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Order of the Great Patriotic War, 1st Degree

Order of the Great Patriotic War, 2 degree

Report prepared by missionaries Thomás de la Peña and Joseph Antonio Murguía for Fray Junípero Serra in December of 1777, the year that Mission Santa Clara was founded. The report consists of a detailed description of the first Mission Santa Clara…

Image of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin surrounded by other communist leaders (Mikojan, Molotov, and Kalinin).

India is a large country with a diverse landscape of cultures, economics, politics, and geographies, a true land empire. And while we might be familiar with Rajasthan, the 7 Sisters, or Maharashtra, what defines each geographic and cultural region of…

Excerpt from 'The arts of beauty, or, Secrets of a lady's toilet: with hints to gentlemen on the art of fascinating' published in 1858 by Dick & Fitzgerald. This excerpt includes Chapter I: Female Beauty; Chapter XXI: How to Obtain a Good Head of…

The original sarcophagus at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was a temporary, emergency structure built to contain radioactive materials after the 1986 disaster

The remnants of the Park View Center mini-mall, located at 2400 W. 7th. at Park View St., as seen after it burned during the 1992 riots. Clinica Popular is located in the building seen in the background. For a close-up view of the mini-mall sign, see…