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Nicolaus Rimskij-Korsakov

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Nicolaus Rimskij-Korsakov Res apud Vicidata repertae: Nativitas : 6 Martii 1844 ; Tichvina Obitus : 21 Iunii 1908 , 20 Iunii 1908 ; Lyubensk Patria : Imperium Russicum Officium Munus : compositor , Concentus magister , musicologist , Praeceptor , Autobiographus , music pedagogue , music theorist , Doctor , professor Patronus : Saint Petersburg Conservatory Consociatio Religio : Ecclesiae Orthodoxae Familia Coniunx : Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova Proles : Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov , Mikhail Nikolaevich Rimskiy-Korsakov Memoria Sepultura : Novodevichy Cemetery Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov (Russice: Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, tr. Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov ; natus 18 Martii 1844 Tichvinae, obiit 21 Iunii 1908 in vico Ljubensk gubernii Petropolitani) fuit compositor, paedagogus et syntonarius Russicus. Nicolaus Rimskij-Korsakov a Valentino Alexandri filius Serov anno 1898 pictus Nicolaus Rimskij-Korsakov anno 1861 f...

Kahless and Klingon Appearance

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50 4 I never quite understood the disconnect between the Klingon appearance in the original series and the others (TNG and beyond) until I read recently on Wikipedia: A canonical explanation for the change[Klingon appearance] was given in a two-part storyline on Star Trek: Enterprise. The two episodes, "Affliction" and "Divergence", aired in February 2005. An earlier story arc featured the Augments, genetically-engineered humans left over from the Eugenics Wars of the late 20th century, and who were defeated by Captain Jonathan Archer and the Enterprise in Klingon space. The Klingon High Council fears that Starfleet was developing armies of Augments; after gaining access to genetic material from the Augments, the Klingons perform experiments to ...