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STALIN, LENIN & KALININ, 1919. Communist leaders Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin and Mikhail Ivanovich Kalininy, photographed at the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party, 18-23 March 1919

STALIN, LENIN & TROTSKY.
Communist leaders Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, photographed at the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party, 18-23 March 1919

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Sinop - Turkey

Sinop is a city Ince Burun (Cape Ince), by its Cape Sinop (Sinop Burnu, Boztepe Cape, Boztepe Burnu) which is situated on the most northern edge of the Turkish side of Black Sea coast, in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, in modern-day northern Turkey, historically known as Sinope. It is the capital of Sinop Province. In November 1853, at the start of the Crimean War, in the Battle of Sinop, the Russians, under the command of Admiral Nakhimov, destroyed an Ottoman frigate squadron in Sinop, leading Britain and France to declare war on Russia. Sinop Fortress Prison, was a state prison situated in the inside of the Sinop Fortress in Sinop, Turkey. As one of the oldest prisons of Turkey, it was established in 1887 within the inner fortress of the centuries-old fortification located on the northwestern part of Cape Sinop. The prison was closed down in 1997

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Prince Philip of Greece & Milford Havens at Maidenhead

Celebrities at the Maidenhead Fishery Club in 1931. From left, the Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Countess Nada Torby, daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, her daughter, Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, the Marquess of Milford Haven (formerly Prince George of Battenberg), Prince Philip of Greece (now Duke of Edinburgh), the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse (Princess Louis of Battenberg), daughter of Princess Alice and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. On the right is the Count de Torby, Nada's brother Michael. Prince Philip would regularly spend school holidays with the Milford Havens - George was his uncle on his mother's side and the dowager Marchioness his grandmother. Date: 1931

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