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Vlad and Niki is a YouTube channel featuring Russian American-born siblings Vladislav Vashketov (born 26 February 2013), Nikita Vashketov (born 4 June 2015), ...
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Vlad manages to deduce, with the help of some other information gathered by his second-in-command, Kragar, that it is Mellar's intention to be assassinated. Mellar is a half-breed—a mix of Dragon, Jhereg and Dzur—and intends, through his death, to get his revenge on all his parent Houses by causing two to erupt into war and leaking ...
Vlad Țepeș had not paid the annual jizya of 10,000 ducats since 1459. In addition to this, Mehmed asked him for 1,000 boys that were to be trained as janissaries. Vlad Țepeș refused the demand, and the Turks crossed the Danube and started to do their own recruiting, to which Vlad reacted by capturing the Turks and impaling them. [10]
Vlad III is known as Vlad Țepeș (or Vlad the Impaler) in Romanian historiography. [12] This sobriquet is connected to the impalement that was his favorite method of execution. [ 12 ] The Ottoman writer Tursun Beg referred to him as Kazıklı Voyvoda (Impaler Lord) around 1500. [ 12 ]
Vladimir and Rogneda [1] [2] or Vladimir before Rogneda [3] is a painting by Russian artist Anton Losenko (1737-1773), completed in 1770. It is held in the State Russian Museum (Inventory No. Zh-4975) and measures 211.5 × 177.5 cm. [1] [2] [4] The painting's narrative is based on the events of the 10th-century Russian internecine war, as described in the Rus' chronicle. [5]
The Ottoman Sultan, Murad II, summoned Vlad Dracul to Edirne to do homage to him in March 1442. [3] Before leaving Wallachia, Vlad Dracul appointed Mircea to rule Wallachia during his absence. [3] The sultan accused Vlad Dracul of treachery and ordered his imprisonment. [3] He also sent a force of 12,000 to invade Wallachia. [3] [4]