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Der nächste russische Öligarch ist tot.

Dieses mal hat es den engen #Putin-Vertrauten Ivan #Pechorin getroffen. Er ist von seinem Boot gefallen und ertrunken.
Pechorin war damit beauftragt den Rohstoffschatz im Osten #Russland's zu heben und hatte damit
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eine Schlüsselposition in #Putin's Reich.

Pechorin wäre damit der 9. Oligarch, der in kurzer Zeit verstorben (ermordet) ist. Erst vor kurzem ist ein "Arbeitskollege" von ihm aus einem Krankenhausfenster gefallen worden.
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Und der nächste Tote.

Wladimir #Sungorkin, Chefredakteur und Generaldirektor der Zeitung Kosomolskaja Prawda, hat nun auch das Zeitliche gesegnet.

Er ist angeblich an einem Schlaganfall gestorben. /TN #Russland #Putin
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#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.

It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).

French / Luxembourghish sign: The River Sauer in Martelan...
#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek ὕδωρ / húdōr (water) + ὄνομα / ónoma (name). The Greek island of Skiatho...
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.

#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names. A map showing the main rive...
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