"Mir Kino Theatre in Moscow. The film was screened throughout the USSR. An edited version of the film was screened In June and July, 1958, at the Mayfair Theatre in New York City in conjunction with Soviet Trade Exhibition at the New York Coliseum. The film was released in France on 12 May 1961 as Conquerors of the sea (). Great Is My Country Vast is my Native Land (1958), also known as ""Great is my Country"", (), from the song of the same name, which is featured in the film, by the Russian composer Isaac Dunaevsky) was the first"
"Armorica Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire that includes the Brittany Peninsula, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic Coast. The toponym is based on the Gaulish phrase ""are-mori"" ""on/at [the] sea"", made into the Gaulish place name ""Aremorica"" (""*are-mor-ika"") ""Place by the Sea"". The suffix ""-ika"" was first used to create adjectival forms and then names (see regions such as Pays d'Ouche from ""Utica"" and Perche from ""Pertica""). The original designation was vague, including a large part of what became Normandy"
"Marmarica Marmarica (Greek Μαρμαρική) in ancient geography was a littoral area in Ancient Libya, located between ""Cyrenaica"" and ""Aegyptus"". It corresponds to what is now the Libya and Egypt frontier, including the towns of Bomba (ancient ""Phthia""), Timimi (ancient ""Paliurus""), Tobruk (ancient ""Antipyrgus""), Acroma (ancient ""Gonia""), Bardiya, As-Salum, and Sidi Barrani (ancient ""Zygra""). The territory stretched to the far south, encompassing the Siwa Oasis, which at the time was known for its sanctuary to the deity Amun. The eastern part of Marmarica, by some geographers considered a separate district between Marmarica and Aegyptus, was known as Libycus Nomus. In late"
"Newfoundland. The protagonist, Mathurin Kerbouchard, of Louis L'Amour's ""The Walking Drum"" is a native of Brittany and extensively references the culture of Armorica in the 12th century. Armorica is the home country of Felix in Juliet Marillier's ""Seer of Sevenwaters"", the 5th book in the Sevenwaters series. Armorica Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire that includes the Brittany Peninsula, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic Coast. The toponym is based on the Gaulish phrase ""are-mori"" ""on/at [the] sea"", made into the"
"Italy). Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Marmarica or Libya Inferior listed in the ""Annuario Pontificio"" as titular sees: For the sees of Libya Superior see Cyrenaica. Marmarica Marmarica (Greek Μαρμαρική) in ancient geography was a littoral area in Ancient Libya, located between ""Cyrenaica"" and ""Aegyptus"". It corresponds to what is now the Libya and Egypt frontier, including the towns of Bomba (ancient ""Phthia""), Timimi (ancient ""Paliurus""), Tobruk (ancient ""Antipyrgus""), Acroma (ancient ""Gonia""), Bardiya, As-Salum, and Sidi Barrani (ancient ""Zygra""). The territory stretched to the far south, encompassing the Siwa Oasis, which at the time was known for"
"Tomorrica Tomorrica is a traditional or ethnographic region in Central Albania, located near the border between Berat County and Elbasan County. It takes its name from Mount Tomorr. The modern region consists of 31 villages, and it is divided by the Tomorrica river. The town of Gramsh is held to be part of the history of the region, but many may consider it to not be part of the region itself. The region is also known for its peculiar winds, known as ""stoçen"" locally, in which the clouds come close to the ground and ""lie like a carpet"". The population"
"first contacted coastal people in the inland region and assumed that the regional name ""Aremorica"" referred to the whole area, both coastal and inland. Pliny the Elder, in his ""Natural History"" (4.17.105), claims that Armorica was the older name for ""Aquitania"" and states Armorica's southern boundary extended to the Pyrenees. Taking into account the Gaulish origin of the name, that is perfectly correct and logical, as Aremorica is not a country name but a word that describes a type of geographical region, one that is by the sea. Pliny lists the following Celtic tribes as living in the area: the"
"of Armorica (""the coastal region""). Côtes-d'Armor is part of the current administrative region of Brittany and is bounded by the departments of Ille-et-Vilaine to the east, Morbihan to the south, and Finistère to the west, and by the English Channel to the north. The inhabitants of the department are known in French as ""Costarmoricains"". Côtes-d'Armor's long tradition of anti-clericalism, especially in the interior around Guingamp (a former Communist stronghold), has often led to the department's being seen as an area of left-wing exceptionalism in an otherwise strongly clerical and right-wing Brittany. The current president of the departmental council, Alain Cadec,"
"Parc naturel régional d'Armorique The Parc naturel régional d'Armorique (), or Armorica Regional Natural Park, is a rural protected area located in Brittany. The park land reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to hilly inland countryside. There are sandy beaches, swamps, strange rocks, fast rivers and the hills of Monts d'Arrée, all blended into one landscape. The park also includes three islands: Île de Sein, Molène and Ouessant. The wildlife of the park is diverse and interesting to naturalists. There are sea birds on the islands, European otters and beavers in the rivers and swamps, and interesting birds of prey. In"
