WebNov 9, 2009 · On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s ...

WebDec 4, 2019 · Early Scandinavian settlements in the East Vikings founded Kievan Rus in the mid-9th century, but Scandanavian settlements in Eastern Europe actually date back to at least A.D. 750.

WebIn the early 1830s Russian inventors father and son Cherepanovs built the first Russian steam locomotive.The first railway line was built in Russia in 1837 between Saint-Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo, and called the Tsarskoye Selo Railway.It was 27 km long and linked the Imperial Palaces at Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk. Track gauge was 6 feet (1830 mm).

WebRussia entered into another war with the Ottoman Empire in 1736, prompted by raids on Ukraine by Crimean Tatars and the military campaign of the Crimean khan in the Caucasus.In May 1736, the Russian army launched an invasion of the Crimean peninsula and burned the capital of the Crimean Khanate Bakhchisarai.On June 19, the Russian …

WebHistory Tsarist era The Medical Sanitary Workers Union was founded in 1820. ... Russia had endowed school doctors with more authority over school buildings and children’s bodies than in France, Germany and United Kingdom, and the United States. Early Soviet period. The Bolsheviks announced in 1917 requirements for "comprehensive sanitary ...

WebOriginally, the name Rus' (Cyrillic: Русь) referred to the people, regions, and medieval states (9th to 12th centuries) of the Kievan Rus'.In Western culture, it was better known as Ruthenia from the 11th century onwards. Its territories are today distributed among Belarus, Northern Ukraine, Eastern Poland, and the European section of Russia.The term Россия …

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WebAdministrative reforms by Peter the Great. Technically, the territorial-administrative reform started out in the Tsardom of Russia before the Imperial period. On December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, in order to improve the manageability of the vast territory of the state, Tsar Peter the Great issued an ukase (edict) dividing Russia into eight administrative …

WebJun 21, 2022 · From 1927-2006, players from the Soviet Union and Russia held the world championship title (with only two exceptions). Alekhine, Mikhail Botvinnik , Vassily Smyslov , Mikhail Tal , Tigran Petrosian , Boris Spassky , Anatoly Karpov , Garry Kasparov , and Vladimir Kramnik were the world champions and chess giants that proved the domination …

WebDec 12, 2022 · From early Mongol invasions to tsarist regimes to ages of enlightenment and industrialization to revolutions and wars, Russia is known not just for its political rises of world power and upheaval ...

WebTerrorism in Russia has a long history starting from the time of the Russian Empire. Terrorism, in the modern sense, means violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives by creating extreme fear.. Terrorism was an important tool used by Marxist revolutionaries in the early 20th century to disrupt the social, political, and …

WebThe history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) in Russia and its historical antecedents (the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire) has largely been influenced by the political leanings of its rulers.Medieval Catholic-Protestant Europe had the largest influence on Russian attitude towards homosexuality. Russian LGBT history was …

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