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4 days ago · Lieutenant Nathan Baskind, the son of Jewish Lithuanian and Russian immigrants, served in D-Day then disappeared in the Battle of Cherbourg on June 23, 1944. The soldiers fate went unknown...
4 days ago · Alexandra (born June 6, 1872, Darmstadt, Germany—died July 17, 1918, Yekaterinburg, Russia) was the consort of the Russian emperor Nicholas II. Her misrule while the emperor was commanding the Russian forces during World War I precipitated the collapse of the imperial government in March 1917.
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3 days ago · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.
2 days ago · Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso.
2 days ago · Ramses II was thethird king of the 19th dynasty of ancient Egypt whose reign (1279-1213 BCE) was the second longest in Egyptian history. In addition to his wars with the Hittites and Libyans, he is known for his extensive building programs and the colossal statues of him found all over Egypt.
- Ramses II was the third pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 19th dynasty, reigning from 1279 to 1213 BCE. He likely began exercising some power prior to act...
- The most important campaign of Ramses II’s reign culminated in the famous Battle of Kadesh. Ramses II set out in his fourth year as king to reestab...
- Ramses II commissioned an almost unparalleled amount of building projects at home. Some of these were actually initiated under the rule of his fath...
- Ramses II’s long life—he lived between 90 and 96 years—gave him ample opportunity to marry wives and beget children. He had over 200 wives and conc...
- It seems like Ramses II was an admired pharaoh, both during and after his lifetime. His popularity may have been due to a combination of the prospe...
5 days ago · On 31st May 2024, a magnificent equestrian monument to Emperor Alexander III was unveiled and consecrated in the city of Kemerovo, the capital of Kuzbass, situated in Western Siberia. The height of the equestrian statue is 5 meters 35 centimeters, almost the height of a five-story building.
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3 days ago · World War II is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939, when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. The United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany on 3 September. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union had partitioned Poland and marked out their " spheres of influence ...
