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Hace 5 horas · Leo Tolstoy at age 20, c. 1848. Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Tula, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Moscow. He was the fourth of five children of Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy (1794–1837), a veteran of the Patriotic War of 1812, and Princess Mariya Tolstaya (née Volkonskaya; 1790 ...
Hace 1 día · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...
Hace 10 minutos · Kochi: The winners of the 15th Greenstorm Global Photography Festival themed "Beautiful Landscapes” were announced on Earth Day, marking the end of the festival, which kicked off in September 2023.
Hace 1 día · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria.As such, he was Consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840, until his death in 1861. He received the unique title of Prince Consort in 1857 from his wife.. Albert was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a ...
Hace 1 día · Ukraine has temporarily banned men eligible to serve in the military from applying for passports abroad. Men aged between 18 and 60 will only be able to apply for or renew their passports in Ukraine.
Hace 5 horas · The 1990s (often referred to as the "'90s" or "Nineties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s are culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001.The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of Russia's status as a superpower, the end of a ...
Hace 1 día · Montreal (CA: / ˌ m ʌ n t r i ˈ ɔː l / ⓘ MUN-tree-AWL; French: Montréal ⓘ) is the second most populous city in Canada, the tenth most populous city in North America, and the most populous city in the province of Quebec.Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie was built.
