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С момента своего основания в 1638 г. донской “Межигорский монастырь” предназначался для донских казаков. Географически был расположен на склоне высокого плоскогорья, в земле представлявшую обширную, однообразную низменную степь, почва солонцеватая и малоплодородная, но богатая лесами. Дон в иных местах обращается в ручей, а в других местах образует пруды. В узких руслах Дон течёт быстро, и иногда весной лёд запирает всю реку в этих местах, поднимает воду и разливами наносит вред населению. Что же касается появлению здесь казачества, то с давних времён в некоторой степени этому способствовали Аланы, Гунны, Хазары, Печенеги, Половцы которые здесь проходили, некоторые оседали и перемешивались между собой.
В 1570 г. при Иоанне Грозном Донское казачество было признано официальным. И уже во второй половине XVI в. в труднодоступных местах появляются первые постройки, было основано 4 городка, в том числе и г. Медведицкий в 1595 году (ныне г. Серафимович).
Между 1652—1662 гг. по благословению Патриарха Никона, начинается строительство монастыря, которое закончилось в 1665 г. Предполагалось, не отлагая времени освятить храм в честь Преображения Господня, но сложившиеся обстоятельства воспрепятствовали благому намерению, которое было совершено, только спустя пять лет в 1670 г.
В 1712 г по челобитной игумена Феодосия за монастырем утверждается, для прокорма (обители) рыбная ловля на р.Дон от Усть-Хоперского рубежа до Хованского перелаза. Если насельники пытались приобрести, что-нибудь для монастыря, то сами же казаки отнимали у монастыря землю, распахивали сенокосы, на что игумен Феодосий жаловался Войсковой канцелярии, которая помогла устранить обиду лишь на короткое время. После смерти Феодосия в 1719 г (в схиме Феодосии), правил его преемник игумен Илларион до 1729 г., после ушел на покой и скончался в 1733 г. (в схиме Илия).
9 сентября 2012 году произошло Великое освящение храма Казанской Божией Матери в праздник 360-летия Усть-Медведицкого Спасо-Преображенского женского монастыря. Открыт верхний храм (верхняя часть Храма Казанской иконы Божией Матери), на реставрацию которого ушло более 20 лет.
В данное время сестры монастыря делают чудодейственную мазь которая помогает при телесных болезнях.
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Усть-Медведицкий Спасо-Преображенский монастырь.
Усть-Медве́дицкий Спа́со-Преображе́нский монасты́рь — православный монастырь Урюпинской епархии Русской православной церкви, расположенный неподалёку от города Серафимович Волгоградской области.
По благословению Патриарха Никона между 1652—1662 годами, начиналось строительство мужского монастыря, которое закончилось в 1665 году. Освящение храма по сложившимся обстоятельствам было совершено в 1670 году.
Первым строителями (настоятелями) монастыря были игумен Исаия, старцы Иосиф, Корнилий и Кирилл.
В 1752 году, в ночь под Пасху, берег был размыт Доном, храм разрушился и сполз в реку. После этого монастырь перенесли в устье балки.
В 1785 году по ходатайству войскового атамана А. И. Иловайского Усть-Медведицкий монастырь был преобразован в женский. В монастырь были переведены 40 девиц, составляющих Сиротинское девичье собрание, под руководством дьякона Сиротинской станицы Василия Михайлова. Первою настоятельницей была назначена вдова войскового старшины Карпова Мария Абрамовна. Последним наставником мужского монастыря был игумен Павлин — усть-хопёрский священник Петр Евтихиев.
В 1871 году игумения Арсения обратилась с прошением к архиепископу Платону о разрешении строительства храма в честь Казанской иконы Божией Матери и получила одобрение. Храм проектировал профессор Санкт-Петербургской академии художеств Иван Горностаев (1821—1874). Строительство храма было окончено летом 1885 года, освящен он был 8 сентября того же года преосвященным Митрофаном. Собор был освящён во имя Казанской иконы Божией Матери, под сводами его, внизу, была создана церковь с алтарём, освящённым во имя преподобного Арсения Великого, а 15 сентября 1885 года был освящён предел в честь святых первоверховных апостолов Петра и Павла.
Этот храм построен в византийском стиле в форме креста и рассчитан на 5000 человек. Колонны с капителями в Казанском храме изготовлены из мрамора привезённого из Италии и обработанного в Санкт-Петербурге в мастерской Баринова.
