The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Mílos

(also Melos or Milo), a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, belonging to the Cyclades group. Area, 158 sq km. In the north there are deep bays; the rest of the coastline is straight. Milos is composed of crystalline and volcanic rocks. Lowlands alternate with hills and low mountains (elevations up to 773 m). There is Mediterranean shrub vegetation. Wheat, corn, and olives are cultivated on the island. There is fishing industry and marble quarrying. The population centers are Milos and Adamas.

References in periodicals archive

"There was a lot of high-fiving," says Milosh, a lead engineer for the 1989 mission to recover the cargo of treasure from the sunken S.S.

Treasure ship of gold may give up its hoard

As President of Czech Republic Milosh Zeman wrote in his address to participants of the meeting, the events in Ukraine developed

Georgian President Leaves for Prague

We can see from the opening words of Grendel's first chapter--they reflect not just the alliteration to which Milosh refers but accepted patterns of rhythm as well--that Gardner intends to recapture not just the basic plot, but a sense of the language of the poem that served as his source.

John Gardner's Grendel: a story retold and transformed in the process

See also Cathy Singer, "Going Private Transactions and Other Related Party Transactions" in Julia Milosh, ed., Critical Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions: Domestic and International Views: Papers Presented at the 6th Queen's Annual Business Law Symposium 1999 (Kingston, Ont.: Faculty of Law, Queen's University, 2000) 193 at 199.

Lock-ups, squeeze-outs, and Canadian takeover bid law: a curious interplay of public and private interests

Camera (color), Matthew Cantrell, Dusan Joksimovic; editor, Duncan Burns; music, Elton Ahi; production designer, Michelle Milosh; art director, Giovanni Natalucci; set decorator, Lou A.

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

Milosh Puchovsky, the principal fire protection engineer at the fire protection association, said while he couldn't recommend any products, he could, however, institute codes and standards for managers.

Smoke and mirrors: little guidance, vague codes raise questions for property managers selecting flame retardants

"Cleveland's Heritage--The Serbs: Serbian Immigrant, Milosh Milenkovich, Defends Homeland from Abroad." Plain Dealer, 4 April 1998, B4.

Serbian immigration, settlement, and ethnicity: a bibliography of newspaper articles

Milosh, The Scale of Perfection and the English Mystical Tradition (U.

The "Fygure" of the Market: The N-Town Cycle and East Anglian Lay Piety

Talking of animals with a death wish, one of Crufts' guests of honour was Milosh, a two-year-old tabby CAT.

IT'S WUFF AT THE TOP; BOB SHIELDS discovers it's a barking mad world when he joins 26,000 dogs and their owners at Crufts

It is likely that both sides will find a way to avoid trade sanctions, said Eugene Milosh, president of the U.S.

'No one wants to start a trade war.' (trade relations with China) (Brief Article)

Petersburg (Leningrad) to plead his case, he was ordered interned in the Ukraine; he managed to travel secretly through Bessarabia to Serbia (1817); there he fell victim to a plot between the pro-Turkish Serbian leader, Milosh Obrenovich, who wished for no competition to his role, and the Turkish vizier of Belgrade, resulting in the assassination of Karageorge while he slept in the village of Radovanje (July 25, 1817); his head was afterward sent to Istanbul.

Karageorge (George Petrovich), also Karadjordje (Djordje Petrovic) (1762-1817)

The main roles were played by Milosh Bikovich and Irina Antonenko.

See the first photos from TV series about King of Songs