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2 unusual facts about Ust-Kut


Ust-Kut

During the summer months, passenger ferries depart downriver from Ust-Kut to Yakutsk and Tiksi.

Ust-Kutsky

Ust-Kutskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Ust-Kut and the selo of Turuka in Ust-Kutsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as


Abazinia

Municipalities Psyzh, Elburgan, Inzhich-Chukun, Kubina and Kara-Pago was passed from the Prikubansky District, Ust-Dzhegutinsky District and Khabezsky District.

Al Dimalanta

He worked under the helm of his mother, then CCWS director (and later UST writer-in-residence) and renowned poet Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta.

Al Rasheed Street

The British were defeated by the Ottomans on the 29th of April 1916 in Kut (south of Baghdad), where tens of thousands of Anglo-Indian troops died or were wounded, and thousands more were taken prisoner, including their commander Sir Charles Townshend.

Al-Wathbah uprising

However, the new recruits were not trained and Fahd and 125 other senior communists were in the prison of Kut.

Alajos Stróbl

Born on 21 June 1856 at Červený Kút pri Kráľovej Lehote, a village near Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia (at that time part of the Kingdom of Hungary), Strobl was a pupil of K. Zumbusch between 1876 and 1880.

Aric del Rosario

In 2001, UST wasn't able to play in the Final 4 for the first time in school's history (the format was implemented in 1994) but came back in 2002 together with Cyrus BaguioThe following year, UST didn't reach the final 4 for the second time and it signaled the end of his long coaching reign and later he was replaced by his assistant coach Nel Parado.

Edsel is his former player at UST while Lester is also a former player and former assistant coach to the JRU Heavy Bombers.

Battle of Hanna

After these defeats, the relief force (now reduced to around 10,000 men) was ordered once again to attempt to break through the Ottoman lines and continued its movement up the Tigris until it encountered 30,000 of the Ottoman Sixth Army, under the command of Khalil Pasha, at the Hanna defile, 30 miles downriver of Kut-al-Amara.

Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad

The Ottoman Sixth Army, now reinforced, followed and laid siege to the Anglo-Indian force at Kut-al-Amarrah.

Baykalsky State University of Economics and Law

The University includes the Institute of Commerce (Irkutsk), the Institute (a branch of BNUEL) in Chita, Institutes (branches) in Ust-Ilimsk, Bratsk, Yakutsk; College of Business and Law, College of Trade and Economy, Post-Graduate and Post Doctoral Courses in 17 areas.

Beauchamp Duff

The campaign started well with the landing in Basra in November 1914, but the attack on Baghdad by 9,000 troops of the 6th Indian Division commanded by General Townshend in 1915 ended in catastrophe when the remnants of the British invasion force were surrounded in Kut El Amara, and three attempts to relieve the trapped British and Indian troops also ended in failure, at the cost of 23,000 lives.

Bengal Engineer Group

World War I: La Bassée 1914, Festubert 1914 '15, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Loos, France and Flanders 1914–15, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918, Aden, Kut al Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Baghdad, Khan Baghdadi, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1915–18, Persia 1918, North West Frontier India 1915 '16–17, Baluchistan 1918;

Buddhism in Buryatia

# Ust-Orda (Abaganat) Datsan: Irkutsk Oblast, village of Ust-Orda

Dimples Romana

Romana, who was taking up BS Tourism in University of Santo Tomas (UST) College of Education, was the courtside reporter on games involving the UST Growling Tigers on the 2002 season of ABS-CBN's coverage of the UAAP men's basketball tournament.

Edward Elers Delaval Henderson

On 25 January 1917 on the west bank of the River Hai, near Kut, Mesopotamia, he performed the deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

FEU Tamaraws men's basketball

The Tamaraws failed to make it to the Final Four that year after losing to UST for the last Final Four slot, though Santos won season's Rookie of the Year award.

George Stringer

During the effort to relieve the besieged garrison of British and Indian Army troops at Kut-el-Amara.

Homalin

The Naga and Kuki ethnic group reside in Homalin, Naga Traditional New Year is celebrated by the nagas and the kuki celebrate Chavang Kut every year.

Humphrey de Verd Leigh

He entered the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in 1915, serving in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) flying seaplanes for the relief of Kut, and went on to serve in the early Royal Air Force (RAF) 1918–19.

Japanese cruiser Niitaka

On 26 August 1922, Niitaka anchored near the mouth of a river in what is now part of the Ust-Bolsheretsky District on the southern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, while a party of 15 led by Lieutenant Shigetada Gunji went ashore.

Kan River

The headwaters of the river rise in the Sayan Mountains and flow from there in a northerly direction through Kansk and then in a westerly direction through Zelenogorsk, entering Yenisei at Ust-Kan (43 miles (70 km) north-east of Krasnoyarsk).

