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1671: Stenka Razin: Cossack Leader who Attacked Iran and the Russian Empire

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1671: Stenka Razin: Cossack Leader who Attacked Iran and the Russian Empire

On this day Cossack leader Stenka Razin was executed. Razin led a very unusual life, during which he led ...

On this day Cossack leader Stenka Razin was executed. Razin led a very unusual life, during which he led a number of gangs that plundered even across distant Persia (Iran). Razin belonged to the so-ca ...

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1943: Holocaust in Ukraine

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1943: Holocaust in Ukraine

On this day the Germans killed about 6,000 Jews during the liquidation of the Janowska concentration camp ...

On this day the Germans killed about 6,000 Jews during the liquidation of the Janowska concentration camp in Ukraine. This happened after a failed uprising in the camp, which occurred after Germans fo ...

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1991: Ukraine Gains its Independence from the Soviet Union

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1991: Ukraine Gains its Independence from the Soviet Union

On this day in 1991, Ukraine proclaimed its independence from the USSR. It was part of the process of dis ...

On this day in 1991, Ukraine proclaimed its independence from the USSR. It was part of the process of disintegration of the Soviet Union, which occurred despite some hard-line leaders of the Communist ...

August 24, 2015
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1060: Henry I – French King of Limited Means

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1060: Henry I – French King of Limited Means

French king Henry I of the Capet dynasty died on this day in 1060. At the time of his reign, the French r ...

French king Henry I of the Capet dynasty died on this day in 1060. At the time of his reign, the French royal domain (the area under the king’s direct authority) was probably the smallest in the entir ...

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1965: Death of Moshe Sharett, an Israeli Prime Minister who was Born in Ukraine

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1965: Death of Moshe Sharett, an Israeli Prime Minister who was Born in Ukraine

On this day the Jewish politician Moshe Sharett died. He was the second prime minister in the history of ...

On this day the Jewish politician Moshe Sharett died. He was the second prime minister in the history of the State of Israel after its independence in 1948 (the first prime minister was the famous Dav ...

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