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Friday, 5 June 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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Robert Oppenheimer
After the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer became very popular. He gave lectures all over the country, talking about the responsible use of atomic energy.
After the hydrogen weapon tests, the situation changed and the scientist began to take an interest i ...
Michelangelo
The last Pieta he made for the cathedral in Florence was intended in his last will for his tomb.
Michelangelo loved to create significant, monumental things. He was not satisfied with commissions o ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was suspected of treason. When the Soviet Union successfully tested an atomic bomb in 1949, it came as a surprise to the United States. Since it came so soon after the Manhattan Project, it was suspected that someone had betrayed the project.
One of the suspects was Oppenheimer, who was already believed to be a communist sympathizer. The Ame ...
Rasputin
At nineteen, he married Praskovia Fedorovna Dubrovna, with whom he had four children.
A spiritual transformation began to take place in Rasputin. It is not known what caused it, whether ...
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
At the age of 23, he opened a tavern with his friend William Berry. Unfortunately, the partner’s alc ...
Rasputin
After three years on Mount Athos, he returned to the country, traveled, healed, prophesied, and preached the Word of God.
He was recognized as a monk, clairvoyant and an exorcist, although he did not take vows. Today he wo ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In 2006 he won the Ukrainian edition of "Dancing with the Stars".
In the program he danced with his partner Olena Shoptenko. After this performance he became probably ...
Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton is an avid photographer.
It is likely that if it were not for her role as Duchess of Cambridge and eventually Princess of Wal ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He participated in the longest press conference in history, lasting 14 hours.
During the conference held on October 10 - 11, 2019, President Zelenski answered 500 questions.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln’s embalmed body rests in a mausoleum in Springfield.