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Encyclopedia > Nautilus Pompilius

Nautilus Pompilius (Cyrillic: Наутилиус Помпилиус), frequently abbreviated as Nau, was a legendary Russian rock band active between 1987 and 1997. They were known for their original tunes and lyrics. Some of their early tunes have become the veritable anthems of the Perestroika. Their songs accompanied the movie Brother (Брат). After the group was disbanded, the frontman Vyacheslav Butusov launched a very successful solo career. Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Perestroika   listen? (Перестро́йка) is the Russian word (which passed into English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ... Brother (1997) was a crime film directed by Aleksei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov Jr. ...


External links

  • Zvuki.ru - НАУТИЛУС ПОМПИЛИУС (Russian)
  • Official website (not updated since 1996)

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Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus - The Cephalopod Page (674 words)
Although the ancient nautilus has an external shell, the trend in cephalopods is to internalize and reduce the shell.
Cephalopods are an ancient group that appeared some time in the late Cambrian period several million years before the first primitive fish began swimming in the ocean.
Thus, nautilus is very different from modern cephalopods in terms of morphology and life history.
Nautilus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (995 words)
Nautilus (from Greek nautilos, 'sailor') is the common name of any marine creatures of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole family of the suborder Nautilina.
The nautilus shell is composed of 2 layers: the outer layer is a matte white, while the inner layer is a striking white with iridescence.
The Chambered Nautilus, a poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes
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