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1 day ago · Dozar or Sedjadeh: The term comes from Persian do, "two" and zar, a Persian measure corresponding to about 105 centimetres (41 inches). Carpets of Dozar size are approximately 130–140 cm (51–55 in) x 200–210 cm (79–83 in). Ghalitcheh (Persian: قالیچه ): Carpet of Dozar format, but woven in very fine quality.
1 day ago · The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup, [b] was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Soviet Union 's Communist Party to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet President and General Secretary of the Communist Party at the time. The coup leaders consisted of top military and ...
2 days ago · ] Out of six members of the original Politburo during the October Revolution who lived until the Great Purge, Stalin himself was the only one who remained in the Soviet Union, alive. Four of the other five were executed; the fifth, Leon Trotsky , had been forced into exile outside the Soviet Union in 1929, but was assassinated in Mexico by ...
1 day ago · The modern history of Russia began with the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union gaining more political and economical autonomy amidst the imminent dissolution of the USSR during 1988–1991, proclaiming its sovereignty inside the Union in June 1990, and electing its first President Boris Yeltsin a year later. The Russian SFSR (Soviet ...
1 day ago · Russia,[b]or the Russian Federation,[c]is a country spanning Eastern Europeand North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zonesand sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d]It is the world's ninth-most populous countryand Europe's most populous country. Russia is a highly urbanized country ...
5 days ago · The Circassian genocide, [10] [11] or Tsitsekun, [a] [b] was the Russian Empire 's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 95–97% [c] [d] of the Circassian population, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths [15] [e] during the final stages of the Russo-Circassian War. [16] [17] [18] The peoples planned for extermination were ...
2 days ago · Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 [1]) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions ...