В 1928 году монастырь был закрыт, часть монахинь репрессировали. По воспоминаниям учительницы из Котово Тамары Владимировны Поляковой, часть монашек организовало «коммуну». Приобрели добротный домик где молились и зарабатывали на пропитание. Во Вторую Мировую Войну эти монашки попали к немцам, были увезены в Ростовскую область. После войны некоторые вернулись в родные места
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В 1992 году по благословению архиепископа Германа (Тимофеева), вступившего в управление Волгоградской епархией, начинается восстановление монастыря.
В августе 2001 году монастырь был преобразован в женский.
9 сентября 2012 году произошло Великое освящение храма Казанской Божией Матери в праздник 360-летия Усть-Медведицкого Спасо-Преображенского женского монастыря. Открыт верхний храм (верхняя часть Храма Казанской иконы Божией Матери), на реставрацию которого ушло более 20 лет.
Храм Преображения Господня с тридцатью тремя куполами строился заботами игумении Георгии в течение 10 лет и был освящён в 2014 году. Этот храм был задуман как монашеский. В 2014 году была построена часовня в честь святого преподобного Серафима Саровского.
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Mariupol
Mariupol is a city of regional significance in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the north coast of the Sea of Azov at the mouth of the Kalmius river. It is the tenth-largest city in Ukraine and the second largest in the Donetsk Oblast. Population: 461,810 (2013 est.). Following the capture of Donetsk city by pro-Russian insurgents associated with the Donetsk People's Republic in 2014, Mariupol was made the provisional administrative centre of Donetsk Oblast. The city was retaken on June 13, 2014 by government troops and has been under heavy bombardment and the fighting has intensified as of August 2015.
Mariupol was founded on the site of a former Cossack encampment named Kalmius. It was granted city rights in 1778. Mariupol has been a centre for the grain trade, metallurgy, and heavy engineering. The Ilyich Steel & Iron Works and Azovstal propelled Mariupol onto the European stage in the 20th century as one of the largest and most productive plants. Mariupol played a key role in the industrialization of Ukraine. Between 1948-1989 the city was known as Zhdanov due to the Soviet authorities frequently renaming cities after communist leaders. Today, Mariupol remains a centre for industry, as well as higher education and business, a legal centre, and the economic engine of Pryazovia.
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The Russian Civil War (Russian: Гражда́нская война́ в Росси́и, tr. Grazhdanskaya voyna v Rossiy; 7 November 1917 – 25 October 1922) was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the two Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. The two largest combatant groups were the Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism led by Vladimir Lenin, and the loosely allied forces known as the White Army, which included diverse interests favoring political monarchism, economic capitalism and alternative forms of socialism, each with democratic and antidemocratic variants. In addition, rival militant socialists and nonideological Green armies fought against both the Bolsheviks and the Whites. Eight foreign nations intervened against the Red Army, notably the former Allied military forces from the World War and the pro-German armies. The Red Army eventually defeated the White Armed Forces of South Russia in Ukraine and the army led by Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak to the east in Siberia in 1919. The remains of the White forces commanded by Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel were beaten in Crimea and evacuated in late 1920. Lesser battles of the war continued on the periphery for two more years, and minor skirmishes with the remnants of the White forces in the Far East continued well into 1923. The war ended in 1923 in the sense that Bolshevik communist control of the newly formed Soviet Union was now assured, although armed national resistance in Central Asia was not completely crushed until 1934. There were an estimated 7,000,000–12,000,000 casualties during the war, mostly civilians. The Russian Civil War has been described by some as the greatest national catastrophe that Europe had yet seen.Many pro-independence movements emerged after the break-up of the Russian Empire and fought in the war. Several parts of the former Russian Empire—Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland—were established as sovereign states, with their own civil wars and wars of independence. The rest of the former Russian Empire was consolidated into the Soviet Union shortly afterwards.
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
Since around 1850, Europe is most commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Although the term continent implies physical geography, the land border is somewhat arbitrary and has moved since its first conception in classical antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflects East-West cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences, some of which vary on a spectrum rather than with a sharp dividing line. The border does not follow political boundaries, with Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan being transcontinental countries.
Europe covers about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi), or 2% of the Earth's surface (6.8% of land area). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states of which the Russian Federation is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a total population of about 741 million (about 11% of the world population) as of 2016. The European climate is largely affected by warm Atlantic currents that temper winters and summers on much of the continent, even at latitudes along which the climate in Asia and North America is severe. Further from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable than close to the coast.
