Russia has invited Royal Dutch Shell to take part in the Sakhalin-3 and Sakhalin-4 oil and gas projects in Russia's Far East.
White bellied Green pigeon(Treron sieboldii 33cm) . This pigeon drinks seawater and spa water every day to compensate and keep the electrolyte balance of its body(see White bellied Green pigeon 2, HDTV by JH1RNZ). During the Edo period (1603-1868), the Shogunate Government of Edo (now Tokyo) were implementing and dealing commerce only with Holland at Dejima harbor (a small island in Nagasaki Japan) . Philipp Franz von Siebold who was a German, employed as a medical doctor at the Office of the Dutch in Dejima. He took back two stuffed bodies of the Japanese Green Pigeon to the Western society and registered "Siebold's Pigeon" as the scientific name. Because the pronunciation of his Dutch was with a German accent, he was suspected to be a spy by Japanese interpreters. Finally, he took out a detailed map of Hokkaido including Sakhalin and some islands of the Chishima Islands chain. The Russian Empire obtained these maps and began the invasion policy of going south in the Far East. Now we have a major territory problem with Russia.
This footage was done at Sakhalin 1 Project of Exxon Neftegaz Limited in Russia. It was one of the concerts in OPF Recreation Center. Unfortunately I don't know the names of the performers. I only know that the guy singing was from the US and the guy with violin was from Russia.
Вставала на борд на Сахалине. Приезжайте на остров щастя! Там совершенно прекрасно!
Вставала на борд на Сахалине. Шикарное место для отпуска.
Following heated discussion in the Duma, Russias parliament has condemned Japanese claims to part of Russia's territory in the Far East.
Georgi Benkovski (Bulgarian: Георги Бенковски; 184312 May 1876) was the pseudonym of Gavril Gruev Hlatev (Гаврил Груев Хлътев), a Bulgarian revolutionary and leading figure in the organization and direction of the Bulgarian anti-Ottoman April Uprising of 1876 and apostle of its 4th Revolutionary District. Born around 1843 to the family of the small-time merchant and craftsman Gruyo Hlatev, Benkovski was a native of the bustling sub-Balkan town of Koprivshtitsa and had two sisters, Kuna and Vasilya. Due to his difficult childhood, Benkovski had two drop out of school after finishing third grade in order to be tutored as a tailor by his mother and make a living. Discontent with his job, he became a frieze dealer and left for Asia Minor together with a friend to sell their products with little success. For around ten years, Benkovski lived in various cities of the Orient, including Istanbul (Tsarigrad),
