After converting this Balkan country to Christianity, Czar Boris I put out his own son's eyes
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World history - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  BULGARIA After converting this Balkan country to Christianity, Czar Boris I put out his own son's eyes. From 1887-1946 this triple-named family associated with...
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The Balkans: Chapter 2  His object was to found upon the ruins 135 136 THE FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE. ... the Croats, while a Bulgarian army ravaged his country with fire and sword. ... Autocrat of the Greeks," and his successors called themselves "Czars" after him. ..... to the effect that Samuel had put his father's eyes out and then strangled him,...
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Full text of "Turkey and the Eastern question" - Internet Archive  The baptism of Czar Boris, the first Christian ruler of Bulgaria, in the middle of the ninth ... He put his son's eyes out, by way of paternal correction. ... With Czar Samuel, half a century after Simeon's BULGARS, GREEKS, AND TURKS 17 ... 1 From the time of Czar Simeon to the advent of the Turks, the Balkan States present a...
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Peter the Great - Wikipedia  Peter the Great Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian .... Peter later put his knowledge of shipbuilding to use in helping build Russia's navy. .... Father of His Country, Emperor of All the Russias" to Peter's traditional title Tsar following a speech by the archbishop of Pskov in 1721.
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Long Before Stalin Invaded It, Poland Tried Putting One False Tsar ...  Oct 9, 2016 ... His brother-in-law,Boris Godunov, ran the country in his name, and ... own son out of the way and take power himself, so he could convert Russia to Catholicism. ... A month after his death, Mniszech gave birth to their son, Ivan. ..... but that the TRUE - most `primitive` russian peoples were of BALKAN origins.
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THE ROMANOVS' FAVORITES ~ a Swede, Reinhold Gustaw von ...  He put young Peter II on the throne of Russia but was exiled after his intrigues to marry Peter II to his daughter & become .... Peter the Great's death mask by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, his favorite architect. .... Ivan V , Tsar of Russia who ruled with Peter I. He was born with ..... He was in good relations with his half-brother Pavel I.
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Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia  Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician and the first President of the .... Yeltsin was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) .... Yeltsin, acting as his own prime minister, ordered the liberalization of foreign .... However, now that relations between our two nations have improved...
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A Brief History of Russia - A World History Encyclopedia  Kievan Rus was powerful nation and it traded with the Byzantine Empire. ... In 1240 they destroyed Kiev. In 1242 Batu established himself as ruler of a large part of eastern Europe, including Russia. ... In 1263 his son Daniel became Prince of Moscow. ... The last independent parts of Russia were taken by his son Vasili III.
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Ivan IV the Terrible  Russiapedia The Ryurikovich dynasty ...  Terrible childhood Ivan didnt immediately become known as Terrible. ... Ivan also pressed to turn his country into a military heavyweight. ... These campaigns began Russia's expansion into Siberia, annexing a large Muslim ... St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square was built by Ivan's order to commemorate Kazan's invasion...
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DEATH AND PURGATORY - A History of the Church in the Middle ...  ... heaven's antechamber, a place of cleansing for good but not perfect souls, ... Before long the plague spread to the Crimean peninsula. ... In this form of the plague y-pestisattacked the lymphatic system with its ..... And by your son's blood. ... and the not-so-wicked could be purged of their guilt before entering heaven.
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Christian quoter: Faith - christiansquoting.org.uk  Feb 12, 2008 ... He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. ... upon the free love of Him who so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son. ... Faith says not, "I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it," but, "God sent it, ... I began revolution with 82 men.
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Ivan IV the Terrible  Russiapedia The Ryurikovich dynasty ...  Born near Moscow on August 25, 1530, Ivan was the long-awaited son of ... His father died when the boy was only three and Ivan was proclaimed the Grand Prince of Moscow. ... In 1547, aged 16, he was finally crowned Czar of all Russia, the first ruler to ... Ivan also pressed to turn his country into a military heavyweight.
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Paul I of Russia - Wikipedia  Paul I (Russian:  I ; Pavel Petrovich) (1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754  23 ... Catherine the Great and her son and heir, the future Paul I, maintained a ... The aunt of Catherine's husband, Empress Elizabeth, took up the child as a .... Unlike Austria, neither Russia nor Britain appeared to have any secret...
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The Rise of Christianity - Historical Atlas of the Mediterranean  Christians also cared for the sick in non-Christian communities, which would increase the ... Whilst the Roman Emperor blamed the Great Fire of Rome of 64 AD on the ... 306-337 AD), was the first Roman Emperor to be converted to Christianity. ... to move the capital city of the Roman Empire from Rome to a brand new city...
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Saint Sylvester I | pope | Britannica.com  While the Roman emperor Constantine I the Great favoured Christianity and was a ... legend, Sylvester converted and baptized Constantine, who was the first ... to Pope Sylvester I, who had baptized the emperor and cured him of leprosy.
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12/31: Pope Saint Sylvester I (died 335) friend of Emperor ... - Pinterest  Legend says that Pope Sylvester cured Roman emperor Constantine I of leprosy (after converting him to Christianity), for which the grateful emperor supposedly .... Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, founded the city of...
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The Apostle Paul Was A Deceiver - Just Give Me The Truth  Paul declared he himself was the son of God ... Paul condemned Jesus and His disciples for false teachings, he condemned Jesus Himself ... He explained this even further in the second book (or letter) to the Corinthians ( 2 Corinthians 11:17 ). ..... That the APOSTLE PETER was the Divinely appointed "APOSTLE TO THE...
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Peter the Great - AutoCWW2  Peter was born in Moscow on June 9, 1672, the son of Czar Alexis I Mikhailovich. In early childhood he was taught by private tutors; later, with the aid of palace...
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7 facts about Ivan the Terrible, the first Russian tsar | Russia Beyond ...  Oct 14, 2016 ... Kazan, the capital of the Tatar Khanate of Kazan, fell to the Russian army of ... In 1547, upon reaching adulthood, Ivan was crowned Tsar of All Russia. ... Ivan was the first to appoint himself tsar, "Caesar," in the European ... In 1571 they even made it to Moscow and burned everything except the Kremlin.
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Christianity in Europe - Wikipedia  Christianity is the largest religion in Europe. Christianity has been practiced in Europe since the ... By AD 550 there are recorded 120 bishops spread throughout the British Isles. St. Peter's Basilica  Armenia was the first country in the world to adopt Christianity as its state ... It is the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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Peter Paul Rubens - Saturn Devouring His Son Peter (1636), art ...  Peter Paul Rubens, was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an ..... Ivan the Terrible Killing His Son, by Ilya Repin. .... Cronus feared a prophecy that he was destined to be overcome by his own sons, just as he had overthrown his ...... ear to hear my lament, A heart, like mine, To be moved to pity for the afflicted.