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Friday, 7 August 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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Alfred Nobel
Alfred and his three brothers spent their early childhood in poverty. After several business failures, his father's workshop went bankrupt and was auctioned off.
Immanuel Nobel left for St. Petersburg in search of a better life. The family remained in Sweden. To ...
William Shakespeare
In 1995, UNESCO designated the day of Shakespeare’s birth and death - April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day.
Abraham Lincoln
His mother was Nancy Lincoln, née Hanks. Her descendant, and therefore a descendant of Abraham Lincoln, is actor Tom Hanks.
Nancy’s father was also named Tom.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He played the title role in a comedy series "Servant of the Nation".
The 2015 series told the story of how, through a video recorded for a joke, its main character, quit ...
Charles Darwin
He became one of the best students.
In the final examinations he placed tenth out of 178 people. The reading of numerous naturalistic wo ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He has known his wife since middle school, but their closer relationship began during college.
Olena Zelenska (née Kiyashko) was born on February 16, 1978 in Kryvyi Rih. She met her future husban ...
Hypatia
Bishop Cyril harboured a deep, pathological hatred for Hypatia.
He envied the mathematician's wisdom and extensive astronomical knowledge, but above all her popular ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
As an able student, he attended a special engineering course for outstanding students.
He remained at the school as an instructor sub-brigadier with the rank of ensign and graduated with the rank of captain.
Roland Garros
He continued his education at Janson de Sailly, one of the most prestigious schools in Europe.
He was interested in music and initially studied it to become an outstanding pianist.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven worked a lot, led a destructive lifestyle, lived in poor conditions, had many personal problems, and, in addition, suffered from numerous diseases - this led to very severe exhaustion of his body.
He struggled with intestinal disease throughout his life, including dropsy and cirrhosis of the live ...