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André Pavlovsky
André Pavlovsky (7 September 1891 – 12 February 1961) was a French architect. Life André Pavlovsky was born in the 17th arrondissement of Paris on 7 September 1891. His parents were exiled in France for their opposition to the Tsarist regime. His father, , was a journalist and his mother, Theodosia Vassilievna Vandacourova, was a dental surgeon. André Pavlovsky, after secondary studies at the Lycée Carnot in Paris, joined the architecture section (Chifflot studio) of the Beaux-Arts de Paris. In 1915 Pavlovsky and his brothers Nicolas and Jean joined the Legion of Russian Volunteers to fight alongside French troops. He was a driver in the service of the “Russian Ambulances to the French Armies” of Tsarina Alexandra Fedorovna of Russia. Subsequently, he became an artillery lieutenant, an observer on board biplanes flying over the front. At the end of the war, in 1918, he continued his studies of architecture. After obtaining his diploma he worked with his friend Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayonne
Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Bayonne is located at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers in the northern part of the cultural region of the Basque Country. It is the seat of the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque which roughly encompasses the western half of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, including the coastal city of Biarritz. This area also constitutes the southern part of Gascony, where the Aquitaine Basin joins the beginning of the Pre-Pyrenees. Together with nearby Anglet, Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, as well as several smaller communes, Bayonne forms an urban area with 273,137 inhabitants at the 2018 census; 51,411 residents lived in the commune of Bayonne proper. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in German Empire, Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **German Empire, Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 2 – A. L. Drummond of New York City, New York is appointed Chief of the Treasury Secret Service. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. * January 5 **The 1891 Australian shearers' strike, Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. **A fight between the United States and Indians breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. **Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court. **A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. * January 6 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Siclis
Charles Siclis (Paris, 1889 – New York City, 1942), was a French architect and designer. He was educated at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, where he completed his training in 1920 and began his career in the workshop of Jean-Louis Pascal. In 1925, he participated in the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts, presenting his design for the Place de Clichy garden. Charles Siclis settled his workshop in Paris, Biarritz and Nice. He had an international career, conducting or modifying works in several European countries (Casa de Serralves in Porto, the Paris-Madrid building Madrid ...) and United States, where he emigrated during World War II. His name is associated with the construction of cinemas, casinos and especially to modern style theaters art deco. He also created villas and luxury hotels on the Basque coast and the Riviera ''Riviera'' () is an Italian word which means "coastline", ultimately derived from Latin , through Ligurian . It came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Pau
The arrondissement of Pau (french: Distrito de Pau, eu, Paueko barrutia) is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 269 communes. Its population is 307,892 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Pau, and their INSEE codes, are: # Aast (64001) # Abère (64002) # Abidos (64003) # Abos (64005) # Andoins (64021) # Angaïs (64023) # Anos (64027) # Anoye (64028) # Arbus (64037) # Aressy (64041) # Argagnon (64042) # Argelos (64043) # Arget (64044) # Arnos (64048) # Arricau-Bordes (64052) # Arrien (64053) # Arros-de-Nay (64054) # Arrosès (64056) # Arthez-d'Asson (64058) # Arthez-de-Béarn (64057) # Artigueloutan (64059) # Artiguelouve (64060) # Artix (64061) # Arzacq-Arraziguet (64063) # Assat (64067) # Asson (64068) # Astis (64070) # Aubertin (64072) # Aubin (64073) # Aubous (64074) # Auga (64077) # Auriac (64078) # Aurions-Idernes (64079) # Ausseviel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Allied Invasion Of Germany
The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II. In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany east of the Rhine, a series of offensive operations were designed to seize and capture the east and west bank of the Rhine: Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945, and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945, these are considered separate from the main invasion operation. The Allied invasion of Germany east of the Rhine started with the Western Allies crossing the river on 22 March 1945 before fanning out and overrunning all of western Germany from the Baltic in the north to the Alpine passes in the south, where they linked up with troops of the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy.On 3 May the 85th and 88th nfantryDivisions sent task forces north over ice and snow 3 feet deep to seal the Austrian frontier and to gain contact with the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the France–Italy border, Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative Regions of France, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and includes the Departments of France, departments of Var (department), Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, as well as parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse.''Le Petit Robert, Dictionnaire Universel des Noms Propres'' (1988). The largest city of the region and its modern-day capital is Marseille. The Ancient Rome, Romans made the region the first Roman province beyond the Alps and called it ''Provincia Romana'', which evolved into the present name. Until 1481 it was ruled by the List of rulers of Provence, Counts of Provence from their capital in Aix- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Liberation Army
__NOTOC__ The French Liberation Army (french: Armée française de la Libération or AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (french: Forces françaises libres, label=none or FFL) during World War II. The military force of Free France, it participated in the Italian campaign (World War II), Italian and Tunisian campaign, Tunisian campaigns before landing in France with the Allies of WW2, allies liberating the country and occupying Nazi Germany, Germany until it had forced its capitulation in 1945. History The French Liberation Army was created in 1943 when the Armée d'Afrique, Army of Africa () led by Henri Giraud, General Giraud was combined with the Free French Forces of General de Gaulle. The AFL participated in the campaigns of Tunisian campaign, Tunisia and Italy; during the Italian campaign (World War II), Italian campaign the AFL was known as the French Expeditionary Corps (1943–44), Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million Military personnel, personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Air warfare of World War II, Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Lacoste
Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and eventually founded the brand and its logo in 1933. Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers with Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, and Henri Cochet, French tennis stars who dominated the game in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles at the French, American, and British championships and was an eminent baseline player and tactician of the pre-war period. As a member of the French team, Lacoste won the Davis Cup in 1927 and 1928. Lacoste was the World No. 1 player for both 1926 and 1927. He also won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Tennis career Lacoste started playing tennis at age 15 when he accompanied his father on a trip to England. His first participation in a Grand Slam tournament was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Saint-Jean-de-Luz (; eu, Donibane Lohitzune,Donibane Lohitzune es, San Juan de Luz, oc, Sent Joan de Lus, ) is a in the , southwestern France. Saint-Jean-de-Luz is part of the |
