eight seasons and ninth overall following a 25-22, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23 triumph over Russia in the championship match on July 25 in Cordoba, Arg. Serbia claimed the bronze medal ... volleyball game played by two teams, usually of six players on a side, in which the players use their hands to bat a ball back and forth over a high net, trying to make the ball touch the court within the opponents' playing area before it can be returned. To prevent ... Volney, Constantin-Francois de Chasseboeuf, Count de historian and philosopher, whose work Les Ruines . . . epitomized the rationalist historical and political thought of the 18th century. Volodymyr-Volynskyy city, northwestern Ukraine. The city is situated on the Luha River where it is crossed by the Kovel-Lviv railway. It was founded by Vladimir I, grand prince of Kiev, in the 10th century and became the capital of one of the chief princedoms of Kievan Rus. After coming under Lithuanian ... Vologda oblast (region), northwestern Russia. The oblast consists of alternating broad river basins and morainic hills. The western third is drained by tributaries of the upper Volga River, while the eastern part belongs to the Northern Dvina River basin, draining into it by the Sukhona River. In the extreme northwest a ... Vologda city and administrative centre of Vologda oblast (region), northwestern Russia. The city lies along the Vologda River above its confluence with the Sukhona River and is situated about 250 miles (400 km) north-northeast of Moscow. Vologeses I king of Parthia (reigned c. AD 51-80), the son of the previous king, Vonones II, by a Greek concubine. Vologeses III (or II) one of the rival claimants to the throne of the Parthian king Pacorus II. Vologeses IV (or III) king of Parthia (reigned 148-192). Vologeses V (or IV) king of Parthia who reigned 191-208/209. Vologeses VI (or V) king of Parthia (reigned 209-c. 212). Volos port, the third largest of Greece (after Piraeus and Thessaloniki). It lies at the head of the Gulf of Pagasitikos (Volos) on the east coast of Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalia). Volos is the capital of the nomos (department) of Magnisia and of the eparkhia ("eparchy") of Volos, as well as ... Volpone comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson, performed about 1605/06 and published in 1607. Volsci ancient Italic people prominent in the history of Roman expansion during the 5th century BC. They belonged to the Osco-Sabellian group of tribes and lived (c. 600 BC) in the valley of the upper Liris River. Later events, however, drove them first westward and then south to the fertile land ... Volscian language an Italic language or dialect, closely related to Umbrian and Oscan and more distantly related to Latin and Faliscan. Spoken in central Italy by the Volsci people, neighbours of the Oscan-speaking Samnites, Volscian was replaced by Latin in the 3rd century BC as the Volsci became Romanized after their submission ... Volsinii ancient Etruscan town on the site of present-day Bolsena (Viterbo province, Italy). At an unidentified neighbouring site was a temple to Voltumna, which was the headquarters of the 12-city Etruscan League and the site of the annual assemblies of the Etruscans.