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6 hours ago · The Battle of Leipzig[e] (French: Bataille de Leipsick; ‹See Tfd› German: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, [ˈfœlkɐˌʃlaxt baɪ̯ ˈlaɪ̯pt͡sɪç] ⓘ; Swedish: Slaget vid Leipzig; ‹See Tfd› Russian: Битва под Лейпцигом), also known as the Battle of the Nations, [f] was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony.
- 16-19 October 1813
- Coalition victory
6 hours ago · Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin[ f ] (born Dzhugashvili; [ g ] 18 December [ O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1941 ...
6 hours ago · Efforts by survivors to receive reparations for their losses began immediately after World War II. There was an additional wave of restitution efforts in the 1990s connected to the fall of Communism in eastern Europe. [435] Between 1945 and 2018, Germany paid $86.8 billion in restitution and compensation to Holocaust survivors and heirs.
Death and the Miser belongs to the tradition of memento mori, a term that describes works of art that remind the viewer of the inevitability of death.The painting shows the influence of popular 15th-century handbooks (including text and woodcuts) on the "Art of Dying Well" (Ars moriendi), intended to help Christians choose Christ over earthly and sinful pleasures.
1 day ago · Monarchism is the advocacy of the system of monarchy or monarchical rule. [ 1 ] A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government independently of any specific monarch, whereas one who supports a particular monarch is a royalist. Conversely, the opposition to monarchical rule is referred to as republicanism. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ]
1 day ago · Anti-communism became significantly muted after the 1980s–1990s Chinese economic reform and the fall of the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc Communist governments in Europe between 1989 and 1991, the result of which being that fear of a worldwide Communist takeover was no longer a serious concern. However, remnants of anti-communism remain in foreign policy with regard to Cuba and North Korea.
1 day ago · The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War [ n ] in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War[ o ] in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland. It encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe ...
