Biography

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

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Anna Pavlova
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.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
After the annexation of Crimea and the establishment of separatist republics in Donbass, Volodymyr Zelenski stopped cooperating with Russian television.
He publicly condemned Russia's actions and stressed that the territories annexed by the Russian Federation belong to Ukraine.
Homer
According to some legends, Homer was blind.
In some dialects of ancient Greek, the name Homer meant blind ('not seeing'). It is possible that in ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
On February 24, 2022, Russian troops launched an invasion of Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin.
In late October and early November 2021, Russia began to significantly increase the number of its tr ...
Amadeus Mozart
Just before his death, Mozart began work on the Requiem funeral mass.
He did not manage to complete this work. In the manuscript, the last notes put by his hand fall on t ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was a compulsive smoker. In late 1965, he was diagnosed with throat cancer.
He underwent surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. While at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, he fell into a coma and soon died on February 18, 1967, at the age of 62.
Nikola Tesla
In 1913, Tesla patented a bladeless disc turbine - his 100th patent.
Tesla was mainly concerned with the subject of electricity. He experimented with various methods of ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo created many monumental works in Rome.
He led the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and did so until the end of his life. Unfortunately, ...
Jane Austen
"Northanger Abbey" is a parody of the so-called Gothic novel, a literary genre extremely popular in Britain at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The novel's main character - young and naive Catherine- must learn to distinguish between reality an ...
Abraham Lincoln
Among Lincoln’s favorite readings were the Bible, Aesop’s Fables, “The Pilgrim’s Wanderings” by John Buyan, and “The Cases of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.