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Natalia Yepifanova and Natalia Kravtsova: Ukrainian POWs, Azov Captives, and Families of the Missing
Natalia Kravtsova is a Ukrainian civil advocate and the mother of a captured Azov fighter who defended Mariupol. Through the NGO “WOMEN OF STEEL,” she advocates for prisoners of war, missing defenders, and their families. Her public work emphasizes humanitarian exchanges, public awareness, and sustained international pressure regarding Ukrainian captives held by Russia. Media Center Ukraine identifies her as the mother of a captured Azov fighter and defender of Mariupol, and earlier identified her with the “WOMEN OF STEEL” Council of Wives and Mothers of Ukraine’s Defenders NGO.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 months ago in History
The Burden of Belief: Religion's Power and Pain in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
Slavery in the antebellum south often used religion as a tool, sometimes to comfort enslaved people, but often to justify their oppression. Especially for enslaved women, religion is used to amplify their guilt by holding them up to standards that they cannot compete in without their freedom. All of these are present in Linda's faith throughout the narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harrit Jacobs. Although religion sometimes gave Linda and other enslaved people strength, it ultimately had more of a negative effect because slaveholders twisted Christianity to justify cruelty, oppression, and to silence resistance within enslaved people. Even though some slaves found comfort in faith, the hypocrisy and manipulation of slaveholders with religion caused far more harm.
By Bonny Tilahun 5 months ago in History
The Case India Never Solved…| Airdrop Mystery!
On the morning of 18 December 1995, people in a village in India spotted a shining object lying among the fields. When they went closer, they discovered a strange rifle unlike anything they had seen before. While villagers were still trying to understand how the rifle had appeared there, they found 35 more rifles scattered nearby.
By Imran Ali Shah5 months ago in History
Who’s Secretly Behind Israel’s Power?
27 September 2024, in United Nations General Assembly held in New York City, when it was the turn of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver his speech, more than half of the diplomats walked out of the assembly in protest, turning their backs on Netanyahu. The message was absolutely clear: opposition to Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza and Lebanon. But what was the result of that walkout? Afterward, Israel even began attacks on Yemen as well.
By Imran Ali Shah5 months ago in History
The African Kingdoms That Rivaled Ancient Rome
Let's be honest. When most of us think about the ancient world — the great empires, the dazzling cities, the military generals who changed the course of history — we think of Rome. We think of Greece. Maybe Egypt, if the curriculum was feeling generous that day. But here is what your history teacher never told you: while Rome was busy building its empire, Africa had already been there, done that — and in some cases, done it better.
By Shirley Oyiadom5 months ago in History
Hard Decisions of North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un
This is the dictator president of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. It is said that he has created a completely separate world inside North Korea — a world that he alone rules and controls. Kim Jong Un is a dictator whom no country in the world takes lightly, not even the United States. In North Korea, he is not only the army but also the government itself. He is considered not just powerful, but also extremely dangerous. He is the one who makes the laws, and the one who breaks them too. If anyone dares to break the laws he created, destroying that person becomes his mission in life — whether it is his own uncle or even his own brother.
By Imran Ali Shah5 months ago in History
The Last Stand of Raven Castle
The Last Stand of Raven Castle Winter, 1689 — Northern Europe Snow fell like ashes from a dying world. The mountains surrounding Raven Castle had disappeared beneath a violent storm, their frozen peaks swallowed by darkness and swirling wind. From the highest tower, Lord Cedric Volkar watched thousands of enemy torches move through the valley below like rivers of fire.
By younas khan5 months ago in History
Ancient Human Creativity in Adversity Is Revealed by Ice Age Butcher's Tools
The Lingjing archaeological site, where ancient humans once killed animals, has been the subject of more than ten years of excavation and investigation by scientists in central China. Archaeologists have discovered intricate stone tools among the fossilised bones that would have needed a high degree of intelligence and foresight to make.
By Francis Dami5 months ago in History
A hiker in Norway discovers a rare gold sword scabbard from the sixth century behind a tree.
A local hiker saw something glinting under a fallen tree during a morning stroll through the well-known Dalsnuten hiking region near Sandnes in southwest Norway. This moment became historic. Using a stick to poke at a mound of dirt, he discovered an artefact that was perhaps 1,500 years old: a highly decorated gold fitting from a sword scabbard.
By Francis Dami5 months ago in History
