Right-wing politicians - claiming that they are fighting for great Poland - at the same time openly opposed the stretching of Polands borders to the entire territory that once belonged to it. Why did they fight to keep a large part of Kresy outside Poland? Immediately after the fall of the tsari
Bolesław the Brave conquered many lands, but the capital city of Gniezno was not threatened until 1003, when he took control of Praga. The Czech capital was a city from a completely different league. There is a view that the Polish ruler wanted to move his capital to the Vltava River. Or maybe even
Aurangzeb Carpet Architecture Aurangzeb was a staunch Sunni Muslim. He did not like that his father Shah Jahan and the three brothers were interested in painting, music and architecture. In his view all these were anti-Islamic acts. Aurangzebs construction work: During the reign of Aurangzeb, the
Few of Russias rulers have decided to fight alcoholism. One of the brave ones was Tsar Nicholas II, who ordered prohibition in 1914. Effect? After three years, the tsar was dead, his empire crumbled under the weight of the drunken masses, and the Bolsheviks seized power. In 1914, the Russian emp