Putin’s greatest successes, according to a survey conducted by the Levada Center in Moscow, were raising the country’s military capability and strengthening the international standing of...
Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. He is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who served as president of...
George Orwell was a British novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born on June 25, 1903, in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India. His most famous works...
George Orwell was a British writer who wrote novels, essays, and non-fiction books that explored political and social issues of his time. He was born in India...
Beethoven’s hearing began to deteriorate in his late twenties and he became completely deaf by his forties. Despite this, he continued to compose some of his most...
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist who was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. He remains one of the most admired composers in the...
Johnson was a fourth-generation Texas rancher who became the 36th president of the United States upon the death of his predecessor John F. Kennedy. He inherited a...
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, near Stonewall, Texas, in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River. He was the eldest of five...
Edison’s most famous inventions include the phonograph, motion picture camera and the electric light bulb. Thomas Edison’s record 1,093 patented inventions have greatly improved the world...
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who held a world-record 1,093 patents. He was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio and died on October 18,...