"of thousands of people climb the mountain, with people of all faiths participating, and in some cases coming from places as far as Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo to join in. In the 18th century, Abkhaz-Turkish Ottoman traveler Evliya Celebi wrote that Europeans from various parts of the continent traveled to Tomorrica for its healing herbs. Notable Western Europeans who traveled to Tomorrica include Edward Lear and Antonio Balducci. Tomorrica Tomorrica is a traditional or ethnographic region in Central Albania, located near the border between Berat County and Elbasan County. It takes its name from Mount Tomorr. The modern region consists"
"Dalmatia (Roman province) Dalmatia was a Roman province. Its name is derived from the name of an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae, which lived in the central area of the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It encompassed the northern part of present-day Albania, much of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia, thus covering an area significantly larger than the current Croatian region of Dalmatia. Originally this region was called Illyria (in Greek) or Illyricum (in Latin). The province of Illyricum was dissolved and replaced by two separate provinces: Dalmatia and Pannonia. The region which run along the"
"of the Britannic coast were with the lower Seine valley instead. Archaeology has not yet been as enlightening in Iron-Age Armorica as the coinage, which has been surveyed by Philip de Jersey. Under the Roman Empire, Armorica was administered as part of the province of Gallia Lugdunensis, which had its capital in Lugdunum, (modern day Lyon). When the Roman provinces were reorganized in the 4th century, Armorica (""Tractus Armoricanus et Nervicanus"") was placed under the second and third divisions of Lugdunensis. After the legions retreated from Britannia (407) the local elite there expelled the civilian magistrates in the following year;"
"Armorican Massif The Armorican Massif (, ) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France, including Brittany, the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire. It is important because it is connected to Dover on the British side of the English Channel and there has been tilting back and forth that has controlled the geography on both sides. Its name comes from the old Armorica, a Gaul area between the Loire and the Seine rivers. The massif is composed of metamorphic and magmatic rocks that were metamorphosed and/or deformed during the"
"the final La Téne period. In 56 BC the area was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar. The main resistance came from the Veneti. After their defeat their leaders were killed and the tribe sold as slaves. The Romans called the district ""Armorica"" (a Latinisation of a Celtic word meaning ""coastal region""), part of the ""Gallia Lugdunensis"" province. The modern ""département"" of Côtes-d'Armor has taken up the ancient name. After the reforms of Diocletian, it was part of the ""diocesis Galliarum. The uprising of the Bagaudae in the 3rd century led to unrest and depopulation, numerous villages were destroyed."
"Septimania Septimania (, ; , ; , ) is a historical region in modern-day south of France. It referred to the western part of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis that passed to the control of the Visigoths in 462, when Septimania was ceded to their king, Theodoric II. Under the Visigoths it was known as simply Gallia or Narbonensis. Septimania territory roughly corresponds with the former administrative region of Languedoc-Roussillon that merged into the new administrative region of Occitanie. Septimania passed briefly to the Emirate of Córdoba, which had been expanding from the south during the eighth century before"
"Ormož Ormož (; , Prekmurje Slovene: ""Ormošd"") is a town in the traditional region of Prlekija, part of Styria, in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava River and borders with Croatia on the opposite bank of the river. It is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Ormož. The municipality includes Jeruzalem–Ormož Hills Nature Park (), which covers . Ormož was attested in written records in 1273 as ""Holermůs"" (and as ""Holrmues"" in 1299 and ""Holrmůs"" in 1320). The name is based on the Latinized name ""Alramus"", borrowed from Germanic ""Alram"" (< *""Aþala-hraban"", literally 'noble"
"Arfara Arfara () is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalamata, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 87.615 km. Population 2,648 (2011). The village of Arfara lies about 15 km from Kalamata. Its name is taken from the first people who lived in Upper Arfara, the Arfaras, some of whom still live in Simi and Rodos. It was the seat of the former Arfara municipality. Arfara has 4 small areas called Servia, Lafazaneika, Skomara and Karagiorgaika."
