Biography

Friday, 28 November 2025

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Peter the Great
The official purpose of this trip was to obtain confirmation that Turkey's European adversaries were ready to continue the war against the "enemy of the Lord's cross."
However, diplomatic considerations were not the only ones that came into play. Peter was curious abo ...
Rasputin
Rasputin's funeral took place in a park in Tsarskoye Selo in 1916.
The Tsar's family attended, and the Tsarina placed an icon signed by all the funeral attendees in the coffin before closing it.
Hypatia
Hypatia is considered to be the first woman in history to make a significant contribution to the development of mathematics, astronomy and philosophy.
Amadeus Mozart
After Mozart's death, Constance was in a very bad financial situation.
So she turned to the imperial court for an annuity from the composer. She also organized a series of concerts that brought her a substantial income.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Kosciuszko's stay in Paris lasted five years.
Pre-revolutionary France at the time made a huge impression on him, translating into his political and social beliefs.
Aristotle
Aristotle put great effort into studying logic.
He proposed a new concept called Syllogism he described in his work on deductive reasoning, Prior An ...
Kate Middleton
During her school days, she involved herself in many sports and cultural activities.
She engaged in ballet and tap dancing. Additionally, Kate was a member of a choir, with which she re ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Tadeusz, who was given the name Andrzej Tadeusz Bonaventura Kosciuszko at his baptism, was the fourth child of Ludwik Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Tekla Ratomska Kosciuszko, coat of arms Roch III.
Tadeusz's father was a court official (swordsman) and the Lithuanian field roll regiment colonel.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
After the death of Catherine II, Kosciuszko was freed from captivity by her successor, Tsar Paul I Romanov.
The price he had to pay for freeing 20.000 Poles from Russian prisons and gulags was to take an oath of allegiance and pledge not to return to Poland.
Salvador Dali
He was fascinated by Freud.
After reading his interpretation of dreams, he stated that this book was one of the greatest discoveries of his life. Ideas about dreams and the subconscious had a huge impact on his work.