WebThe State Duma, also known as the Imperial Duma, was the lower house of the Governing Senate in the Russian Empire, while the upper house was the State Council.It held its meetings in the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg.It convened four times between 27 April 1906 and the collapse of the Empire in February 1917. The first and the second dumas …

WebThe Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции, Vooruzhonnije Síly Rossíyskoj Federátsii), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia.In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two million reserve personnel. …

WebThe history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500 to AD 1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). ... The collapse of the Russian Empire in the First World War enabled the major powers to reestablish an independent Second Polish …

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WebWhile the Tibetan plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet's history went unrecorded until the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism around the 6th century. Tibetan texts refer to the kingdom of Zhangzhung (c. 500 BCE – 625 CE) as the precursor of later Tibetan kingdoms and the originators of the Bon religion. While mythical accounts of …

WebThe following is a list of Jews born in the territory of the former Russian Empire. It is geographically defined, so it also includes people born after the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1922 and its successor the Soviet Union in 1991. ... Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/Ukraine, only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different …

WebThe German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.. The …

WebAndrew File System (AFS) ended service on January 1, 2021. AFS was a file system and sharing platform that allowed users to access and distribute stored content. AFS was available at afs.msu.edu an…