"Almopia Almopia (), or Enotia, also known in the Middle Ages as Moglena (Greek: Μογλενά, Macedonian: Меглен and Bulgarian: Меглен or Мъглен), is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) of the Pella regional unit in Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aridaia. The municipality has an area of 985.817 km. The name Almopia (, ""Almōpia"") derives from the Almopes (), the tribe that originally inhabited the area during Antiquity. The Almopes traced their descent to the eponymous mythological figure of Almops, son of Poseidon and Helle. According to Thucidydes, the Almopes were expelled from the"
"most of the time they combine Celtic elements. During the 3rd century AD, the region was attacked several times by Franks, Alamanni and pirates. At the same time, the local economy collapsed and many farming estates were abandoned. To face the invasions, many towns and cities were fortified, like Nantes, Rennes and Vannes. Toward the end of the 4th century, the Britons of what is now Wales and the South-Western peninsula of Great Britain began to emigrate to Armorica. The history behind such an establishment is unclear, but medieval Breton, Angevin and Welsh sources connect it to a figure known"
"Timeline of Septimania Septimania was the western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis that passed under the control of the Visigoths in 462. It passed briefly to the Emirate of Córdoba in the eighth century before its reconquest by the Franks, who by the end of the ninth century termed it Gothia. This article presents a timeline of its history. The Moors, under Al-Samh ibn Malik the governor-general of al-Andalus swept up the Iberian peninsula. Septimania became known as Gothia after the reign of Charlemagne. It retained these two names while it was ruled by the counts of"
"Armorica is called the Rheic Ocean. The paleogeographic position of the Armorica crustal fragments between the Ordovician and Carboniferous is highly disputed though. There are indications that the Bohemian Massif started moving northward from the Ordovician onward, but many authors place the accretion of the Armorican terranes with the southern margin of Laurussia in the Carboniferous Hercynian orogeny (about 340 million years ago). The Rhenohercynian basin, a back-arc basin, formed at the southern margin of Euramerica just after the Caledonian orogeny. According to these authors, a small rim from Euramerica rifted off when this basin formed. The basin closed when"
"Armorican terrane The Armorican terrane, Armorican terrane assemblage, or simply Armorica, was a microcontinent or group of continental fragments that rifted away from Gondwana towards the end of the Silurian and collided with Laurussia towards the end of the Carboniferous during the Variscan orogeny. The name is taken from Armorica, the Gaulish name for a large part of northwestern France that includes Brittany, as this matches closely to the present location of the rock units that form the main part of this terrane. The main exposures of the Armorican terrane are found throughout Brittany, the Channel Islands, parts of Upper"
"Hyrcania Hyrcania () ( ""Hyrkania"", Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 ""Varkâna"", Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 ""Gurgān"", Akkadian: ""Urqananu"") is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran, bound in the south by the Alborz mountain range and the Kopet Dag in the east. The region served as a satrapy (province) of the Median Empire, a sub-province of the Achaemenid Empire, and a province within its successors, the Seleucid, Arsacid and Sasanian empires. Hyrcania bordered Parthia to the east (later known as Abarshahr), Dihistan to the north, Media to the south and Mardia to the west. After"
"Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ""Moesia""; , ""Moisía"") was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. It included most of the territory of modern-day Central Serbia, Kosovo and the northern parts of the modern Republic of Macedonia (Moesia Superior), Northern Bulgaria and Romanian Dobrudja (Moesia Inferior). In ancient geographical sources, Moesia was bounded to the south by the Haemus (Balkans) and Scardus (Šar) mountains, to the west by the Drinus (Drina) river, on the north by the Donaris (Danube) and on the east by the Euxine (Black Sea). The region was inhabited"
"Amfilochia Amfilochia () is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, on the site of ancient Amfilochia. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Karvasaras (Καρβασαράς; from ""caravanserai""). Amfilochia is situated by the Ambracian Gulf and features an amphitheatre. Amfilochia dates back to the ancient times and also features the ancient cities of Amphilochian Argos and Limnaia (or Limnaea). The municipality Amfilochia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: The municipality has an area of 1090.991 km, the municipal"
