WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE MAY POLE in russian culture?
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In any Pagan belief system the Maypole celebration is the start of spring.People danced around the pole and decorated it to assure a good planting season.The Maypole is often associated with fertility as well.
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well, if you're saying it in english you can do it either way, but since its a european name...(not sure from russia or germany) its pronounced with a v from where it originated
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According to the English, it is derived from a place name indicating that they came from a place near the woods, or perhaps a grove of trees. My guess is that it is of Scandinavian origin and can be found all over Northern Europe.
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May Day used to be a religous Holiday in most European countries. It was taken over by the lefties of the world.
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It origin dates back to the ancient games in Greece and the goddess Hera. The flame is lit in Greece and then carried along its path to the final destination of the games. See the links below for more info.
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In Tsarist Russia, the young daughters of Nicholas II, the last Tsar, were Archduchesses.\n\nCould also be "heiress"; the Prince of Wales is heir to the throne.
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Wasn't able to find anything on how it started or when, but I found a couple of links where you might be able to get some more information.  I did find some speculation on it originating from Maypole dancing or tree dancing, but nothing solid.  Good luck.
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try this:\n\nhttp://www.waytorussia.net/Altay/Biysk.html\n\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0807726.html\n\nthen this:\nhttp://www.flowers-to-russia.com/russia/biysk_st13.html
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Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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Check out the following link. It has all kinds of info about Macedonian culture, including their folklore.
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South Magnetic Pole\nIs the point on the Earth's surface where the direction of the Earth's magnetic field is vertically upwards. The magnetic dip, the angle between the horizontal plane and the Earth's magnetic field lines, is 90° at the magnetic poles. The south magnetic pole is not fixed and its position moves about 5 kilometres a year presently in a north to northwesterly direction. The location of the south magnetic pole as at February 1998 was 64.59° S and 138.53° E.\n\nGeomagnetic Pole\nEither of two points of intersection of the surface of the Earth with the extended axis of a magnetic dipole which is assumed to be located at the centre of the Earth and approximates the source of the Earth's magnetic field. It should not be confused with the magnetic pole which relates to the actual magnetic field of the Earth. The south geomagnetic pole is at 78° 30' S and 111° E which is near Russia’s Vostok Station.
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I got one too. If its the same girl, she's from Vologda, Russia...It's just a domain reserved by the company she works for. If you could translate it to Russian and then determine its abbreviation it would probably be the name of the company she works for I guess.?.? Who knows......
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October 4, 1957 by the Soviet Union. Sputnik means 'Satellite' in Russian.
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There was some of this before. Certainly the US, UK & Israel are at 1 of these poles. The Islamic world is another. Others such as N Korea, Cuba etc are a 3rd pole, closer to the 2nd, but clearly distinct. There are many cointries, such as Russia & France who aren't connected to any pole.
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I remember this as a child. Also, we did a May Pole for our Mothers. I would leave flowers in a a paper basket on the door of my neighbor who was elderly. She loved it. \nI will have my son do this on May first to see if we can get it going again.\nThanks for reminding me.
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It's not a place.  If you search for the words independently as in ledova krasa, you find lots of matches from the Czech republic of beautiful natural ice formations.\n\nIf you search Yahoo Answers for Ledovakrasa, there's an explanation from someone else (UniqueBeak) that says it means something like "icy beauty".\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1005122100548
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Try here:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day