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Mikhail Gorbachev: The Soviet Union's Last Leader #sponsored

Mikhail Gorbachev: The Last Soviet Leader #sponsored 30 Mar 2025 --- #biography #russia #history Check out LELO's F2S now! Click my link to get yours and start your pelvic fitness journey today - https://lelo.to/Biographics → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Gorbachev: His Life and Times by William Taubman https://books.google.co.za/books?id=iNDADQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=william+taubman+gorbachev&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0ld-x8OmJAxWiUkEAHZNVK0QQ6AF6BAgHEAI References https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1990/gorbachev/biographical/ https://www.gorby.ru/en/gorbachev/biography/ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/who-was-mikhail-gorbachev-wife-raisa-b1022024.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/03/12/gorbachev-becomes-soviet-leader-hours-after-chernenko-dies-at-73/696b5b18-96ae-4428-bbff-33aa5e3e707b/ https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-and-question-and-answer-session-luncheon-radio-and-television-journalists https://archive.org/details/gorbachevheretic00dode/page/76/mode/2up https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/glasnost https://archive.org/details/gorbachev00mcca/page/52/mode/2up https://www.britannica.com/topic/perestroika-Soviet-government-policy https://journalonworldaffairs.org/2021/03/30/uskorenie-perestroika-glasnost-how-and-why-gorbachev-killed-the-soviet-union/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/glasnost https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Gorbachev_s_Gamble.html?id=swxbXnHMC-oC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/perestroika-and-glasnost https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-tanks-roll-into-afghanistan https://www.britannica.com/event/Chernobyl-disaster https://www.un.org/en/observances/chernobyl-remembrance-day/background#:~:text=No%20reports%20were%20released%20until,somewhere%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-soviet-union#:~:text=Gorbachev's%20decision%20to%20loosen%20the,Communist%20rule%20throughout%20Eastern%20Europe. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berlin-Wall https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gorbachev-elected-president-of-the-soviet-union https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/08/30/coup-attempt-mikhail-gorbachev/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/03/02/gorbachev-to-run-for-president/2d7bb9d5-bd9b-4977-b251-0d4527963476/  https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/17/world/neither-ridicule-nor-rancor-halts-gorbachev-election-bid.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/08/30/mikhail-gorbachev-soviet-leader-dies/  https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-mikhail-gorbachev-obituaries-5cb7a604243668f08dfaed953c09559e  https://www.politico.eu/article/why-putin-could-forgive-yeltsin-but-not-gorbachev/  Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Dag Hammarskjold: The Man Who Built the United Nations

Dag Hammarskjold: The Man Who Built the United Nations 22 Dec 2022 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

John Reed: The Ardent Revolutionary #sponsored

John Reed: The Romantic Revolutionary #sponsored 27 May 2025 --- Get your copy of The Book: ‘The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization’ now at https://bit.ly/3Rdqrm5 and use code BIOGRAPHICS10 at checkout! #thebookofmyprophecies , #hungrymindsbooks, #howtorebuildcivilization #hungryminds / https://www.youtube.com/@HungryMindsArt → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: This script was created primarily through several biographies. The exact pages are linked where appropriate: John Reed by Eric Homberger https://archive.org/details/johnreed0000homb/mode/1up John Reed The Making Of A Revolutionary by Granville Hicks  https://archive.org/details/johnreedmakingof0000gran Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography of John Reed by Robert A. Rosenstone https://archive.org/details/romanticrevoluti00rose  John Reed and The Writing of Revolution by Daniel Wayne Lehman https://archive.org/details/johnreedwritingo0000lehm/mode/2up  John Reed by David C. Duke https://archive.org/details/johnreed00davi_0/mode/2up  References https://publicseminar.org/2017/11/john-reed-romantic-revolutionary/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Reed https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldman-john-reed-1887-1920/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-reed https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/John_Reed/L_HBAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=inauthor:%22Eric+Homberger%22&printsec=frontcover https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/john-reed#:~:text=John%20Reed%20(1887%2D1920),New%20York%20City%20in%201913. https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-colorado-coalfield-war https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/war-in-the-coalfields-the-ludlow-massacre-and-its-impact-on-the-eight-hour-workday.htm https://www.britannica.com/event/Ludlow-Massacre http://www.saint-petersburg.com/famous-people/louise-bryant/#:~:text=The%20wife%20of%20John%20Reed,the%20subject%20of%20political%20persecution. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/wilson-america-war/#:~:text=At%20the%20start%20of%201917,a%20formal%20declaration%20of%20war. https://helenrappaport.com/russia/lenin-stalin-revolution/john-reed-writing-the-russian-revolution/ Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

April Fools Special! Leslie Nielsen: Comedy's Greatest Star in Hollywood

April Fools Special! Leslie Nielsen: The Funniest Man in Hollywood 1 Apr 2025 --- #biography #airplane #leslienielsen → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Leslie Nielsen and David Fisher - The Naked Truth https://walkoffame.com/leslie-nielsen/ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/leslie-nielsen https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/629824/leslie-nielsen-actor-facts https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11862150 https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-leslie-nielsen-20101129-story.html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/29/leslie-nielsen-obituary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

William T Sherman: The Architect of Modern Generalship

William T Sherman: The First Modern General 11 May 2024 --- #civilwar #biography #ushistory William Tecumseh Sherman is forever linked with his famed March to the Sea in the late autumn of 1864. In truth, his subsequent march through South Carolina and part of North Carolina was far more destructive, a fact Sherman acknowledged in his memoirs. He commanded a regiment in the First Battle of Bull Run, a Union defeat which led to him suffering a bout of depression. Northern newspapers questioned his sanity, with one Cincinnati newspaper openly calling him insane. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free cosmic horror ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Linktree to Other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4361/4361-h/4361-h.htm http://sfmuseum.org/hist6/sherm40s.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Louisiana-State-University-system-Louisiana https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/bull-run https://www.americanheritage.com/new-sherman-letters https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/shiloh-history.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ulysses-s-grant-s-path-to-victory-the-1864-overland-campaign.htm https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2014/12/02/war-is-marching-our-way/22204076007/ https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Images/igphoto/2000746039/ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/bennett-place-surrender https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/where-the-buffalo-no-longer-roamed-3067904/ https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/06/uncle-billys-racism/57886/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lost-Cause Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]