The winter of 1916 – 1917 was known as the " turnip winter ," because that vegetable, usually fed to livestock, was used by people as a substitute for potatoes and meat, which were increasingly scarce.

In 1916, Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur was completed, allowing Trans-Siberian trains to cross the river without using ferries ( or temporary rail tracks over the frozen river in winter ).

On January 13 and 14, 1916 the dikes at several places along the Zuiderzee broke under the stress of a winter storm, and the land behind them flooded, as had often happened in previous centuries.

Grand Duchess Tatiana in 1916 From left to right, Grand Duchess Olga, Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Grand Duchess Tatiana at Tobolsk in the winter of 1917 – 1918.

Terrace Park was incorporated in 1893, and was the winter residence of the Robinson Circus until 1916.

J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, stayed in Great Haywood during the winter of 1916 / 17 and in his story ' The Tale of the Sun and the Moon ' ( The Book of Lost Tales 1 ) he writes about a gnome called Gilfanon who owned an ancient house "... the House of a Hundred Chimneys, that stands nigh the bridge of Tavrobel ".

Late in 1915, Bristol was assigned the duties of aide and torpedo officer on the staff of Commander, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet and, in the winter of 1916, he became aide and flag secretary to the Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet.

Until the severe winter of 1916 – 17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands ; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically " wiped out.

A bitter winter set in shortly after, however, effectively ending major operations on the Western Front for 1916.

This was opposed by the Swedish organizers, but Brunetta d ' Usseaux managed to get a winter sports week scheduled for 1916.

In the winter of 1915 – 1916, early aircraft began to use the open farmlands at Manston as a site for emergency landings.

Bean in the mud of Gird Trench near Gueudecourt, Somme, France, during the winter of 1916 — 17

It was constructed by the Germans ( using Russian PoWs as labour ) during the winter of 1916 – 17.

In the winter of 1916 he studied medicine at the same university ; his family moved from Davle to a country manor Humburky, not far from Prague and Vladislav met 19-years old Ludmila ' Lida ' Tuhá, a student of medicine.

Owing to the advent of the southern winter and the prevailing ice conditions, it was more than three months before Shackleton was able to achieve the relief of the men at Elephant Island but eventually, with the aid of the steam-tug Yelcho, the entire party was brought to safety, reaching Punta Arenas in Chile on 3 September 1916.

Joining the battalion in November 1916 at Flers, France, Buckley served with it as it manned defensive positions along the Somme during the winter months.

Deering used Vizcaya as his winter residence from 1916 until his death in 1925.

The First Army took part in the epic retreat of the Serbian Army through the Albanian mountains during the winter of 1915 and 1916, during which it suffered heavy casualties due to hunger, frostbite, attack from Albanian bands ( Albania officially supported the Entente ) and exhaustion.

Believing that he could not survive another winter in damp Seattle, in 1916 his mother relocated them one more time, this time moving to the warmer, drier climate of San Diego, California, where they were both to remain for the remainders of their lives.

Skiing began in Banff in the 1890s and received its main impetus with the winter carnival in 1916.

: Toynbee ’ s description and analysis stop with the winter of 1915 and the spring of 1916, by which time the bulk of the Armenian population has been killed or deported.

He returned to America in the winter of 1916 and launched a fresh relief appeal to raise ten million dollars.

During the winter of 2010 / 11, which was quite severe compared to those of the last decades, the maximum ice cover was 315 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup >, which was reached on 25 February 2011.

The recent winter of 2009 / 2010 was an exception as there was a permanent snow cover from late December till early March.

In 2009 some reports from the US suggested that 1 / 3 of the honey bee colonies did not survive the winter, though normal winter losses are known to be around 25 %.

) A calendar using this new year is often referred to as " the Xia Calendar " ( 夏曆 / 夏历 ), following the Shiji which states that under the Xia Dynasty, the year began on the second new moon after the winter solstice.

However, bitheistic and ditheistic principles are not always so easily contrastable, for instance in a system where one god is the representative of summer and drought and the other of winter and rain / fertility ( cf.

In the winter term 2008 / 09, approximately 4600 students studied there.

In the winter term 2011 / 12 there were approximately 5500 enrolled students.

The El Niño winter of 2006 / 2007 was unusually mild in Europe, and the Alps recorded very little snow coverage that season.

In Canada, La Niña will in general cause a cooler, snowier winter, such as the near-record-breaking amounts of snow recorded in the La Niña winter of 2007 / 2008 in Eastern Canada.

The prefix " fimbul " means " the great / big " so the correct interpretation of the word is " the great winter ".

Historical names for January include its original Roman designation, Ianuarius, the Saxon term Wulf-monath ( meaning wolf month ) and Charlemagne's designation Wintarmanoth ( winter / cold month ).

Captain Outger Jacobsz of Grootebroek was asked to stay the next winter ( 1633 / 34 ) on Jan Mayen with six shipmates to defend the island.

And after several days of trying to get south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11 / 21.

The stronghold was captured by the Polish army in the winter of 1107 / 08, when the inhabitants ( cives et oppidani ) including a duke ( dux Pomeranorum ) surrendered without resistance.

In the winter 2007 / 2008 The Sea Stallion was exhibited outside the National Museum in Dublin.

After a winter storm dropped nearly 17 inches of snow in the Minneapolis / St Paul area the Saturday prior to the Vikings December 12 home game versus the New York Giants and 30 mph gusts drove snow removers off the dome's roof overnight, several panels were damaged as the weight of the snow caused the roof to collapse.

The Eastern Orthodox Church liturgical calendar begins on 1 September – proceeding annually from the Nativity of the Theotokos to the celebration of Jesus ' birth in the winter ( Christmas ), through his death and resurrection in the spring ( Pascha / Easter ), to his Ascension and the Assumption of his mother ( Dormition of the Theotokos / Virgin Mary ) in the summer.

The nuclear winter scenario predicts that the huge fires caused by nuclear explosions ( from burning urban areas ) would loft massive amounts of dense smoke from the fires, into the upper troposphere / stratosphere.

According to Dr. Vitalii Nikolaevich Tsygichko, a Senior Analyst at the Academy of Sciences, the author of the study, Mathematical Model of Soviet Strategic Operations on the Continental Theater, and a former member of the General Staff, military analysts discussed the idea of a " nuclear winter " ( although they did not use that exact term ) years before U. S. scientists wrote about it in the 1980s .< REF > http :// www. gwu. edu /~ nsarchiv // nukevault / ebb285 /</ REF >

In the winter of 2004 / 2005, Smith toured again with Nader in a series of rallies against the Iraq War and called for the impeachment of George W. Bush.

Porsche debuted the 928 GT in the late winter 1988 / 89 after dropping the slowly selling CS and SE.

The war was officially ended by the Thirty Years ' Peace, signed in the winter of 446 / 5 BC.