From Ancient Turkey to ancient Egypt...........................to a British dynasty.............Dc has it all........ The temple was designed by noted architect John Russell Pope , who modeled it after the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus , one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . [2] The building was dedicated four years later on October 18, 1915. The building's design was widely praised by contemporary architects, and it won Pope the Gold Medal of the Architectural League of New York in 1917. In his 1920 book L'Architecture aux Etatis-Unis , French architect Jacques Gréber described it as "a monument of remarkable sumptuousness ... the ensemble is an admirable study of antique architecture stamped with a powerful dignity." Fiske Kimball 's 1928 book American Architecture describes it as "an example of the triumph of classical form in America". In the 1920s, a panel of architects named it "one of the ...
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But it is patterned after one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world............from BC...........which a Turkish queen had built by the best Greek architects of her day.........for her passed husband.......one which has been destroyed.......... House of the Temple From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The House of the Temple House of the Temple in Washington, D.C. Location within Washington, D.C. General information Ar l Pope The House of the Temple is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C. , United States that serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. (officially, "Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C., U.S.A.") It is located at 1733 16th Street , N.W. , in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, and stands approximately one ...
He spent time in Istanbul before going to Mexico.............................i guess that is why the Scottish rites temple here in DC is patterned after an ancient mausoleum from Turkey..................bloody b DC................... Defeat and exile (1927–1928) Trotsky's house on the island of Büyükada , Istanbul, as it appears today In October 1927, Trotsky and Zinoviev were expelled from the Central Committee. When the United Opposition tried to organize independent demonstrations commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power in November 1927, the demonstrators were dispersed by force and Trotsky and Zinoviev were expelled from the Communist Party on 12 November. Their leading supporters, from Kamenev down, were expelled in December 1927 by the XVth Party Congress , which paved the way for mass expulsions of rank and file oppositionists as well as internal exile of opposition leaders in early 1928. When the XVth Party Congress made Opposi...
Leon wasn't Russian either it seems..............but from the Ukraine.................both became Soviets though........... Childhood and family (1879–1895) 8-year-old Lyova Bronshtein, 1888 Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein ( Russian : Лев Давидович Бронштейн ) on 7 November 1879, in Yanovka ( Russian : Яновка ) or Yanivka ( Ukrainian : Янівка ), in the Kherson guberniya of the Russian Empire (today's Bereslavka ( Ukrainian : Береславка ; 47°53′34″N 32°17′25″E ) in the Bobrynets Raion , Kirovohrad Oblast , Ukraine), a small village 15 miles (24 km) from the nearest post office. He was the fifth child of eight of well-to-do farmers, David Leontyevich Bronshtein (1847–1922) and his wife Anna Bronshtein (1850–1910). The family was of Jewish origin but reportedly not religious. [4] The language spoken at home was a mixture of Russian and Ukrainian ...
From Russia with love............sent to sunny Mexico City................y el estadio Azteca............. In the 2011 documentary film Marx Reloaded , Trotsky meets Karl Marx in an animated cartoon parody of the 1999 science fiction - action film The Matrix . [134] Although the scene is fictional, Trotsky is credited and depicted on the film's movie poster alongside contemporary philosophers including Slavoj Žižek .
Just ask Joe Stalin.............he wasn't even Russian............but from Georgia......................not to be confused with the American state of Georgia............where Savannah is in.......... Leon Trotsky From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Trotsky", "Trotski", "Trotskiy" and "Trotskii" redirect here. For other uses, see Trotski . Leon Trotsky Trotsky in 1921 People's Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs of the Soviet Union In office 13 March 1918 – 15 January 1925 Premier Vladimir Lenin Alexei Rykov Preceded by Nikolai Podvoisky Succeeded by Mikhail Frunze People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR In office 8 November 1917 – 13 March 1918 Premier Vladimir Lenin Preceded by Mikhail Tereshchenko Succeeded by Georgy Chicherin President of the Petrograd Soviet In office 8 October – 8 November 1917 Full member of the 6th , 7th , 8th , 9th , 10th , 11th , 12th , 13th ...