Biography Category
Carmathians (kärm ´th nz) (KEY) , a Muslim sect of the 9th and 10th cent., similar to the Assassin sect. They were part of a movement for social re...
(kä´ny n) (KEY) , peninsula, N European Russia, projecting into the Barents Sea between the White Sea (in the west) and Chesha (Cheshskaya) Bay (in ...
(v k st fä´nôvich kä´räj ch) (KEY) , 1787–1864, Serbian philologist and folklorist, of Moldavian descent. During his lifetime Karad i publish...
(ly f b r ´s v ch kä´m ny f) (KEY) , 1883–1936, Soviet Communist leader. His original name was Rosenfeld. He joined (1901) the Social Democratic ...
Karoo (both: k r ´, kä–) (KEY) , the semiarid plateaus of South Africa. The Little Karroo, in Western Cape, is located N of the Langeberg and Oute...
(kän´y ) (KEY) , town (1991 est. pop. 26,300), SE Botswana. It is a commercial and administrative center. Asbestos and diamonds are mined nearby....