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Soviet citizens & service men & women died in WW2

Countries: Russia

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27 million Soviet citizens & service men & women died in WW2.

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Soviet citizens & service men & women died in WW2

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Soviet WW2 memorial

Designed by Shcherbakov, made by Breeze. Unveiled by the British Secretary o...

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Yury Gagarin

Yury Gagarin

Astronaut.  From Rianovosti: "Gagarin visited London in July 1961, three months after his legendary flight. He met with members of the Foundry Workers Union during his visit, as he had worked as a ...

Person, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Russia

1 memorial
men and women killed in the WW2 Arctic Convoys

men and women killed in the WW2 Arctic Convoys

Thousands of men and women died in the Arctic Convoys,1941-5. WW2DB gives these stats: "In total, 104 Allied merchant ships were sunk with the arctic convoys, along with 18 warships; 829 merchant ...

Group, Russia

1 memorial
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston

William Ralston Shedden-Ralston

Born York Terrace, Regent’s Park. His strange name seems to be the result of his father's near-illegitimacy and subsequent extensive litigation. Librarian, folklorist and Russian scholar. He gra...

Person, Law, Museums / Libraries, Russia

1 memorial
George Bentham

George Bentham

Botanist. Born in Stoke, near Plymouth. His family moved to St Petersburg in 1805, where he becam proficient in several languages. In France he studied at the universities of Tours and Montpelier. ...

Person, Science, France, Russia

1 memorial
Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Born in Moscow as Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov. He was created joint czar with his mentally disabled half-brother Ivan V, in 1682. In 1697 he set off for a tour of Europe, in which he amassed knowledg...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Russia

3 memorials

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Coronation of King Edward VII

Coronation of King Edward VII

King Edward VII. Originally scheduled for 26 June but delayed due to the main player needing to have his appendix out, an innovative operation at the time. The elderly Archbishop Temple officiated ...

Event, Royalty, Tourism / Traditions

9 memorials
Abram Games

Abram Games

NW11, The Vale, 41

Abram Games, 1914 - 1996, poster artist and designer, lived and worked here, 1948 - 1996. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
David Thompson

David Thompson

Fur-trader, surveyor and mapmaker. Born Dafydd ap Thomas at Marsham Street, London. He was chosen to be an apprentice to the Hudson Bay Company. Transferring to the North West Company in 1797 he em...

Person, Exploring, Canada

1 memorial
Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore

Footballer. Born Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore in Upney Hospital, Barking, Essex. Played for West Ham 1958-74. He had already played for the England youth and under-twenty-threes teams before bein...

Person, Sport / Games

7 memorials
L. Sidnell

L. Sidnell

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial