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  2. Solovetsky Monastery uprising - Wikipedia

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    The Solovetsky Monastery uprising (Russian: Соловецкое восстание) was an uprising of Old Believer monks, known as the Raskol, of the northern Solovetsky Monastery against the policies of Tsar Aleksey I. The uprising involved the siege of the Solovetsky Monastery by the Tsar's forces over the years from 1668 to 1676.

  3. List of conflicts by duration - Wikipedia

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    22 years War in Darfur: 26 February 2003: Ongoing: 21 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 1 day Eumeralla Wars: 1840: 1860: 20 years War of the Sicilian Vespers: 1282: 1302: 20 years Somaliland campaign: 1900: 1920: 20 years Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict: 1977: 2 December 1997: 20 years Kivu conflict: 2004: Ongoing: 21 years Sistan and Baluchestan ...

  4. Benkei - Wikipedia

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    Saitō Musashibō Benkei (西塔武蔵坊弁慶, 1155–1189), popularly known by the mononym Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185). Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic, and then a rogue warrior.

  5. The History of Self-Immolation as Political Protest

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    In 2009, a Tibetan monk self-immolated in protest of Chinese rule in Tibet, in an incident that sparked mass protests in Western China. Over 100 monks set themselves on fire over several years.

  6. Battle of Little Mountain - Wikipedia

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    One of the survivors, David Cook, reportedly threatened his life 20 years after the battle. Miller never returned to Estill's Station to defend himself against his accusers. Monk Estill won particular distinction for bravery during the battle, having carried a wounded militiaman, James Berry, almost 25 miles (40 km) back to Estill's Station.

  7. Counting the costs of America's 20-year war in Afghanistan - AOL

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    America’s longest war, the two-decade-long conflict in Afghanistan that started in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, killed tens of thousands of people, dogged four U.S. presidents and ...

  8. History of the Thai Forest Tradition - Wikipedia

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    Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta's first involvement with the Sangha was ordination as a sāmaṇera (novitiate monk) when he was 15 years old. After two years, his father asked him to leave his sāmaṇera status to help out with the family. Having fulfilled his obligations, his parents provided him with his requisites for upasampada and he ordained as a ...

  9. Anti-religious campaign during the Russian Civil War - Wikipedia

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    An 80-year-old monk-priest named Amvrosi was beaten with rifle butts before being killed. A priest named Dimitri was brought to a cemetery and undressed, but when he tried to cross himself before being killed, a soldier chopped off his right arm. An old priest who tried to stop the execution of a peasant was beaten and cut to pieces with swords.