The Bolsheviks were the socialist-Leninist revolutionary forces that overthrew the Russian Empire and established the Soviet Union as a socialist republic. The Bolsheviks were founded by Vladamir Lenin and created their own political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
While the Spanish Empire officially ended in 1975, decline began in the 17th century. Spain found it very difficult to maintain territories across several continents. Revolts from colonized populations were very costly for Spain, despite the large flow of wealth from the Americas. Conflict with the...
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire. a government under an emperor or ...
What responsibilities did monarchs have in the feudal system? What is a vassal king? Which Frankish king briefly unified Western Europe? What country's divine right monarchy ended in the 17th century? Who were the nobility during the Middle Ages?
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made their case for the same rights and liberties as those of Poles and Lithuanians. Unable to resolve it, Ukrainians, eventually, launched a war in 1648 in pursuit of becoming equal and self-governing partners in that federation, but ended up forming their own state known as the Cossack ...
On July 21st in Washington, the U.S. President Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate for the 2024 U.S. presidential race. Biden shared his decision in a written s
1953), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1922 to 1953, the despotic ruler who more than any other individual molded the features that characterized the Soviet regime and shaped the direction of Europe after World War II ended in ...
By the end of the Empire, "Roman" meant every free born citizen, no just emperors and their offspring, and even though the empire ended, many people didn't leave the area. Many may simply have switched their allegiances to the big German with the sharp sword who now lived a lot nearer...
I worked with five different Russian speakers to help me translate the text, and they never agreed on the best way to do it. In the interest of consistency, I ended up going with the translations as done by my copyeditor, whom I'm told has a Masters in Russian literature. Read | ...