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1 day ago · e. Eugenics ( / juːˈdʒɛnɪks / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well', and -γενής (genḗs) 'come into being, growing') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. [2] [3] [4] Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding ...
3 days ago · Volkswagen New Beetle. The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, [a] is a small car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. [b] It is one of the most iconic cars in automotive history, recognised for its distinctive shape. Its production period of 65 years is the longest of any single generation of automobile ...
1 day ago · Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin [f] (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; [g] 18 December [ O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian-born Soviet politician and revolutionary who was the longest-serving leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 ...
3 days ago · Great Purge. Great Purge. Part of the purges of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. People of Vinnytsia searching through the exhumed victims of the Vinnytsia massacre, 1943. Location. Soviet Union, East Turkestan, Mongolian People's Republic. Date. 1936–1938.
3 days ago · Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptcy.
18 hours ago · Overview and definition. The Modernist movement began to emerge during the late 19th century in response to significant changes in Western culture, including secularization and the growing influence of science. Modernism is characterized as a rejection of tradition and a hunt for newer, more original means of cultural expression.
3 days ago · Global. Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs ( lit. 'Decorative Arts' ), [1] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I ), [2] and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s. Through styling and design of the exterior ...
