The silver shekel, originally a measure of weight (8.3 g), had also gradually been accepted as a unit of account and been used physically for trade, although far from exclusively. Sil- ver coinage was only briefly used in the western part of the empire for military purposes (Alram 2012...
it was Michael Collins, an elected member of Sinn Féin , who became most famous for his leadership of the republican military campaign against Britain—although nominally he was the Director of Intelligence of IRA. He directed a group of gunmen targeting to assassinate British ...
Praporshchik (Russian: пра́порщик) (from Slavonic prapor (прапор), meaning flag, since the praporshchik was a flag-bearer in Kievan Rus troops) The name of a junior officer position in the military of the Russian Empire, equivalent to ensign....
(combining the upper body movement found in 20th-century ballet and jazz with percussive, syncopated footwork, a style used extensively in the movies); class (precision dancing performed by impeccably dressed dancers); military (the use of military marching and drum rhythms); and rhythm, close ...