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2 giorni fa · As a result of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), the Ottomans had forces in Circassia. They were seen as fellow Muslim allies by the Circassians. The Cossacks defended the village of Naur against a strong Circassian-Turkish combined army of 8,000 men. The Circassian Revolution began in 1770.
1 giorno fa · Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. It became archetypically associated with World War I (1914–1918), when the Race to the Sea rapidly expanded trench use on ...
22 ore fa · St Ives is a parliamentary constituency covering the western end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. [n 1] The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Derek Thomas, a Conservative MP. [n 2] The area's voters produced the 22nd closest result in the 2017 general election; [2] a winning margin ...
1 giorno fa · t. e. The pope ( Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized : páppas, lit. 'father'), [2] [3] also known as the supreme pontiff, [a] Roman pontiff [b] or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome ), [2] visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church, and has also served as the head of state or ...
1 giorno fa · Carlisle has existed as a seat since the Model Parliament in 1295. It was represented by Labour Party MPs from 1964 to 2010, although the Conservative candidate came within 2% of taking the seat in 1983–1987, and has been held by John Stevenson of the Conservative Party since the 2010 general election .
1 giorno fa · Constituency profile. The constituency shares similar borders with Wycombe local government district, although it covers a slightly smaller area. The main town within the constituency, High Wycombe contains many working/middle class voters and a sizeable ethnic minority population that totals around one quarter of the town's population, with some census output areas of town home to over 50% ...
1 giorno fa · The Huguenots ( / ˈhjuːɡənɒts / HEW-gə-nots, UK also /- noʊz / -nohz, French: [yɡ (ə)no]) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed ( Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Besançon Hugues (1491–1532), was ...
