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The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word Gulag originally referred only to the division of the Soviet secret police that...

The president of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of Ireland and the supreme commander of the Irish Defence Forces. The president...

The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (AREOC; Russian: Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, romanized: Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, IPA:...

The early history of Monaco is primarily concerned with the protective and strategic value of the Rock of Monaco, the area's chief geological landmark...

The Socialist Revolutionary Party (the SRs, СР, or Esers, эсеры, esery; Russian: Па́ртия социали́стов-революционе́ров, romanized: Pártiya sotsialístov-revolyutsionérov...

FDP. The Liberals (German: FDP. Die Liberalen, French: PLR. Les Libéraux-Radicaux, lit. 'LRP. The Liberal-Radicals', Italian: PLR. I Liberali Radicali...

Nevers (/nəˈvɛər/ nə-VAIR, French: [nəvɛʁ] ; Latin: Noviodunum, later Nevirnum and Nebirnum) is a town and the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the...

The State Political Directorate (also translated as the State Political Administration) (GPU) was the intelligence service and secret police of the Russian...

The history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the formation, events, and transformation of the Eastern Orthodox Church through time. According to the Eastern...

The Flemish Movement (Dutch: Vlaamse Beweging) is an umbrella term which encompasses various political groups in the Belgian region of Flanders and, less...

Events from the year 1925 in Ireland. Governor-General: Tim Healy President of the Executive Council: W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG) Vice-President of the Executive...

The Battle of Slankamen was fought on 19 August 1691, near Slankamen in the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia (modern-day Vojvodina, Serbia), between the Ottoman...

Sport in Spain in the second half of the 20th century has always been dominated by football. Other popular sport activities include basketball, tennis...

Labour Union (Polish: Unia Pracy, UP) is a minor social-democratic political party in Poland. It was a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES)...

Football is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional...

The Burns' Day Storm (also known as Cyclone Daria) was an extremely violent windstorm that took place on 25–26 January 1990 over North-Western Europe....

The 1901–02 season was the 31st season of competitive football in England. Doncaster Rovers and Bristol City replaced Walsall and New Brighton Tower in...

Harry Catterick (26 November 1919 – 9 March 1985) was an English football player and manager. As a player Catterick played for Everton and Crewe Alexandra...

Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. Some 20,000 Jewish...

Blackwood (Welsh: Coed Duon ) is a town, community and an electoral ward on the Sirhowy River in the South Wales Valleys administered as part of Caerphilly...