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🇮🇷 Tabriz defenders in the days before the Iranian city fall @facethenation

⚠️ Russians invaded Iran in 1911

On November 29, the Russian government presented the Persian government with an ultimatum 👊. Most important demand was to fire the newly employed American lawyer Morgan Shuster. Upon the Persian parliament's refusal to fire Shuster, the shah dissolved the Majlis and agreed to the Russian ultimatum.

The ultimatum nevertheless created unrest 😡 in Tabriz. On December 21, fedayeen attacked the Russian troops, inflicting severe casualties.

In response, a brigade of the Russian Imperial Army was dispatched to Tabriz under General Voropanov. After about three days, the defense of the city's residents broke. The Russians shelled Tabriz with artillery 💣💥 and entered the city on December 31.

The Russians executed the fedayeen, their families and many civilians of Tabriz as well. The total number of executions is estimated to have been about 1200.

The Russian forces remained in the city until February, 1918
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⛹🏿‍♂ Michael Jordan's 1988 contest winning dunk @facethenation

The iconic free throw line dunk 🏀 remains one of the greatest in the event’s history.

Michael Jordan in the 1980s was undoubtedly one of the most athletic players to have ever laced up to take to an NBA game 🙌.
👮 A West Berlin police officer stands in front of the concrete wall dividing East and West Berlin at Bernauer Strasse as East Berlin workers add blocks to increase the height of the East German barrier October 7, 1961 @facethenation

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

After the Second World War, the Allied forces (France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union) occupied Germany and its capital, Berlin 🇩🇪.

When the Soviet Union imposed the Berlin Blockade in 1948, major tensions between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union came to light. Fear of the Communist regime led increasing numbers of East Germans to emigrate 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ to West Germany.

The Soviet Union decided to build a physical barrier between East and West Berlin. Work began in the early hours of August 13, 1961.

The Berlin Wall became the symbol of the Cold War and a tangible manifestation of the world’s separation into two distinct ideological blocs.
⚡️⚡️⚡️To Ukrainians around the globe:

February 24, 2022. Today ‼️Russia has attacked Ukraine. Army, diplomats, everyone is working. Ukraine fights. Ukraine will defend itself. Ukraine will win.

Share the truth about Putin’s invasion in your countries and call on governments to act immediately.

Pray for Ukraine! 🙏🙏🙏
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
1940 — London, United Kingdom — People sheltering on the platform of Elephant and Castle Underground station during an air raid World War II.

2022 — Kharkiv, Ukraine — Hundreds of people flocked to the underground station to seek shelter from Russia’s full-scale invasion. Thousands of Kharkiv residents spent last 3 months in the underground.

🔴 2022 - Russia’s War in Ukraine, in Context

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1940 — A boy points out his bedroom to his friends after his home had been wrecked during a random bombing raid in an eastern suburb of London.

2022 — A child walks in front of a damaged school as Russian fascist forces shelled the city of Zhytomyr, Ukraine

🔴 2022 - Russia’s War in Ukraine, in Context

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1941 — A 1st SS Panzer Division advances on Ukraine city of Mariupol following massive bombardment in which civilians massacred during World War II.

2022 — Russian army doing exactly same thing today. Russian military vehicles move on a highway near Mariupol. You have seen “Z” on the tanks and armored vehicles that are attacking Ukrainian towns

🔴 2022 - Russia’s War in Ukraine, in Context

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So crazy how history repeats as if we haven't learned over the millions of deaths since World War II

1943 — Destroyed buildings in Ukrainian port city Mariupol after the occupation by Nazi Germany. During World War II, the city was under German military occupation from October 8, 1941 to September 10, 1943. The Nazis killed 10,000 civilians in Mariupol.

2022 — The russian occupiers murdered more than 20,000 Mariupol residents. Russia's assault on Mariupol has damaged or destroyed 100% of buildings in the besieged port city.

🔴 2022 - Russia’s War in Ukraine, in Context

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