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Tuesday, 6 January 2026
32 facts about Peter the Great
32 facts about Peter the Great
The first Emperor of all Russia
Peter the Great is considered one of Russia's greatest rulers. He was a great reformer, strategist, and builder who was the first of the tsars to trav ...

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Tadeusz Kosciuszko
He spent several months in the United States, after which he returned to Europe and settled first in Paris and then in Switzerland.
In France, he took part in the formation of the Polish Legions and the founding of the Society of Polish Republicans.
Rasputin
He did not have a good reputation even in his home village.
Rasputin did not attend school and helped his father occasionally in the wagon business, transportin ...
William Shakespeare
William had many siblings.
He had three brothers (Gilbert, 1566 - 1611, Richard, 1574 - 1612, and Edmund, 1580 - 1607), and fou ...
Frederic Chopin
After the outbreak of the revolution in Paris, Chopin went to England and Scotland. He was already in very poor health, and the journey aggravated it.
In London, Chopin's last public concert took place in 1848. The concert was organized by his pupil J ...
Peter the Great
He was the first Russian tsar to travel abroad.
In 1697-1698, he embarked on an official diplomatic, 18-month mission called the “Grand Embassy,” tr ...
Jane Austen
Jane received her education primarily at home, learning drawing, music, and dance.
Jane's parents were avid readers, which they also strongly encouraged their daughter to do. As a res ...
Hypatia
Hypatia is considered to be the first woman in history to make a significant contribution to the development of mathematics, astronomy and philosophy.
Charles Darwin
HMS Beagle returned from the expedition in 1836.
The publication of Darwin's voyage diary was met with great interest by the British.
Ernest Hemingway
In Paris, Hemingway met Gertrude Stein, James Joys and Ezra Pound, who helped young artists develop their careers.
Gertrude Stein, one of the most influential authors of modernism, became Hemingway’s mentor. She int ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Tadeusz, who was given the name Andrzej Tadeusz Bonaventura Kosciuszko at his baptism, was the fourth child of Ludwik Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Tekla Ratomska Kosciuszko, coat of arms Roch III.
Tadeusz's father was a court official (swordsman) and the Lithuanian field roll regiment colonel.