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1 day ago · Nikephoros Kabasilas ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Καβάσιλας) was a Byzantine military commander. In ca. 1024 he held the post of doux of Thessalonica. Along with David of Ohrid, the strategos of Samos, and the fleet of the Cibyrrhaeots, he confronted a Rus' raid into the Aegean Sea. After forcing their way past the Byzantine defences at ...
5 days ago · Russia - From Alexander II to Nicholas II: Defeat in Crimea made Russia’s lack of modernization clear, and the first step toward modernization was the abolition of serfdom. It seemed to the new tsar, Alexander II (reigned 1855–81), that the dangers to public order of dismantling the existing system, which had deterred Nicholas I from action, were less than the dangers of leaving things as they were. As the tsar said to the nobility of Moscow in March 1856, “It is better to abolish ...
2 days ago · EXTRACT: Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (Pimlico, 1997), p. 19. Throughout his reign Nicholas gave the impression of being unable to cope with the tasks of ruling a vast Empire in the grips of a deepening revolutionary crisis. True, only a genius could have coped with it. And Nicholas was certainly no genius.
2 days ago · Nicholas I (6 July 1796 – 2 March 1855) reigned as Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 until 1855. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. Nicholas inherited his brother's throne despite the failed Decembrist revolt against him. He is mainly remembered in history as ...
21 hours ago · Nikos Galis. Nikolaos Georgalis ( Greek: Νικόλαος Γεωργαλής; born July 23, 1957), [ 1] commonly known as either Nikos Galis ( Greek: Νίκος Γκάλης ), or Nick Galis, is a Greek former professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playing days was nicknamed, "Nick The Greek", [ 2] "The Gangster", [ 3] and "The ...
5 days ago · Nicholas J. Zabaras received a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1982 and a M.Sc in Material Science and Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1983. In 1987, he finished his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University. After assistant professor positions at the ...
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4 days ago · Nicholas Of Cusa (born 1401, Kues, Trier—died Aug. 11, 1464, Todi, Papal States) was a cardinal, mathematician, scholar, experimental scientist, and influential philosopher who stressed the incomplete nature of man’s knowledge of God and of the universe. At the Council of Basel in 1432, he gained recognition for his opposition to the ...
