Longitude is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and is used to describe the location of a place on Earth east or west of the zero or prime meridian. In 1884, the International Meridian Conference adopted the Greenwich Meridian as the universal prime meridian or zero point of longitude.
Anna Krylov. Anna Krylov is the Gabilan Distinguished Professor in Science and Engineering and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California (USC) working in the area of theoretical and computational quantum chemistry. Born in Donetsk, Ukraine (May 6, 1967), Krylov received her M.Sc.
Viktor Nikolayevich Leonov ( Russian : ÐÐ¸ÐºÑÐ¾Ñ ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐÐµÐ¾Ð½Ð¾Ð²) (21 November , 1916 in Zaraysk â October 7, 2003 in Moscow ) was a Soviet sailor, two-time Hero of the Soviet Union . Viktor Leonov helped lay the foundation for modern day Russian Spetsnaz operations. Early life Leonov was born in Zaraysk about 135 kilometers southeast of Moscow . His father was a gardener and member of the Communist Party .