reign+of+terror

  • 41Red Terror — The Red Terror in Soviet Russia was the campaign of mass arrests and executions conducted by the Bolshevik government. In Soviet historiography, the Red Terror is described as officially announced on September 2, 1918 by Yakov Sverdlov and ended… …

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  • 42The Terror of Blue John Gap — (published in 1912) is a short story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story comprises the adventures of a British doctor, recovering from tuberculosis who goes to stay at a Derbyshire farm looking for rest and relaxation, who becomes… …

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  • 43Red Terror (disambiguation) — The term Red Terror was originally used to describe the last six weeks of the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, ending on July 28, 1794 (execution of Robespierre), to distinguish it from the subsequent period of the White Terror . The… …

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  • 44Red Terror —    Vladimir Lenin and Cheka chief Feliks Dzerzhinsky ordered local Soviets to take violent “prophylactic measures” to prevent insurrections in early August 1918. These messages were followed by orders establishing concentration camps for right… …

    Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

  • 45Revolutionary terror — is the term from the theory of communism that refers to the institutionalized application of force to the counterrevolutionaries.Karl Marx wrote: There is only one way to shorten and ease the convulsions of the old society and the bloody birth… …

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  • 46Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Desarrolladora(s) Blizzard Entertainment Distribuidora(s) Blizzard Entertainment Diseñador(es) Rob Pardo …

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  • 47Red Terror (Hungary) — The Red Terror in Hungary ( hu. vörösterror) was a series of atrocities aimed at crushing political rivals during the four month regime of Hungarian Soviet Republic. It was so named because of its similarity to the Red Terror in Soviet Russia in… …

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  • 48King of terrors — Terror Ter ror, n. [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten, for tersere; akin to Gr. ? to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F. terreur. Cf. {Deter}.] 1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 49Le Livre noir — Reign of Terror    Film d aventures historiques d Anthony Mann, avec Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Hart, Richard Basehart.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1949   Durée: 1 h 29    Résumé    La «Terreur» sert de toile de fond à cette… …

    Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • 50France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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