Moscow: Today, to mark the day of the Great October Socialist Revolution, several hundred representatives of the communist and leftist forces of the capital marched on Red Square, laid flowers at the necropolis near the Kremlin Wall and held an impromptu rally. November 7, 2022
Alexandra Kollontai, member of the Bolshevik Central Committee
Kollontai participated in the decision to launch the armed uprising of November 7, 1917, and in the revolt itself. At the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets, she was elected Commissar of Social Welfare in the new Soviet government, becoming the first woman in the world to hold a cabinet-level governmental post.
Lycurgus is considered the semi-mythical founder of classical Sparta and responsible for all of the city-state’s laws as well as its military and political institutions. He became better known to generations of Spartans as the lawgiver. He transformed Sparta into one of the most efficient military powers of Ancient Greece.
Initially, the Spartan city-state held sovereignty over the southern half of the Peloponnese, but with Lycurgus’s policies in place, it would expand its borders, acquiring dominance over the remainder of the peninsula. However, despite the credit given to Lycurgus for changing the face of Sparta and creating a “militaristic culture,” many historians remain skeptical of the life and accomplishments of this supposed lawgiver.
