24 May
On May 24, 1940, a group of armed men disguised as police officers stormed the house of Leon Trotsky in Mexico, firing over 200 bullets, though they failed to assassinate the Russian revolutionist.…
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Peter Carl Faberge
Peter Carl Faberge was a world famous master jeweler and head of the ‘House of Faberge’ in Imperial Russia in the waning days of the Russian Empire.
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