Biography

He built from scratch the new city of St. Petersburg, to which he moved the country's capital.

After sailing for more than two months, one of the sailors spotted land. The ships probably reached Watling Island (San Salvador), Bahamas.

Ada was often sick during her childhood.

Since the poison did not work, it was decided to shoot Rasputin. But the first shot wounded him only slightly.

After several years of struggling with disability, Beethoven was forced to completely give up public performances and devote himself exclusively to composing.

In the political life of Poland at the time, a group of activists pushing the need for reform played an increasingly important role.

He tended to squander the family fortune and quickly fell into debt.

"The Aeneid" - the epic by the Roman poet Virgil is a direct reference to the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey".

In 1954, Hemingway and his wife traveled to Africa, where they were twice involved in plane crashes.

In 1980, Igor Carl Fabergé, a member of the family whose company launched the Fabergé Eggs, licensed a collection of crystal wine glasses in commemoration of the centenary of Pavlova’s birth.