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May 9, 2024 · Published: May 9, 2024 at 10:29 AM. In the early 1980s, Oleg Gordievsky was arguably the most important spy in the world. This was not primarily because of his work for what was ostensibly his employer, the KGB, but because he was a double agent for MI6. For over a decade, he leaked Russian secrets that would inform international policy in both ...
May 14, 2024 · The Battle of Alta River was a 1068 clash on the Alta River between Cuman army on the one hand and Kievan Rus' forces of Grand Prince Yaroslav I of Kiev, Prince Sviatoslav of Chernigov, and Prince Vsevolod of Periaslavl on the other in which the Rus' forces were routed and fled back to Kiev and Chernigov in some disarray.
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5 days ago · The executive body of the Serbian Orthodox Church is the Holy Synod. It has five members: four bishops and the patriarch. The Holy Synod takes care of the everyday operation of the church, holding meetings on regular basis. Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbian autochthonous region of Western Balkans Territorial organisation
May 5, 2024 · Near the border, ingeniously, and absurdly, a well-timed nappy change over the boot distracted a pair of Soviet Alsatian search dogs just as they were about to sniff where Gordievsky was hiding ...
May 15, 2024 · He became active in the politics of Kievan Rus, helping his father and uncle Izyaslav I (ruled at Kiev intermittently 1054–78) defeat his cousins Oleg Svyatoslavich and Boris Vyacheslavich at Chernigov (1078; modern Chernihiv, Ukraine) and succeeding his father as prince of Chernigov when
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1 day ago · Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [a] ( Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla (j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ⓘ; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to ...
4 days ago · Feb 5, 2024. Source: Bloomberg reporting. Methodology: The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's richest people. In calculating net worth, Bloomberg News strives to ...