Krasnogvardeysky District, Republic of Adygea

It is located in the northwest of the republic and borders with Ust-Labinsky District of Krasnodar Krai in the north, Shovgenovsky District in the east, Belorechensky District of Krasnodar Krai in the south, and with Krasnodar Reservoir in the west.

Kru-Cut Records

Techno Kut records was an extension of Kru-Cut with collaboration from Unknown DJ and led to Lonzo Williams to recruiting hip-hop talent such as DJ Battlecat, The Mistress, Professor X and a few others.

KUT

1993 - KUT celebrated its 35th anniversary and—in partnership with UT Austin's Center for Mexican American Studies and with major initial grants from The Ford Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—launched the national radio series Latino USA at a "Cinco de Mayo" reception in Washington, D.C., with President Clinton in attendance along with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and cabinet secretaries Federico Peña and Henry Cisneros.

1975 - KUT hosted Bob Edwards, then co-anchoring All Things Considered, and the NPR news production team during dedication week for the new Communication complex.

Maces of the Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas

The Maces of the Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) are 17th Century silver maces which are considered to be the oldest symbols of the office Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the oldest extant European chartered University in Asia.

Mesopotamian campaign

From the Ottoman perspective; Siege of Kut prevented Sixth Army to perform other operations.

Mineral industry of Kazakhstan

The company was established in 1997 through the merger of eastern Kazakhstan’s three main nonferrous metals companies—Leninogorsk (now Ridder) Polymetallic complex, Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead and Zinc complex, and Zyryanovsk Lead Complex.

Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms

Edwin Montagu became Secretary of State for India in June 1917 after Austen Chamberlain resigned after the capture of Kut by the Turks in 1916 and the capture of an Indian army staged there.

National Container Company

In 2003 NCC signed a contract with Eurogate (a European container terminal operator) with the intention of creating a container terminal in Ust-Luga.

Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Further plans by Russian railways include the construction of two railways linking settlements in Zapolyarny Municipal District, one, a line running 210 km from Vorkuta, in the Komi Republic, to Ust-Kara in the far east of the district, and another running from Sosnogorsk, also in the Komi Republic, to Indiga in the west of the district.

Pido Jarencio

He led the Tigers to three UAAP Finals appearances and is one of the most popular UST basketball coaches of all-time, to the level of legendary coach Aric del Rosario.

Pristan

Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan, village and administrative center of Ust-Pristansky District of Altai Krai, Russia

Role of Georgia in the Iraq War

Beginning in 2007, the Georgians were deployed along the border with Iran, with their main base at Kut, and tasked to interdict smuggled weapons, goods, and drugs.

Rosa-Linda Fregoso

It was the predecessor to KUT-FM's Latino USA (launched in 1993), a radio program that Fregoso contributed to as a film critic in its early years.

Second Battle of Kut

The Second Battle of Kut was fought on 23 February 1917, between British and Ottoman forces at Kut, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq).

Sir Fenton Aylmer, 13th Baronet

With time running out on General Townshend's garrison in Kut, Aylmer finally launched a two pronged attack on the Ottoman positions, one attack at the Sinn Abtar Redoubt, the other attack at the Dujaila Redoubt.

The Border Blasters

This tape was well received in Texas, getting airplay on most non-commercial stations in Texas including KUT and reached the Top-20 of KNON in that year.

Tubalar

The villages with the highest population of Tubalars are Artybash, Iogach, Novotroitsk, Tuloi, Tondoshka, Kebezen, Ust-Pyzha, Biyka, Yailu, Chuyka, Torochak, Paspaul, Salganda, Karakoksha, Tunzha, Krasnoselskoye, Uskuch, Uimen, and Karasuk.

University of Santo Tomas

Philippine Journal of Allied Health Sciences, a research journal of the UST Center for Research on Movement Science (ISSN 1908-5044)

University of Santo Tomas College of Education

Paz Latorena - Famous author of "The Small Key" and other short stories; former faculty member of the UST.

Ust-Dzhegutinsky

Ust-Dzhegutinsky District, a district of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia

Ust-Kamchatsk

There is a sea port, a fish-processing plant (FPP 66), a few woodworking factories, and Ust-Kamchatsk Airport (opened in 1937) in Ust-Kamchatsk.

Virgil Villavicencio

In 1993, he was appointed head coach of the La Salle Green Archers, and in his first year guided the team to a second-place finish in a tournament dominated by UST.

Yakutpura

The word Yakut Ya·kut(yä-koot) from YakutPura is derived from the Persian word "Yakut" which means the precious Blue Sapphire Stone, It was named by the Nizam of Hyderabad.

Yusuf Salman Yusuf

The three were transferred from the death row at Abu Ghraib to Baghdad Central Prison and then to Kut Prison.


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