Biography

Peter I dreamed of bringing Russia as a strong, modernized, accepted state into the arena of European politics.

The Kosciuszko Insurrection, also known as the Kosciuszko Uprising, was a Polish national uprising against Russia and Prussia in 1794, including the Warsaw, Vilnius, Kurland, Greater Poland, and several other insurrections.

Byron was disappointed by the birth of his daughter, he expected a son, "a wonderful boy". The girl was named after Byron's half-sister (his great love), Augusta Leighi; Byron called her Ada.

Kosciuszko was the first person in 1792 to be awarded the Virtuti Militari gold medal.

France appointed him an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1957.

Peter I reformed the army, introducing annual compulsory conscription for permanent service in the regular army.

In addition to his musical talent, Chopin also revealed others. Many biographers claim that he was a universal genius.

Grigori Rasputin was a Russian peasant claiming to be an Orthodox monk, a mystic, and a favorite of the family of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov.

Shortly after Ivan V's death, already an independent tsar of Russia, he won his first victory, defeating the Turks and capturing the fortress of Azov.

Mozart received a commission from Munich to write a grand opera for the start of the opera season in that city in December 1780.