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Nikolai Semenovich Klestov (Russian: Николай Семёнович Клестов; December 1873, Smolensk – 27 July 1941, Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast) who worked with the pen name Angarsky, was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, political writer and publicist. Political activity Following the February Revolution in 1917, Klestov became a member of the Bolsheviks (RSDLP(B)) and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Moscow Soviet, running their press section. He attended the Seventh (April) Conference and Sixth Congress of the RSDLP(B), at which he was criticised by Stalin. He participated in the October Revolution in Moscow and played a role in the Military Revolutionary Committee, Khamovniki district of Moscow. He worked for the Moscow Soviet until 1929. He was appointed trade representative for the USSR in Lithuania from 1929 to 1931 and then in Greece from 1932 to 1936. In May 1940 he was arrested on charges of espionage and, after a forced confess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