Europe, in particular ancient Greece, was the birthplace of Western civilization. The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD and the subsequent Migration Period marked the end of ancient history and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Renaissance humanism, exploration, art and science led to the modern era. From the Age of Discovery onwards, Europe played a predominant role in global affairs. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European powers controlled at various times the Americas, almost all of Africa and Oceania and the majority of Asia.
The Age of Enlightenment, the subsequent French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars shaped the continent culturally, politically and economically from the end of the 17th century until the first half of the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution, which began in Great Britain at the end of the 18th century, gave rise to radical economic, cultural and social change in Western Europe and eventually the wider world. Both world wars took place for the most part in Europe, contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the Soviet Union and the United States took prominence. During the Cold War, Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain between NATO in the West and the Warsaw Pact in the East, until the revolutions of 1989 and fall of the Berlin Wall.
In 1949 the Council of Europe was founded, following a speech by Sir Winston Churchill, with the idea of unifying Europe to achieve common goals. It includes all European states except for Belarus, Kazakhstan and Vatican City. Further European integration by some states led to the formation of the European Union (EU), a separate political entity that lies between a confederation and a federation. The EU originated in Western Europe but has been expanding eastward since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The currency of most countries of the European Union, the euro, is the most commonly used among Europeans; and the EU's Schengen Area abolishes border and immigration controls among most of its member states. The European Anthem is Ode to Joy, and states celebrate peace and unity on Europe Day.
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
Since around 1850, Europe is most commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Although the term continent implies physical geography, the land border is somewhat arbitrary and has moved since its first conception in classical antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflects East-West cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences, some of which vary on a spectrum rather than with a sharp dividing line. The border does not follow political boundaries, with Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan being transcontinental countries.
Europe covers about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi), or 2% of the Earth's surface (6.8% of land area). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states of which the Russian Federation is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a total population of about 741 million (about 11% of the world population) as of 2016. The European climate is largely affected by warm Atlantic currents that temper winters and summers on much of the continent, even at latitudes along which the climate in Asia and North America is severe. Further from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable than close to the coast.
Europe, in particular ancient Greece, was the birthplace of Western civilization. The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD and the subsequent Migration Period marked the end of ancient history and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Renaissance humanism, exploration, art and science led to the modern era. From the Age of Discovery onwards, Europe played a predominant role in global affairs. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European powers controlled at various times the Americas, almost all of Africa and Oceania and the majority of Asia.
The Age of Enlightenment, the subsequent French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars shaped the continent culturally, politically and economically from the end of the 17th century until the first half of the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution, which began in Great Britain at the end of the 18th century, gave rise to radical economic, cultural and social change in Western Europe and eventually the wider world. Both world wars took place for the most part in Europe, contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the Soviet Union and the United States took prominence. During the Cold War, Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain between NATO in the West and the Warsaw Pact in the East, until the revolutions of 1989 and fall of the Berlin Wall.
In 1949 the Council of Europe was founded, following a speech by Sir Winston Churchill, with the idea of unifying Europe to achieve common goals. It includes all European states except for Belarus, Kazakhstan and Vatican City. Further European integration by some states led to the formation of the European Union (EU), a separate political entity that lies between a confederation and a federation. The EU originated in Western Europe but has been expanding eastward since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The currency of most countries of the European Union, the euro, is the most commonly used among Europeans; and the EU's Schengen Area abolishes border and immigration controls among most of its member states. The European Anthem is Ode to Joy, and states celebrate peace and unity on Europe Day.
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00:06:44 2 Definition
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00:08:02 2.2 History of the concept
00:08:11 2.2.1 Early history
00:10:24 2.2.2 Modern definitions
00:13:44 3 History
00:13:53 3.1 Prehistory
00:16:22 3.2 Classical antiquity
00:19:21 3.3 Early Middle Ages
00:23:27 3.4 High and Late Middle Ages
00:28:08 3.5 Early modern period
00:32:50 3.6 18th and 19th centuries
00:36:26 3.7 20th century to the present
00:44:22 4 Geography
00:45:55 4.1 Climate
00:47:35 4.2 Geology
00:50:07 4.3 Flora
00:53:20 4.4 Fauna
00:55:49 5 Politics
00:57:07 6 List of states and territories
00:58:21 7 Economy
01:00:21 7.1 Economic history
01:04:05 8 Demographics
01:05:12 8.1 Ethnic groups
01:06:16 8.2 Migration
01:08:01 8.3 Languages
01:10:15 8.4 Major cities
01:11:07 9 Culture
01:12:06 9.1 Religion
01:14:37 10 Sport
01:14:46 11 Housing
01:14:54 12 See also
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
Since around 1850, Europe is most commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Although the term continent implies physical geography, the land border is somewhat arbitrary and has been redefined several times since its first conception in classical antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflects East-West cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences which vary on a spectrum rather than with a sharp dividing line. The geographic border also does not follow political boundaries, with Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan being transcontinental countries. A strict application of the Caucasus Mountains boundary also places two comparatively small countries, Azerbaijan and Georgia, in both continents.
