Boris AleksandrovkyThe Melania Trump of the 19th Centuryverified_publisherPOLITICO - By LOUISA THOMASAt a party one night in Washington in 1819, Louisa Catherine Adams was speaking with a few members of Congress from Western states when the subject turned to politics. Wary, she responded “in a jesting way,” as she later told her father-in-law, John Adams. She knew the men were not interested in …
Boris AleksandrovkyFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Guardian on Instagram: "The Kazakhs of western Mongolia are nomads known for hunting with eagles. Each year, between February and April, about 200 families make a 90-mile trip across the Altai mountains for their spring migration. @timothy_allen is the first outsider to walk with them on this journey. Photo: Tim Allen/Barcroft"instagram.com2,077 likes, 10 comments - guardian on May 17, 2016: "The Kazakhs of western Mongolia are nomads known for hunting with eagles. Each year, between …
Boris AleksandrovkyPhocionancient.eu - Mark CartwrightPhocion(c. 402 – 318 BCE) was an Athenian statesman and military commander who, according to tradition, was made a general a staggering 45 times. A …
Boris AleksandrovkyThese Stunning Maps Show the Final Months of the First World Warverified_publisherGizmodo - Andrew LiptakThe First World War began just over a century ago, and in 2017, the United States will begin to commemorate its entry into the conflict. These three …
Boris AleksandrovkyThe Cost of the Cultural Revolution, Fifty Years Laterverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Evan OsnosIn 1979, three years after the end of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping visited the United States. At a state banquet, he was seated near the actress Shirley MacLaine, who told Deng how impressed she had been on a trip to China some years earlier. She …
Boris AleksandrovkyUncovering ancient Ashkenaz – the birthplace of Yiddish speakersThe Conversation UK - Eran ElhaikAt 1,000 years, the search for the location of Ashkenaz – thought to be the birthplace of Ashkanazic Jews and the Yiddish language – is one of the …