▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 2 2 ▁birth s ▁Category : 2 0 1 2 ▁death s ▁Category : W rit ers ▁from ▁La ▁C ros se , ▁Wisconsin ▁Category : American ▁histor ians <0x0A> </s> ▁V ital iy ▁M eln ik ▁is ▁a ▁Soviet ▁lug er ▁who ▁competed ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s . ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁bronze ▁medal ▁in ▁the ▁men ' s ▁doubles ▁event ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁F IL ▁World ▁Lu ge ▁Championships ▁in ▁Ober hof , ▁East ▁Germany . ▁ ▁References ▁H ick ok ▁sports ▁information ▁on ▁World ▁champions ▁in ▁l uge ▁and ▁ske leton . ▁ ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : S ov iet ▁male ▁lug ers ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Tai ▁Dam ▁( ), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Black ▁Tai ▁( Th ai : ▁; ▁; ▁" Black ▁Tai ▁language "; ▁), ▁is ▁a ▁Tai ▁language ▁spoken ▁by ▁the ▁Tai ▁Dam ▁in ▁Vietnam , ▁La os , ▁Th ailand , ▁ ▁and ▁China ▁( most ly ▁in ▁Jin ping ▁M iao , ▁Y ao , ▁and ▁D ai ▁Aut onom ous ▁County ). ▁ ▁The ▁Tai ▁Dam ▁language ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁Th ai ▁and ▁La o , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁close ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁readily ▁understood ▁by ▁most ▁Th ai ▁and ▁La o ▁speak ers . ▁In ▁particular , ▁the ▁P ali ▁and ▁S ansk rit ▁add itions ▁to ▁Th ai ▁and ▁La o ▁are ▁largely