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Sokol (meaning "falcon" in Slavic languages) most commonly refers to the Sokol movement, a Pan-Slavic physical education movement, and its various incarnations: Czech Sokol movement , the original one
The American Sokol Organization most recently hosted the XXIV ASO Slet from June 22 through June 25, 2017 in Cedar Rapids, IA. [16] The American Sokol Organization will host the XXV ASO Slet in the summer of 2021 in the Chicago, IL suburbs. [17] Sokol USA most recently hosted the XXVI national slet from June 29 through July 2, 2011 in Cleveland ...
The History of measurement systems in Pakistan begins in early Indus Valley civilization when pastoral societies used barter to exchange goods or services and needed units of measurement. The System of measurement is a set of units of measurement which can be used to specify anything which can be measured and were historically important ...
Building of the Sokół Polish Gymnastic Society in the 1930s. The first written mention of Sokal dates from 1377. [citation needed] In 1424, it received Magdeburg rights from Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, and in 1462, the town became part of Bełz Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Province.
The name derives from the Russian word "Со́кол" (sokol, meaning "falcon"). It may appear in Germanized form as Sokoloff or Sokolow. Notable people with the surname include: Aleksandr Sokolov (disambiguation), several people; Andrei Sokolov (born 1963), French, ex-Russian chess player; Andrei Sokolov (born 1972), Latvian chess player
It was the first time that a foreign military unit, the First Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion, fought together with the Red Army. Under the command of Ludvík Svoboda, later President of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovak soldiers delayed the advance of Germans to the Mzha River. On 13 March the position was abandoned as untenable due to ...
In 1956, the artillery was reorganized as Regiment of Artillery with the field manuals being adopted from the United States Army's Field Artillery Branch through U.S. aid which allowed the army to be aligned on American training patterns. [3]
It is the most comprehensive, detailed and thick dictionary in the history of Urdu language. [ citation needed ] It is published by the Urdu Lughat Board, Karachi. The dictionary was edited by the honorary director general of the board Maulvi Abdul Haq who had already been working on an Urdu dictionary since the establishment of the Urdu ...