Europe covers about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi), or 2% of the Earth's surface (6.8% of land area). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states of which the Russian Federation is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a total population of about 741 million (about 11% of the world population) as of 2016. The European climate is largely affected by warm Atlantic currents that temper winters and summers on much of the continent, even at latitudes along which the climate in Asia and North America is severe. Further from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable than close to the coast.
Europe, in particular ancient Greece, was the birthplace of Western civilization. The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD and the subsequent Migration Period marked the end of ancient history and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Renaissance humanism, exploration, art and science led to the modern era. Since the Age of Discovery started by Portugal and Spain, Europe played a predominant role in global affairs. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European powers controlled at various times the Americas, almost all of Africa and Oceania and the majority of Asia.
The Age of Enlightenment, the subsequent French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars shaped the continent culturally, politically and economically from the end of the 17th century until the first half of the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution, which began in Great Britain at the end of the 18th century, gave rise to radical economic, cultural and social change in Western Europe and eventually the wider world. Both world wars took place for the most part in E ...
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The greatest conflict the world has known to date lasted from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945 when Japan signed the surrender. Six years, 2,190 days, in which the world lived through a terrible war which completely changed the system of alliances of the different countries and the way of life of millions of their inhabitants. In this series the most important events of those fateful 2,190 days are narrated in two-minute blocks, day by day.
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00:13:36 3 History
00:13:44 3.1 Prehistory
00:16:13 3.2 Classical antiquity
00:19:10 3.3 Early Middle Ages
00:23:15 3.4 High and Late Middle Ages
00:27:52 3.5 Early modern period
00:32:31 3.6 18th and 19th centuries
00:36:05 3.7 20th century to the present
00:43:57 4 Geography
00:45:28 4.1 Climate
00:47:06 4.2 Geology
00:49:36 4.3 Flora
00:52:47 4.4 Fauna
00:55:15 5 Politics
00:56:32 6 List of states and territories
00:57:46 7 Economy
00:59:45 7.1 Economic history
01:03:25 8 Demographics
01:04:32 8.1 Ethnic groups
01:05:35 8.2 Migration
01:07:19 8.3 Languages
01:09:32 8.4 Major cities
01:10:23 9 Culture
01:11:22 9.1 Religion
01:13:52 10 Sport
01:14:00 11 Housing
01:14:09 12 See also
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
Since around 1850, Europe is most commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Although the term continent implies physical geography, the land border is somewhat arbitrary and has been redefined several times since its first conception in classical antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflects East-West cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences which vary on a spectrum rather than with a sharp dividing line. The geographic border also does not follow political boundaries, with Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan being transcontinental countries. A strict application of the Caucasus Mountains boundary also places two comparatively small countries, Azerbaijan and Georgia, in both continents.
Europe covers about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi), or 2% of the Earth's surface (6.8% of land area). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states of which the Russian Federation is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a total population of about 741 million (about 11% of the world population) as of 2016. The European climate is largely affected by warm Atlantic currents that temper winters and summers on much of the continent, even at latitudes along which the climate in Asia and North America is severe. Further from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable than close to the coast.
Europe, in particular ancient Greece, was the birthplace of Western civilization. The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD and the subsequent Migration Period marked the end of ancient history and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Renaissance humanism, exploration, art and science led to the modern era. Since the Age of Discovery started by Portugal and Spain, Europe played a predominant role in global affairs. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European powers controlled at various times the Americas, almost all of Africa and Oceania and the majority of Asia.
The Age of Enlightenment, the subsequent French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars shaped the continent culturally, politically and economically from the end of the 17th century until the first half of the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution, which began in Great Britain at the end of the 18th century, gave rise to radical economic, cultural and social change in Western Europe and eventually the wider world. Both world wars took place for the most part in Europe, contributing to a decline in Western European dominanc ...