From the first millennium ad until the middle of the 20th century, on the territory of the present volgograd region, on the volgadon isthmus, there was an ancient trade and military route. In the middle ages, settlements of the turkic and khazar koganates existed on these lands, the golden hordes. After the annexation of the tatar astrakhan kingdom to russia, these lands began to be settled by the cossacks; for the cossacks who inhabited the volga and don steppes, military service was the Main Business of life. At the end of the 16th century, the russians built a line of strongholds here to protect the southern borders from raids by nomads, including the tsaritsin fortress, now the city of volgograd. The city forever entered World History under the name stalingrad. He bore this name in the middle of the 20th century. The city on the volga became the line where the victorious march of nazi germany was stopped. Volgograd region. Russia, from moscow to volgograd can be reached by a river
Slaves there, transported them on ships to america and sold them, from there they brought sugar, coffee, cocoa, tobacco and other products produced, again with the help of slaves, a profitable business , england also mined gold in africa, when the slave trade became less profitable, the company switched to gold sand , ivory, and 130 years later, by the beginning of the 19th century, the company abolished, its african farts became the basis of the british colony of the gold coast, in the place of which. The independent state of ghana appeared. On september 27, 1863 , the capital premiere of alexanders play finally took place on the stage of the alexandrrinsky theater in st. Petersburg ostrovsky is a lucrative place. The play was written in december 1856 and received permission to be staged. Rehearsals had already begun and the premiere was announced in moscow, when suddenly after 2 months the play was banned. And only after 6 years at the benefit it is known. According to the plot, a yo
How this day is remembered in history, well tell you right now, hello, september 27 , 1672, the english royal, african. Company received a monopoly on the trade in slaves from africa. In the first 20 years of operation alone, she sold about 100,000 slaves. The Company Owned trading posts and trading settlements on the west coast of africa. It was called the golden coast. European ships went to the shores of the gulf of guinea, bought slaves there, transported them on ships to america and sold. From there they brought sugar, coffee, cocoa, tobacco and other products produced, again with the help, to europe. A profitable business; england also mined gold in africa. When the slave trade became less profitable, the company switched to gold dust and ivory, and 130 years later, by the beginning of the 19th century, the company was abolished. Its african fortunes became the basis of the british colony of the gold coast, on the site of which the independent state of ghana emerged in the mid20t
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Bones of tortured prisoners. Kolyma Gulag, USSR (Nikolai Nikitin, Tass). (NA) NOTE: The following post is largely adapted from last year's November 7 post on…