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Monday, 1 December 2025
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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Rasputin
As he traveled around the country, he met with representatives of the official Orthodox Church, adherents of various religious sects, and ordinary people at markets, railroad stations, and river stops.
That was when the so-called "Rasputin circle" was formed, which initially grouped people from Rasput ...
Michelangelo
He was painting the Last Judgment on the Sistine Chapel's altar wall from 1534 to 1541.
As a young man, Michelangelo was greatly impressed by the sermons of Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominica ...
Hypatia
A planet, an asteroid, a crater and a group of fissures (Rimae Hypatia) on the Moon are named after Hypatia.
In 2015, her name crossed the borders of the solar system. An exoplanet discovered in 2002 orbiting ...
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.
Gaius Julius Caesar
He first became consul in 59 BC.
The position of consul was one of the two highest posts in the republic. The term of office lasted o ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer's family was wealthy.
The Oppenheimers lived in Manhattan, a neighborhood known for its luxury mansions and townhouses. Th ...
Hypatia
Hypatia was brutally murdered.
In March 415, a mob of Christians led by the church lector Peter, whom Socrates described as a fanat ...
Kate Middleton
She spent her early childhood abroad.
When she was two years old, her father got a job as an airport manager in Amman. The whole family moved to the Jordanian capital and lived there for the next two years.
Ernest Hemingway
In 1931, Hemingway’s third son Gregory Hancock Hemingway was born.
Salvador Dali
He was fascinated by Freud.
After reading his interpretation of dreams, he stated that this book was one of the greatest discoveries of his life. Ideas about dreams and the subconscious had a huge impact on his work.