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How Catherine the Great may have inspired Putin’s Ukraine invasion Published: March 14, 2022 11.52am EDT Author James Krapfl Associate Professor of History, McGill University
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https://theconversation.com/how-catherine-the-great-may-have-inspired-putins-ukraine-invasion-178007 On December 23, 1791, Catherine II (“the Great”), the empress of Russia, authorized the creation of the Pale of Settlement, an area in the western part of the empire in which Jewish subjects would be required to reside. The borders of the Pale, which was abolished formally only in 1917, changed with time, as did the rules regarding Jews who were exempted from the requirement to live there, but at its peak, the Pale was home to approximately five million Jews, estimated to be 40 percent of the world’s Jewish population at the time. Putin parallels Parallels with Putin’s strategy are striking. The “little green men” who occupied Crimea in 2014, concealing their identity as Russian soldiers, recall Catherine’s tactic of surreptitiously fomenting civil war in Poland. Her financing of foreign politicians to weaken potential resistance, along with her rhetoric of defending freedom, anticip...
COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH - Please Don't Drop That H Bomb On Me
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Campaign for U.S. President In 1968, Pigasus was nominated for the U.S. presidency by the Youth International Party (Yippies).[9] The pig's name was a play on the name Pegasus, the winged horse in Greek mythology. Selected for the campaign by group members Dennis Dalrymple, Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, candidate Pigasus was purchased from a farmer by folk-singer and fellow Yippie Phil Ochs.[10] His candidacy was announced during the massive protests leading up to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.[5] The Yippies demanded that Pigasus be treated as a legitimate candidate, with U.S. Secret Service protection and White House foreign policy briefings.[11] One reason why the Yippies preferred Pigasus was that "if we can't have him in the White House, we can have him for breakfast."
The Carter Center - Carter Center Weekend 2021 Digital Event
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The Carter Center - Carter Center Weekend 2021 Digital Event Welcome to The Carter Center Weekend Auction 2021 Bidding starts 9 A.M EDT on Monday, June 21st and will conclude at 11 PM EDT on Saturday, June 26th. Hello and thank you for participating in the 2021 Carter Center Weekend Online Auction! We hope that you enjoy this year's The Carter Center Weekend online Auction and programs. The auction is our most important annual fundraiser to support programs that wage peace, fight disease, and build hope worldwide. Find out more about The Carter Center in the "About Us" section on this site. This year we are offering four items in a live auction that will be part of a broadcast show Saturday, June 26.
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