Biography

Meanwhile, Peter married Eudoxia Lopukhina, who came from a wealthy boyar family.

The Stade Roland Garros tennis complex in Paris is named after Roland Garros.

The envoy visited Livonia and Prussia, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Austria and the Republic.

On one hand, Lincoln was against slavery. On the other, however, opposed the idea of granting civil rights to Afro-Americans, and suggested emigration to Africa and Latin America.

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.

It is not certain whether Caesar, in the last moments of his life, uttered the words "Et tu, Brute?”

Chopin had three sisters: Ludwika, Izabela and Emilia, who died prematurely.

His mother tongue is Russian.

Hemingway and Pauline attended a three-month safari in Africa.

Chopin began learning the piano quite early, at the turn of his fourth and fifth year.