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Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922-1991. USSR, Soviet Union.

25th Anniversary of the End of the Soviet Union

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Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009

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Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

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Born	May 25, 1913 • London • England • Soviet Union
Died	March 11, 1983 (aged 69) • Moscow

Anthony Blunt

British art historian and spy

Kim Philby

British intelligence officer and Soviet spy

George Blake

British diplomat and Soviet spy

Guy Burgess

British diplomat and spy

Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky

Soviet officer

Sidney Reilly

Russian spy

Douglas Richard Hurd

British diplomat

Beatrice Webb

British economist

Sidney Webb

British economist

John Cairncross

British civil servant and spy

Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax

British statesman

Ernest Bevin

British labor leader and statesman

Sir Roger Casement

British politician

James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

British statesman

Sir Stafford Cripps

British statesman

Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet

British statesman

Robert Gilbert Vansittart, Baron Vansittart

British diplomat and author

Sir Harold Nicolson

British diplomat and author

Edward Bancroft

British-American spy

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford

British diplomat

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