"Pomorje Pomorje ( / ""Pomorje"") or Primorje ( / ""Primorje"") is a term ( ""maritime, littoral or coastland"") used in historical contexts to designate a geographical region of several territories of Upper Dalmatia and its hinterland, belonging to the present-day Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. At the beginning of the 9th century, according to 822 entry of Einhard's ""Royal Frankish Annals"", Slavs were ruling over ""the greater part of Dalmatia"" (""ad Sorabos, quae natio magnam Dalmatiae partem obtinere dicitur""). The state of maritime regions in the Early Middle Ages was described in the ""De Administrando Imperio"", a work"
"Brittany Brittany (; ; , pronounced or ; Gallo: ""Bertaèyn"", pronounced ) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as if it were a separate nation under the crown. Brittany has also been referred to as ""Less"", ""Lesser"" or ""Little"" Britain (as opposed to ""Great Britain"", with which it shares an etymology). It is bordered by the English Channel"
"Moravia Moravia ( ; ; ; ; ) is a historical country in the Czech Republic (forming its eastern part) and one of the historical Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (from 1348 to 1918), an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire (1004 to 1806), later a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1804 to 1867) and briefly also one of 17 former crown lands of the Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918. During"
"Carmania (region) Carmania (, ""Karmanía"", Old Persian: ""Karmanâ"", Middle Persian: ""Kirmān"") is a historical region that approximately corresponds to the modern province of Kerman and was a province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian Empire. The region bordered Persia in the west, Gedrosia in the south-east, Parthia in the north (later known as Abarshahr), and Aria to the north-east. Carmania was considered part of Ariana. In the Early Bronze Age, late third millennium BC, it is postulated that a civilisation known as Jiroft civilisation developed and flourished in the region of Carmania. However, little is known of the history"
"Aridaia Aridaía (; Bulgarian and Macedonian: ""S'botsko"") is a town and a former municipality in the Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Almopia, of which it is a municipal unit. It was the capital of the former Almopia eparchy. It is located in the northwest corner of the Pella regional unit, bordering the southern part of the Republic of Macedonia and the northeast corner of the Florina regional unit. Its land area is . The population of Aridaia proper is 7,057, while that of the entire municipal unit is 20,313"
"Greek Arvanites like those in the village of Kastri near Igoumentisa, there has been a revival in folklore, in particular in the performance of ""Arvanitic wedding"". Chameria Chameria (; ""Tsamouriá""; ) is a term used today mostly by Albanians for parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and the historical Greek region of Epirus, traditionally associated with an Albanian speaking population called Chams. Apart from geographical usages, in contemporary times within Albania the toponym has also acquired irredentist connotations. During the interwar period, the toponym was in common use and the official name of the area above"
"Pomorišje Pomorišje (Serbian Cyrillic: Поморишје) is a historical geographical region on the banks of the river Mureş that in the past has had a sizable ethnic Serb population. The region is mostly divided between Romania and Hungary, with small part of it in northern Serbia. Today, a Serb minority is present in parts of the region that are part of Romania and Hungary. Pomorišje does not have exactly defined geographical borders and term generally defines areas near the river Mureș. Different definitions would provide different views of how far from the Mureș Pomorišje might extend. Sometimes, term could refer to"
"Anatolia"". However, following the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Anatolia and the Balkans starting from the second half of the 14th century, and the conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453 by Mehmed II, the term ""Rumeli"" (Land of the Romans) was applied exclusively to define the Balkan regions of the Ottoman Empire, which remained primarily populated by Christians. Rumelia included the provinces of Thrace, Macedonia and Moesia, today's Bulgaria and Turkish Thrace, bounded to the north by the rivers Sava and Danube, west by the Adriatic coast, and south by the Morea. The name Rumelia was ultimately applied to"