ruins of the ducal palace. The Gediminas’ Tower is an important historic symbol of the city of Vilnius and of Lithuania. It is the only remaining part of the Upper Castle. The first wooden fortifications were built by Gediminas - the Duke of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. There is historic evidence of a castle being located at the top of Gediminas Hill since the early 14th century. The original castle was made of wood and there is uncertaintainty around when exactly the stone castle was built. Originally
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Room101 Building 57‚ Shanghai 201000 December 12‚ 2012 Harvey Specter Marketing Manager Kentucky Fried Chicken 23F‚ Grand Gateway Tower1‚ 3 Hongqiao Road Shanghai 200030 Dear Mr. Specter: I am a member of a team City Harvest currently working on the charity ‘People in Need’. I am contracting you because we would like to invite you to attend this event. As one of the most influential and well-known chain fast food restaurants in China‚ KFC is capable of being more enthusiastic about
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Throughout the 18th century Finland was partly controlled by Russia and partly by Sweden and was subjected to a tug of war between the two countries. The next significant event in Finland’s history was the period where Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire. During the
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the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars‚ the Napoleonic Wars‚ and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This objective resulted in the redrawing of the continent’s political map‚ establishing the boundaries of France‚ the Duchy of Warsaw‚ the Netherlands‚ the states of the Rhine‚ the German province of Saxony‚ and various Italian territories‚ and the creation of spheres of influence through which Austria‚ Britain‚ France and Russia brokered local and regional problems. The
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of Honor museum in San Francisco last weekend. We found an oil painting that was named “The Russian Bride’s Attire (1887)”. We were very interested about this oil painting. The author’s name is Konstantin Makovsky‚ he was a Russian. He was born in Moscow‚ 1839 and died in St. Petersburg‚ 1915. In 1863‚ a group of 14 students thought to leave The Imperial Academy of Art‚ and Makovsky was one of them. He thought the rules of the Academy were constrained. The teachers were too conservative. In 1870‚
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tributary feudal state and selected Moscow as the location from which tribute payments would be collected * Center of power shifted from Kiev to Moscow * The Orthodox Church followed this path as well and made Moscow the bureaucratic center of the Russian Orthodox Church * But more significantly‚ Mongols enlisted local Russian princes around Moscow to aid in the collection of tributary payments; this not only strengthened the Duchy of Moscow but gave them the administrative experience
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while shaking Karolina and Theresia back and forth inside. The driver promised an extra fare from Princess Marie and her mother to bring their guests to the palace as soon as possible drove the carriage and horses as fast as he could. The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Baden and the other wedding guests would be arriving at the palace later that day and all of the wedding preparations needed to be complete before they
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Abstract Napoleon Bonaparte is generally regarded as one of history’s top military tacticians. But 200 years ago ‚ he committed a grave error by leading his Grande Armée—possibly the largest European armed force ever built to that point—across the Niemen River into Russia. Without losing a single battle there‚ the Grande Armée was almost completely wiped out within six months by freezing temperatures‚ food shortages‚ disease and Russian assaults. This proved to be the beginning of the end for
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palace to greet their guests. The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Baden were just arriving and stepping out of their carriage. Karolina and her mother stood behind the Princess and the Dowager Duchess as they curtsied and welcomed the royal couple while Theresia instructed the servants to take their baggage to their rooms in the palace. The Grand Duke acknowledged the Dowager Duchess and the Princess with a slight nod as he strode into the palace. The Grand Duchess meanwhile‚ said nothing while
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Tourism Paper Fri.- Night 0 Fly out early afternoon arrive in Moscow late at night‚ go straight to sleep after nasty plane ride. Sat. - Day 1 After arriving in Moscow last night‚ I got some good sleep at the hotel‚ so I could wake bright and early to be ready for the “golden ring” tour bus. Our first stop was to be a city known as Sergiyev Posad‚ and I listened to the tour guide begin describing the cities history “a city that grew during the fifteenth century‚ around the most important of
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