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2 days ago · Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was born in Oryol (modern-day Oryol Oblast, Russia) to noble Russian parents Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev (1793–1834), a colonel in the Russian cavalry who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, and Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva (née Lutovinova; 1787–1850). His father belonged to an old, but impoverished Turgenev ...
3 days ago · Shakespeare used the fool as a main character so that he could have a character who could speak truthfully, even to a powerful king. Simpleton fools include Ivan the Fool . Wise fools include the Wise Men of Gotham , who only pretended to be simple as a ruse .
4 days ago · Okay, let’s get this out of the way first thing: The Sopranos is secretly a ghost story. I know, I know. But seriously, hear me out here. From the first frame of the first episode in Dr. Melfi’s office to that infamous final scene in New Jersey’s legendary Holsten’s diner, the saga of the DiMeo crime family is all about hauntings—both figurative and terribly, heartbreakingly literal.
4 days ago · It had multiple successors thereafter - NKVD, KGB, and then the KGB is split into the FSB and SVR. Putin is raised in that culture. He is of the KGB. He identifies as a Chekist. And he famously ...
6 days ago · Yefremov wrote his first work of fiction, a short story, in 1944. His first novel The Land of Foam ( Great Arc , 1946) was published in 1946. The Road of Winds novel was written on a basis of scientific expeditions in Mongolia (1946–1949).
5 days ago · Ivan Watson's wife and daughter board a Turkish Airlines flight from Beirut Rafik al Hariri Airport on Sunday after cutting short a visit to Lebanon due to escalating tensions.
4 days ago · Synopsis. BNI members want to know: Is TYCFB (Thank You for Closed Business) really the BNI equivalent of GDP (Gross Domestic Product)? And why do most BNI meetings take place early in the morning? Dr. Misner answers in today’s episode. TYCFB and GDP.
