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1. According to legend, he was convinced to become a mystic by Baroness Barbara Juliana von Kriudener, so he moved to Siberia and changed his identity to Fyodor Kuzmich after faking his death

2. One non-native warrior who defected to this kingdom' s side, and then fled to Bendery castlein Moldavia, was Cossack hetmanIvan Mazepa

3. It was the result of a conference attended by diplomats such as Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George

4. This man allied his country to Germany with the Pact of Steel

5. That king' s predecessor was served by the so-called Prince of the Peace before fleeing the country

6. This man was temporarily expelled from his position after Pyotr Stolypin (STO-lip-in) compiled a list of his misdeeds, which included his youthful association with theKhlysty (klis-tee), a sect of flagellants

7. This man apocryphally told a dying subordinate that 'Breisach is ours'

8. He signed the Treaty of Pressburg after being defeated at the Battle of Austerlitz

9. This ruler' s daughter served as a regent of Charles Philip, the Duke of Sodermanland

10. Pedro the Cruel assisted one side' s forces at the Battle of Najera

11. The AbrahamLincoln Brigade was a group of American volunteers who fought in this country, which was also the site of the Nazi-sponsored Condor Legion' s most infamous atrocity

12. The word 'filioque' was controversially inserted into the product of this meeting'

13. After Tilly' s death a year later, Frederick II sought the aid of a commander he had already dismissed, though Albrecht von Wallenstein suffered a major defeat at Lutzen by Sweden' s Gustavus Adolphus

14. Paul von Hindenburg had the honor of being the last president of, FTP, what name Germany' s government from 1918 until 1933

15. This nation' s Grand Duke Henry the Bearded was succeeded by Henry the Pious, and the baptism of Mieszko I begins its history

16. This man officially condemned Liberation Theology, and he unofficially supported the Solidarity movement in his home country

17. That war centered on this ruler' s succeeding Charles VI to the throne

18. After being pissed off by the Treaty of Nonsuch, he placed the Duke ofMedina Sidonia in charge of a force defeated at the Battle of Gravelines

19. One dynasty in this city secured power after thedeath of signore Filippo Maria Visconti by allying with Florence to secure the Peace of Lodi

20. Victor Emmanuel III failed to prevent this man' s March on Rome from taking control of the government

21. Of her four children, one allegedly died in The Temple, the prison which was her home until just before her 38th birthday in 1793

22. that man was Enrico Dandolo

23. His reign included the birth of what became modern lowercase letters

24. Operation Husky was the code-name for the invasion of Sicily during this war, whose Battle of Monte Cassino occurred after the Allies invaded Italy

25. In 1588, this man' s navy was defeated by a force featuring Sir Francis Drake

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