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Lenin addressing a crowd in Sverdlov Square, Moscow, 1920.

Vladimir Lenin - World Leaders in History

Leader of the Bolshevik Party and a major contributor to communist theory, Lenin was the first leader of the Communist Soviet Union.

April 25, 2017 12:31

The Meadow Building of Oxford University.

Oxford University - Educational Institutions around the World

The oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford has been called home by a wide range of influential figures in world history.

April 25, 2017 12:31

University of Ghana is both the oldest and the largest university in the country.

University of Ghana - Educational Institutions around the World

The oldest Ghanaian university and among the oldest in Africa, this university has a strong presence continent- and world-wide.

April 25, 2017 12:31

At the age of 16, Ivan "the Terrible" Vasilyevich was crowned as Tsar of all Russians. He would largely be remembered as a harsh and unstable ruler.

Ivan the Terrible - World Leaders in History

Despite his controversy, Ivan was without a doubt a major figure in the transformations of state which would eventually result in the Russian Empire.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Uncovered frame of a wickiup, similar to the ones the Chemehuevi traditionally lived in.

The Chemehuevi - Native Peoples of North America

A highly endangered native American people, the language and culture of these people of the Mojave Desert and Colorado River are under serious threat today.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Among his many reforms, Peter the Great founded the city of St. Petersburg in his own name in 1703.

Peter the Great - World Leaders in History

Founder of the modern imperial Russian state, Peter was instrumental in creating a powerful Russian presence in Europe and the world.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Among her various contributions, Catherine II founded the city of Odessa (now in Modern-day Ukraine) after defeating the Ottomans in the area in the late 18th Century.

Catherine the Great of Russia - World Leaders in History

Rising from minor Pomeranian nobility to Empress of all Russia, Catherine II changed the political map of both her empire and the European continent.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Founded in 1088, the University of Bologna is the oldest university that still currently operates.

University of Bologna - Educational Institutions around the World

Both the first university and the oldest still operational in the world, this Italian institution has long been a hallmark of European education.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States.

Harry S. Truman - US Presidents in History

Sworn into office after the sudden death of President F.D. Roosevelt, Truman faced the immediate challenges of the end of WWII and the early Cold War.

April 25, 2017 12:31

"Yiddish Motifs" (Yidishe Motoyf). Woodcut of a traditional Shtetl by the Chicago-based Ashkenazi artist Todros Geller, published in the series "From Land to Land" (Fun Land tsu Land) during the 1930s.

The Ashkenazi Jews - Cultures of the World

Constituting 80% of the global Jewish population today, the Ashkenazi of Central and Eastern Europe have contributed heavily to modern culture today.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Born to a slave, Henri Christophe rose through the ranks of the French military before commanding Haitian Revolutionary forces against the French colonials.

Henri Christophe of Haiti - World Leaders in History

Henri Christophe was a former slave and a key leader in the Haitian Revolution, which succeeded in gaining independence from France

April 25, 2017 12:31

Traditional East African huts, such as these in the Buikwe region, still list among the predominant forms of residential architecture in rural Uganda.

The Ugandan People - Cultures of the World

Ugandans belong to many ethnic groups, speak over 30 different African languages and most live in rural areas of Uganda.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Dutch merchant and sailor Abel Tasman was credited with discovering Tasmania and New Zealand, and first sighting Fiji.

Abel Tasman - Famous Explorers of the World

Abel Tasman a Dutch explorer, is known for his voyages in the service of the Dutch East India Company and the first known European explorer to reach Tasmania and New Zealand

April 25, 2017 12:31

The interior of the Ibn Shushan Synagogue (now the Santa María la Blanca) in Toledo, Spain, showing the mixture of Jewish and Moorish-Islamic architectural elements that define much of Sephardic architecture.

The Sephardic Jews - Cultures of the World

A Sephardi Jew is a Jew descended from the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula in the late 15th century

April 25, 2017 12:31

Fred Mace first explored the Waitomo Glowworm Caves on the North Island of New Zealand in 1887. They light up due to the bioluminescent glowworms that live there.

Frederick Mace - Famous Explorers of the World

The land syrveyor and sailor credited with making New Zealand's Waitomo Glowworm Caves known to the outside world.

April 25, 2017 12:31

La Sorbonne, or Paris 1, was part of the original University of Paris. The school was reorganized into separate institutions after the student revolts of May 6th, 1968.

University of Paris - Educational Institutions around the World

The University of Paris has been an active institution of higher education since the 12th Century.

April 25, 2017 12:31

David Livingstone traveled throughout much of Africa, oncluding towards the extents of the Nile and Zambezi Rivers, in the middle of the 19th Century.

David Livingstone - Famous Explorers of the World

As European nations were striving to expand their empires in Africa, David Livingstone was working as a missionary and explorer throughout the continent.

April 25, 2017 12:31