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Sunday, 22 March 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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Napoleon Bonaparte
The success achieved during the siege of Toulon resulted in the appointment of the twenty-four-year-old Napoleon as a brigadier general.
He was noticed by the Committee of Public Salvation and assigned to the artillery forces in the Army of Italy.
Hypatia
She was the daughter of the mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Theon of Alexandria.
Theon was an active scholar, he is known to have observed the solar eclipse that took place in Alexa ...
Anna Pavlova
In 1914, she married Victor Dandré, a Duma official, who she met in Paris between 1900 and 1904.
Very soon after they met, Dandré became Anna’s manager. Dandré was responsible for organizing her to ...
Jane Austen
Jane Austin was born on 16 December 1775 in Stevenson near Basingstoke, Hempshire.
Rasputin
The decision was made to end Rasputin's life, but he wasn't an easy target.
The Tsar suffered defeats at the front, and the situation in the country was very unstable, so there ...
Frederic Chopin
Chopin died on the night of October 17, 1849.
In his last moments he was surrounded by a few people close to him. In the death certificate tuberculosis was indicated as the cause of death.
Christopher Columbus
From Nicaraguan tribesmen he learned of the "rich kingdoms" of the - Mayan and possibly Inca civilizations and of the "great sea" (Pacific Ocean) farther west.
However, he was unable to find a water passage to this body of water. After losing two of his four s ...
Rasputin
The local Orthodox community did not like Rasputin's activities as they were considered heresy and a source of demoralization and depravity.
The accusations went to the governor and the Orthodox authorities, who did not find any irregulariti ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
Cleopatra bore Caesar a son - Ptolemy Caesar, commonly known as Caesarion.
He was the last ruler of ancient Egypt and was killed on Octavian Augustus' orders when he invaded E ...
Amadeus Mozart
Since both Amadeus and Nannerl showed musical ability, the father gave up his career and devoted himself to the children's musical education.
Amadeus learned to play the harpsichord from the age of five (even as a three-year-old, he listened ...