The banjo, with the fiddle, is a mainstay of American old-time music.ddie Peabody (1902â1970) was a great proponent of the plectrum banjo who performed for nearly five decades (1920â1968) and left a considerable legacy of recordings. An early reviewer dubbed him King of the Banjo, and his was a household name for decades.
1 vote Vote for this answer. At their closest Alaska and Russia are 2.5 miles apart â the distance between Little Diomede Island, Alaska, and Big Diomede Island, Russia. http://www.gov.state.ak.us/trade/2003/tad/russia/facts.htm.
The ~2500-mile-long Alaska/Aleutian subduction zone stretches from Russia in the east to Alaska in the west. Here, the Pacific Plate and the North American plate are moving towards one another at a rate of ~6-7 centimeters (or 2-3 inches) per year.