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October 3, 2007; 17 years ago () Tmogvi or Tmkaberd ( Georgian : თმოგვი [tʰmoɡʷi] ; Armenian : Թմկաբերդ ) is a ruined fortress and medieval town in the southern Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti , on the left bank of the Kura River , a few kilometers downstream of the cave city of Vardzia .
The Ottoman invasion of 1462 did not reach the city, being prevented by Vlad III through the night attack at Târgoviște. In 1476, the city was taken by Stephen V Báthory following a fifteen-day siege intended to restore Vlad to the throne. Several other battles were fought near the city during the rules of Neagoe Basarab and Radu of Afumați ...
After the destruction of Ryazan on 21 December 1237, Grand Prince Yuri II left the Suzdalian capital city of Vladimir on the Klyazma in charge of his son Vsevolod and fled to Yaroslavl, [1] seeking help from his cousins, Princes of Rostov and Novgorod. [2]
Curtea Veche (September 24, 2011) with the bust of Vlad Țepeș. Curtea Veche (the Old Princely Court) was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459. [1] Archaeological excavations started in 1953, and now the site is operated by the Muzeul Municipiului București in the historic centre of Bucharest, Romania.
Greenfield is a fictional city created in the sandbox video game Minecraft. As of May 2022, the city is one-fourth complete and has a size of 20 million blocks. [2] The city was started by Minecraft user THEJESTR in August 2011. [3] [4] As of April 2022, there are approximately 1.3 million downloads of the city map. [5]
Vlad I (? – 1396/97?) known as Uzurpatorul (the Usurper), was a ruler of Wallachia in what later became Romania. He usurped the throne from Mircea I of Wallachia . His rule lasted barely three years, from October/November 1394 to January 1397, [ 1 ] while others suggest that the accurate ruling period was from May 1395 to December 1396.
The Monument to Vladimir the Great (Russian: Па́мятник Влади́миру Вели́кому) is a 17.5-metre-high monument to Vladimir the Great, [1] located in Borovitskaya Square in central Moscow. It was designed by the designer Salavat Scherbakov on the initiative of the Russian Military Historical Society and the city ...
Eski Kermen or Eski-Kermen (Ukrainian: Ескі-Кермен; Russian: Эски-Кермен) was a cave town and fortress in the Crimea in the south of Ukraine. Founded by the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century to defend against the Göktürks , it was conquered by the Khazars in the 7th or 8th century.