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Sunday, 6 September 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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Anna Pavlova
Anna died on January 23rd, 1931 in Hague, Netherlands, at the age of 49.
She died of pleurisy, which was a result of a 12-hour train delay she was forced to wait out in the ...
Constantine the Great
He convened the Council of Nicaea I - an assembly of the Christian bishops of the Roman Empire at Nicaea in Bithynia (a historical land in Asia Minor, on the Black Sea, in present-day Turkey), which lasted from July 19-25, 325.
This assembly was recognized as the first universal council at the Council of Ephesus in 431. Its de ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
It is not certain whether Caesar, in the last moments of his life, uttered the words "Et tu, Brute?”
According to Svetonius and Plutarch, Caesar remained silent and only covered his head with a toga when he saw his friend Brutus among the assassins.
Charles Darwin
Not all of his children reached adulthood.
Of the children who survived, George, Francis, and Horace became prominent scientists (an astronomer, botanist, and civil engineer). Son Leonard became a soldier, politician, and economist.
Kate Middleton
Some accuse her of being too rigid and hiding her emotions.
Life in the Royal Family, especially when one occupies the position of the wife of the heir to the t ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Between 1820 and 1823, Kosciuszko's mound was raised in Krakow.
The Kosciuszko Museum operates at the mound.
Ernest Hemingway
In 1931, the family settled in Key West, Florida, in a house on Whitehead Street, which the couple received from Pauline’s uncle as a belated wedding gift.
They had previously lived on Simonton Street, where Hemingway wrote “A Farewell to Arms” in 1929. Wh ...
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 ...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid on May 20, 1506, and was buried there.
After three years, the body was transferred to Seville. It was Columbus' wish to be buried in Americ ...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was the author of 300 patents that protected his 125 inventions in 26 countries.
His greatest achievement was finding a practical application for alternating current. Tesla develope ...