 Budapest Budapest is the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial and transportation center.
Budapest has approximately 1.7 million inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the amalgamation in 17 November 1873 of right-bank Buda (Ofen in German) and Obuda (Old ... Date added: 05 June '08 |  Kharkov Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine and the capital of Kharkivs'ka oblast'. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has a population of 1.4 million (in 2005). It is one of the main industrial, cultural and educational centres of Ukraine.
Kharkov was founded in the middle of 17th century, and the city has had a university since 1805. During the early years of the Soviet Uni ... Date added: 26 April '06 |  Ufa Ufa is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Population: 1,036,026 (as of January 1, 2005; as of 2002 census: 1,042,437).
Ufa is one of the industrial centres in the Western Urals area, and is situated at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers. Industries include electrical and mining equipment, oil refining, petrochemicals, synthetic rubber, and processed foods.
Ufa be ... Date added: 26 April '06 |  Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk is the major industrial, scientific, and cultural center of the southern Ural. The city is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains along the banks of the Miass River (the inflow of Iseti) and has geographical coordinates: 61°08'-61°17' east longitude, 55°03'-55°19' north latitude, bordered by pine forest to the west and to the north.
Chelyabinsk's relief is slightly hill ... Date added: 27 April '06 |  Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands. Generally regarded as England's "second city", it is the largest of England's core cities. The city's reputation was forged as the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, a fact which led to Birmingham being known as "the workshop of the world". To this day over a quarter of the UK's exports originate in the gr ... Date added: 27 April '06 |  Torino Torino italian named Turin, is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. The population of Torino city is 908,000 in 2004 , but with its metropolitan area totals about 1.7 million inhabitants.
Torino is one of the largest in Italy, with 6,830 square kilometres (2,637 sq. mi), and one of the most populous, wi ... Date added: 29 April '06 |  About the Industrial Revolution by Herminne Tonita -
In the XVIIth and the XIXth centuries, especially between 1750 and 1850, trade, industry and towns, especially in the North of England and in the Midlands became much more important than before. This change, called the Industrial Revolution slowly altered the appearance of the country, as well as the ways in which people lived and worked.
The main change that took place ... Date added: 30 January '07 |
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