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A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps
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7 Accomplished Paintings in Moscow
close up of newspapers
Citizen Journalists
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Just How Many Oceans Are There?
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Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
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7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around
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The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Camel at Khor Rori, Oman; mammal.
Do Camels Store Water in Their Humps?
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
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Born November 13, 1818 • Moscow • Russia
Died August 1, 1887 (aged 68) • Russia
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Samantha Power
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Friedrich Gentz
German political journalist
Raymond Moley
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Duff Green
Duff Green
American political journalist
Blair, Francis P.
Francis P. Blair
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Anna Politkovskaya
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich, Count Speransky
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Mystic with ties to the throne
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic
Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov
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Dmitry Muratov
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Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
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Nikita Ivanovich Panin
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Karl Radek.
Karl Radek
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Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Tolstoy
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Orlov, Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince
Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
Russian prince
Ordyn-Nashchokin, Afanasy Lavrentyevich
Afanasy Lavrentyevich Ordyn-Nashchokin
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Vasily Vasilyevich, Prince Golitsyn
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