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Háry János
Háry János is an opera in four acts by Zoltán Kodály to a Hungarian libretto by Béla Paulini and Zsolt Harsányi, based on the comic epic The Veteran by János Garay. First performance: Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest, 1926. The story is of a veteran hussar in the Austro-Hungarian army w..

Hōryū-ji
Horyu-ji. The kondo is one of the two oldest wooden building in the world, both which reside in this temple complex. is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji (法隆学問寺), or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, named as such becaus..

Hryggjarstykki
Hryggjarstykki is a lost kings' saga written in Old Norse in the mid-twelfth century and dealing with near-contemporary events. The author was Eiríkr Oddsson, an Icelander about whom little is known. The work is cited by Snorri Sturluson in Heimskringla, where its reliability is emphasized. Eirík..

Hryhoriy Chernysh
Grigoriy Chernish was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Party of Rehabilitation of Infirm People, which he has chaired since 1994. In 1992, he founded an international charity named the "Worldwide aid organization for infirm people" and the medical diagnostic ..

Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Skovoroda Hryhorii Skovoroda Ukrainian: Григорій Сковорода; Russian: ) (1722 -- 1794) Ukrainian poet, philosopher and composer. Skovoroda was born in the family of a poor Cossack in the village of Chornukhy in the Lubny regiment (Poltavs'ka oblast') of the Hetman Sta..

Hryniewiecki
Hryniewiecki is the surname of two noble Polish families. The name means "Descendant of Hrynie" with the suffix "wiecki", which could mean two things: either 1) "to be awoken, watchful" or 2) from the Latin translation, and assuming it derived from a pet form of Grzegorz, or gregis, meaning "herd"..

Hrysopiyi Devetzi
Women's Athletics Silver 2004 Triple Jump Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Greek Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή), born January 2, 1976, is a Greek athlete competing in triple jump and also long jump. She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 15.32. ..

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