Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

rotor (helicopter part): see in index main

rotor; tail rotor

Rotorua (city in New Zealand)

Maori village picture, volume 9 page 62

rough (golf )

golf volume 5 page 125

Rough Rider (U.S. cavalry)

Roosevelt volume 11 page 94

Spanish-AmericanWar volume 12

page 157

round (sports)

boxing volume 2 page 118

rounders (English game)

baseball volume 2 page 32

Round Table, Order of the (legendary

group of knights) picture, volume 1

page 193

Arthurian legend volume 1 page 194

roundworm (animal)

parasite volume 10 page 33

worm volume 15 page 71

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (Swiss-born

French philosopher)

constitution volume 3 page 189

human rights volume 6 page 97

rowboat (watercraft)

boat volume 2 page 98, picture, volume 2

page 98

Mekong delta in Vietnam picture, volume

8 page 96

Rowlands, John (British explorer): see in

index Stanley, Sir Henry Morton

Rowling, J. K. (British author)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 11 page 99, picture,

volume 11 page 99

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literature for children volume 7

page 164

Roy, Ram Mohun (Indian reformer)

Hinduism volume 6 page 57

Royal Bengal (animal): see in index Bengal

tiger

Royal Marines (British military)

marines volume 8 page 56

Royal Palace (palace in Phnom Penh,

Cambodia) picture, volume 10 page 74

royal python (snake): see in index ball

python

Royal Road (ancient road in Asia)

Persia volume 10 page 61

royalty (insect caste)

termite volume 13 page 48

Rua (Hun ruler): see in index Rugila

Rub! al-Khali (desert in Arabia)

Saudi Arabia volume 12 page 43

rubber (part of baseball field)

baseball volume 2 page 31

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rubella (disease)

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volume 11 page 100

Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish artist)

Marie de Medicis picture, volume 8

page 91

painting volume 10 page 10

rubeola (disease): see in index measles

ruby (gemstone)

jewelry and gems volume 7 page 24

rudder (steering mechanism)

airplane volume 1 page 55

boat volume 2 page 97, picture, volume 2

page 97

Rudolf I (king of Germany)

Hapsburgs volume 6 page 15, picture,

volume 6 page 15

statue picture, volume 6 page 74

Rudolph,Wilma (U.S. athlete)

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volume 11 page 101

rug (floor covering)

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Iranian weaver picture, volume 6

page 149

Uzbekistan synagogue picture, volume

12 page 222

rugby (sport)

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volume 11 page 102, picture, volume

11 page 103

Rugby Football League (British sports

organization)

rugby volume 11 page 103

Rugby Football Union (British sports

organization)

rugby volume 11 page 103

Rugby School (school in Rugby,

England, United Kingdom)

rugby volume 11 page 103

Rugby Union (British sports organization):

see in index Rugby Football

Union

rugger (sport): see in index rugby

Rugila (Hun ruler)

Hun volume 6 page 99

Ruhallah Khomeyni (Iranian leader): see

in index Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah

Rumford (city in New Hampshire, U.S.):

see in index Concord

runner (plant part)

plant volume 10 page 96

running (athletics)

sprinter picture, volume 5 page 17

track and field volume 13 page 84, picture,

volume 13 page 85

running (locomotion)

ostrich volume 9 page 154

running track (athletics)

track and field volume 13 page 84

runoff (hydrology)

flood volume 5 page 33

Rupert’s Land (historical region in

Canada)

Northwest Territories volume 9 page 96

Russell, Charles Edward (U.S. journalist

and writer)

1910 campaign poster picture, volume

12 page 119

Russia (country in Europe and Asia)

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arts

architecture

Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed

picture, volume 4 page 94

kremlin: see in index kremlin

Hermitage picture, volume 1 page 196

geography

Asia volume 1 page 200

Belaya River picture, volume 14

page 38

small town picture, volume 11

page 105

Ural Mountains volume 14 page 38

Volga River volume 14 page 103

history

Alaska

Tlingit picture, volume 13 page 72

Estonia volume 4 page 154

exploration and settlement of the

Americas volume 1 page 107

feudalism volume 5 page 14

Finland volume 5 page 23

Helsinki volume 6 page 36

Kyrgyzstan volume 7 page 94

Latvia volume 7 page 115

Riga volume 11 page 66

Moldova

Chisinau volume 3 page 107

Napoleon I volume 9 page 8

Sweden volume 12 page 214

timeline volume 11 page 104

tsar volume 13 page 103

Vikings volume 14 page 89

WorldWar I volume 15 page 61

natural gas volume 5 page 92, picture,

volume 5 page 92

winter picture, volume 11 page 105

Russian CivilWar (Russian history,

1918–20)

Russian Revolution volume 11 page 108

Russian Communist Party: see in index

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Russian Empire (historic Eurasian

empire)

Helsinki volume 6 page 36

Kiev volume 7 page 64

Peter the Great volume 10 page 67

Poland volume 10 page 108

Tallinn volume 13 page 13

Tbilisi volume 13 page 24

Tlingit volume 13 page 71

Russian Orthodox church (Eastern

Orthodoxy)

Eastern Orthodox Churches volume 4

page 94, picture, volume 4 page 94

Russian Revolution (Russian history,

1917)

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Lenin volume 7 page 130, picture, volume

14 page 13

Moscow volume 8 page 187

Nicholas II volume 9 page 65