Born was the coral polyp, born was the coral, came forth. The Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation chant, indicates that the coral is one of the most basic and important life forms. Hawaiians believed that the coral polyp was the first organism created and all other life followed, based on this chant.
Arkhangelsk (Russian: Ð°ÑÑÐ°ÌÐ½Ð³ÐµÐ»ÑÑÐº; IPA: [ÉrËxanÉ¡Ê²ÉªlÊ²sk]), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, in the north of European Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea.
One side of each card shows the local costume and the provincial coat of arms; the other side contains a map. This card depicts Moscow Province, located in the western part of the empire. The province was established by Peter the Great in 1708. Moscow, situated on the Moscow River, was the administrative center of the province, and is the capital of present-day Russia. The card indicates that the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg was 719Â¾ versts. A verst is a Russian measurement of distance, no longer used, equal to 1.0668 kilometers.