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Ukraine 1917: socialism and nationalism in a world turned upside down

Open Democracy 04 Nov 2021

In Petrograd, the Russian Empire’s capital, the provisional government that had ruled since February collapsed and Bolshevik-led workers’ and soldiers’ soviets, or councils, took control ... The Rada, like all the parliamentary institutions emerging in the empire’s ruins, sat atop a ...

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How many Days of Military Honor does Russia celebrate?

Russia Beyond 04 Nov 2021

1), during the Crimean War of 1853–1856, in the harbor of the city of Sinop, Turkey, the Russian fleet decimated a squadron of the Ottoman Empire ... How heroes of the Russian Empire became Heroes of the Soviet Union.

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Beijing News 04 Nov 2021

Many victories by the Russian armed forces have saved the country from destruction and changed world history ... 11), 1790, the Russian navy defeated the superior Turkish fleet ... 1), during the Crimean War of 1853-1856, in the harbor of the city of Sinop, Turkey, the Russian fleet decimated a squadron of the Ottoman Empire.

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How many Days of Military Honor does Russia celebrate

Beijing News 04 Nov 2021

Many victories by the Russian armed forces have saved the country from destruction and changed world history ... 11), 1790, the Russian navy defeated the superior Turkish fleet ... 1), during the Crimean War of 1853-1856, in the harbor of the city of Sinop, Turkey, the Russian fleet decimated a squadron of the Ottoman Empire.

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How these ultrawealthy politicians avoided paying taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents

Raw Story 04 Nov 2021

The Russian company that bought much of his coal empire sued him and got him to buy back the assets — at a much discounted price but attached to significant debt ... In 2008, the year before he sold much of his coal empire to the Russian company, two GRATs appeared on his returns for the first time.

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18th century Hungarian map describes 'East Sea'

Korea Times 04 Nov 2021

The 1730 map, portraying the Russian Empire and the Tartary region, shows that ...

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How these ultrawealthy politicians slash their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of constituents

Alternet 04 Nov 2021

The Russian company that bought much of his coal empire sued him and got him to buy back the assets — at a much discounted price but attached to significant debt ... In 2008, the year before he sold much of his coal empire to the Russian company, two GRATs appeared on his returns for the first time.

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How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes

ProPublica 04 Nov 2021

The Russian company that bought much of his coal empire sued him and got him to buy back the assets — at a much discounted price but attached to significant debt ... In 2008, the year before he sold much of his coal empire to the Russian company, two GRATs appeared on his returns for the first time.

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Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Nov. 4, 2021

Anadolu Agency 04 Nov 2021

Alvin Bragg has been elected Manhattan's top prosecutor, becoming the first Black man to lead the New York City borough's district attorney's office as it carries out a probe into former President Donald Trump and his business empire.

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Globalization from Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan Until Today

GlobalResearch 04 Nov 2021

Under pressure, particularly from the owners of British cotton mills, the British government prohibited the export of Indian cotton to any part of the British Empire ... the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, the Russian Empire, China and Japan – had the potential to become imperialist capitalist powers.

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How famous writers depicted the lives of prostitutes in Imperial Russia

Russia Beyond 03 Nov 2021

The public image of a fallen woman has long captivated the foremost Russian writers ... 10 ICONIC female characters in Russian literature you need to knowLeo Tolstoy and his ‘Resurrection’ ... While working on the story, the man behind ‘The Duel’ put prostitution in the Russian Empire under a magnifying glass.

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Academy of Athens to celebrate the achievements and contributions of the Greek Diaspora

Greek City Times 02 Nov 2021

Between the fall of the Empire of Trebizond to the Ottomans in 1461 and the second Russo-Turkish War in 1828–29, thousands of Pontic Greeks migrated (or fled) from the Pontic Alps and eastern Anatolia to Georgia and other southern regions of the Russian Empire, and (later) the Russian province of Kars in the South Caucasus.

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Today in Israeli History

The American Israelite 02 Nov 2021

Nov. 5, 1990 — Meir Kahane Is Killed. * Government Press Office *. Rabbi Meir Kahane, 58, is fatally shot by Egyptian-American El Sayyid Nosair in a Manhattan hotel where Kahane is speaking ... Nov. 6, 1987 — Singer Zohar Argov Kills Himself ... Nov ... Nov ... Yisrael Amir, the first commander in chief of the Israeli Air Force, is born in Vilna in the Russian Empire.

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Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs: How the Far-Right Uses MMA to Spread Hate

Vice 01 Nov 2021

The key player in the world of far-right MMA is White Rex. Founded in 2008 as a far-right clothing label by the Russian neo-Nazi hooligan Denis Kapustin, widely known by his pseudonym Denis Nikitin, White Rex began organising white-only MMA tournaments in 2011 ... A Russian neo-Nazi football hooligan is trying to build an MMA empire across Europe ... READ.

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EU refuses to outlaw the entire Hezbollah terrorist entity

The Jerusalem Post 01 Nov 2021

Peter Stano, EU Spokesperson for Foreign Policy, told the Post that “The military wing of Hezbollah is already on EU terror list ... “Hezbollah is a single, large organization ... The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was  "a 19th century forgery by Russian intelligence services...designed to scapegoat Jews for the empire's hardships." ... .