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The Cyrillic Projector is a sculpture created by American artist Jim Sanborn in the early 1990s, and purchased by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1997.[1]

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  1. 24 relations: Andrei Sakharov, Anti-Sovietism, Antipodes (sculpture), Central Intelligence Agency, Classified information, Computerra, Cyrillic script, Dissident, Elonka Dunin, Encryption, Jim Sanborn, KGB, Kryptos, Langley, Virginia, Latin alphabet, Propaganda, Psychology, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Russian language, Science (journal), Sculpture, Soviet Union, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Virginia.

  2. Art in North Carolina
  3. Bronze sculptures in North Carolina
  4. Outdoor sculptures in North Carolina
  5. Sculptures by Jim Sanborn
  6. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (p; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Soviet physicist and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world.

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Anti-Sovietism

Anti-Sovietism (translit) or anti-Soviet sentiment refers to persons and activities that were actually or allegedly aimed against the Soviet Union or government power within the Soviet Union.

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Antipodes (sculpture)

Antipodes is a public artwork by American sculptor Jim Sanborn located outside of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, United States. Cyrillic Projector and Antipodes (sculpture) are sculptures by Jim Sanborn.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Classified information

Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected.

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Computerra

Computerra (Компьюте́рра) was a Russian computer weekly publication.

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Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script, Slavonic script or simply Slavic script is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia.

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Dissident

A dissident is a person who actively challenges an established political or religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution.

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Elonka Dunin

Elonka Dunin (born December 29, 1958) is an American video game developer and cryptologist.

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Encryption

In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming (more specifically, encoding) information in a way that, ideally, only authorized parties can decode.

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Jim Sanborn

Herbert James Sanborn, Jr. (born November 14, 1945, in Washington, D.C.) is an American sculptor.

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KGB

The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.

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Kryptos

Kryptos is a distributed sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia. Cyrillic Projector and Kryptos are history of cryptography and sculptures by Jim Sanborn.

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Langley, Virginia

Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs is an international organization that brings together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict and to seek solutions to global security threats.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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See also

Art in North Carolina

Bronze sculptures in North Carolina

Outdoor sculptures in North Carolina

Sculptures by Jim Sanborn

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_Projector

Also known as Aiden Pompey.