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  • 21De facto head of state — A de facto head of state is a term used to an office holder who fulfils some, many or all of the functions of a head of state. However, he or she is not considered a full head of state, but simply acts like a head of state in the absence of the… …

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  • 22Hermann Göring — This article is about the Nazi officer. For other people with the same surname, see Göring (disambiguation). The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Goering.… …

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  • 23de facto — /di ˈfæktoʊ / (say dee faktoh), /də / (say duh), /deɪ / (say day) adjective 1. in fact; in reality. 2. actually existing, whether with or without right. Compare de jure. 3. of or relating to a situation in which two people live together in the… …

  • 24KARAITES — (Heb. בַּעֲלֵי מִקְרָא ,בְּנֵי מִקְרָא ,קָרָאִים, Qaraʾim, Benei Miqra, Ba alei Miqra; Ar. Qarāʾiyyūn), Jewish sect which came into being toward the middle of the ninth century. (See Map: karaite Settlement). Its doctrine is characterized… …

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  • 25Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany — After Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the Wehrmacht reached Estonia in (July 1941). Although initially the Germans were perceived by most Estonians as liberators from the USSR and its repressions, and hopes were raised for …

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  • 26Donkey walk — The Donkey Walk of tsar Alexis (Vyacheslav Schwartz, 1865). The donkey walk (Russian: хождение на осляти, шествие на осляти) is a Russian Orthodox Palm Sunday ritual reenactment of Jesus Christ s entry into Jerusalem. The best known historical… …

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  • 27de facto — /dee fak toh, day/ 1. in fact; in reality: Although his title was prime minister, he was de facto president of the country. Although the school was said to be open to all qualified students, it still practiced de facto segregation. 2. actually… …

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  • 28List of movements that dispute the legitimacy of a reigning monarch — This is a list of movements that dispute the legitimacy of a reigning monarch. It includes those movements that believe a current monarch is on the throne unlawfully, but does not include groups that oppose monarchy generally (such as those that… …

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  • 29accidental — a. 1. Casual, fortuitous, contingent, that happens by chance, not designed, not planned, unintended, chance, undesigned, not purposed. 2. Incidental, adventitious, non essential, immaterial, dispensable, not absolutely requisite, de facto but not …

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  • 30Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev — ( ru. Хож Ахмет Таштамирович Нухаев) (born November 11, 1954), also spelled Hozh Ahmed Nukhaev, Nukhayev or Noukhaev, was a leader of the Chechen mafia known as Obshina and a prominent figure in Chechen politics. He was born in Central Asian… …

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