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Baku City Circuit
Baku City Circuit: 6.003 km Hermann Tilke street circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan; F1 venue since 2016 (European GP, then Azerbaijan GP from 2017); longest F1 straight at 2.2 km, 7.6 m narrowest castle section; Rosberg won the inaugural race.
Baku Commune
The Baku Commune (Бакинская коммуна) was the Bolshevik-led government of Baku from 25 April to 31 July 1918, led by Stepan Shaumyan, which nationalized the oil industry.
Baku Entertainment Centre
Baku Entertainment Centre (Bakı Əyləncə Mərkəzi) names two Baku leisure developments: a 1998-opened Khatai district complex with bowling, SPA, and dining, and Chapman Taylor's 120,000 m² waterfront project that opened as Deniz Mall.
Baku Khanate
The Baku Khanate (Bakı xanlığı) was a hereditary monarchy centered on Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, established in 1747 and ended by Russian occupation in 1806.
Baku oil boom
The Baku oil boom was the petroleum-led growth of Baku, Azerbaijan, in two periods: a first boom from the 1870s to around 1920 and a second from the late 1990s.
Baku Olympic Stadium
Baku Olympic Stadium (Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu) is a 68,000-seat multi-purpose stadium near Lake Boyukshor, Baku, opened 6 March 2015 for the first European Games; later hosted the 2019 Europa League final and Euro 2020 matches.
Baku Stock Exchange
The Baku Stock Exchange, a closed joint stock company and Azerbaijan's only licensed stock exchange, was incorporated in 1997 and began trading in 2000 with Central Bank support, dominated by repo and government securities.
Baku to Belém Roadmap
The Baku to Belém Roadmap is a climate finance initiative launched at COP29 in 2024 to scale up funding to USD 1.3 trillion a year by 2035.
Baku Zoo
Baku Zoo (Bakı Zooloji Parkı) is the zoological park of Baku, Azerbaijan, and the oldest in the country, established in 1942 and reopened in 2021 after reconstruction.
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is a 1,768 km crude oil export pipeline from Baku, Azerbaijan through Georgia to Ceyhan, Turkey, commissioned in 2006 and developed by a BP-led consortium.
Baku–Batumi pipeline
The Baku–Batumi pipeline is a historic pair of kerosene and oil pipelines running from the Baku oil fields in Azerbaijan to the Black Sea port of Batumi in Georgia.
Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー)
Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー), the 48th Super Sentai series, aired on TV Asahi March 3, 2024 to February 9, 2025; a car-themed hero team fights the Hashiriyan, who harvest the despair-energy Gyasolin.
Bakufu direct rule of Ezo
Bakufu direct rule of Ezo (蝦夷地直轄) was the Tokugawa shogunate's direct administration of Ezochi, prompted by Russian pressure, from 1799 to 1821 and again from 1855.
Bakugan (TV series)
Bakugan (爆丸), also called Bakugan 3.0 or Bakugan: Revolution, is the 2023 Netflix anime reboot, the sole season of Bakugan's third generation, following Dan Kouzo's Misfit Clan after brawls are banned, with 13 two-segment episodes.
Bakugan Battle Brawlers (爆丸バトルブローラーズ)
Bakugan Battle Brawlers (爆丸バトルブローラーズ) is a 52-episode Japanese-Canadian anime (TMS Entertainment, TV Tokyo, 2007-2008) based on the Sega Toys/Spin Master card game, following Dan Kuso and the Battle Brawlers in Vestroia.
Bakugan: Battle Planet (爆丸バトルプラネット)
Bakugan: Battle Planet (爆丸バトルプラネット) is the 2019 TMS Entertainment anime reboot of Bakugan, first of generation 2, co-produced with Spin Master and Nelvana; 50 episodes, TV Tokyo from April 1, 2019, Cartoon Network from December 23, 2018, followed by Armored Alliance.
Bakuhan taisei
Bakuhan taisei (幕藩体制) was the political order of Tokugawa Japan, in which the shogun's central government and about 250 daimyo domains together governed the country from 1603 to 1867.
Bakul Joshi
Bakul Joshi is a business executive in Fremont, California, president of Multiple Access CA. Corporation and a charter member of TiE Silicon Valley who ran its operations.
Bakulkatha
Bakulkatha (বকুলকথা, "Bakul's Story") is a 1974 Bengali novel by Ashapurna Devi, completing her trilogy on three generations of Bengali women, centering on Bakul, granddaughter of Subarnalata.
Bakuman
Bakuman. (バクマン。) is a manga by Death Note creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2008-2012 in 176 chapters and 20 volumes, about two teens aiming to become serialized manga artists; adapted into a 2010 NHK anime and a 2015 live-action film.
Bakumatsu (幕末)
Bakumatsu (幕末) is the final phase of Tokugawa rule, 1853–1868, from Perry's arrival through the unequal treaties, sonnō jōi turmoil, and military reform to the Meiji Restoration and Boshin War.
Bakun Dam
The Bakun Dam, also known as the Bakun Hydroelectric Project, is a 2,520 MW hydroelectric dam on the Rajang River in Sarawak, Malaysia, fully operational since 2014.
Bakunawa
Bakunawa is the moon-eating serpent or dragon of Visayan and Bicolano Philippine mythology, blamed for eclipses; also called laho in Tagalog. People banged pots and drums during eclipses to scare it into releasing the moon; the seven-moons tale comes from Fernando Buyser's 1913 story.
Bakwena
The Bakwena, known in academic writing as the Kwena, are a Tswana people of Botswana and South Africa named for their crocodile totem, first settled in Botswana around 1720.
Bakytty Bala
Бақытты Бала (Kazakh "Happy Child") names several Kazakh children's initiatives: the 2018 Aktobe regional social project by Berdibek Saparbaev (4 billion tenge, 177 playgrounds), an Atyrau theme park, kindergartens, a summer camp, and a republican public association.
Bal des débutantes
Bal des débutantes, formerly the Crillon ball, is an annual debutante ball in Paris. Created in 1994, it presents young women in haute couture to raise money for charity.
Bal du moulin de la Galette
Bal du moulin de la Galette, also Dance at Le moulin de la Galette, is Renoir's 1876 oil painting of a Montmartre dancehall, held at the Musée d'Orsay since the 1896 Caillebotte legacy; a smaller version sold for $78.1 million in 1990.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (केशव गंगाधर तिलक)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, Lokmanya, 1856–1920) was an Indian nationalist leader, Kesari editor, and Swaraj advocate; led Congress Extremists in the Lal-Bal-Pal trio and endured three sedition trials.
Bal Kavita
Bal Kavita (बाल कविता) is the genre of Hindi poetry written for children, centered on the child's viewpoint and prized for rhythm, musicality, and simple language.
Bal Krishna Sama
Bal Krishna Sama (बालकृष्ण सम), born Bal Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, was a Nepali playwright whose verse play Mutuko Byatha marked the beginning of modern Nepali drama.