How did the double-headed eagle appear in the Russian coat of arms? Detailed answer

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How did the double-headed eagle appear in the Russian coat of arms?

The double-headed eagle was the ancient coat of arms of the Byzantine Empire and was inherited by Russia after the marriage of Sophia Paleolog, the niece of the last Byzantine emperor, with the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III in 1472. The lost great empire seemed to have passed the baton to another Orthodox country, which was gaining strength and power, forming its own statehood and nation.

In 1497, the double-headed eagle first appeared as a state emblem on the double-sided wax state seal of Russia: on its front side is the coat of arms of the Moscow Principality - a horseman slaying a dragon (in 1730 officially received the name of St. George), and on the back - a double-headed eagle.

Over the past 500 years, the image of the eagle on the coat of arms of Russia has repeatedly changed. On seals, the double-headed eagle existed until 1918. The eagles were removed from the Kremlin towers in 1935. On November 30, 1993, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the two-headed sovereign eagle of Russia was again returned to the Russian coat of arms.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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Why do most Irish last names start with O?

Do you like your name? Do you think it says anything about you as a person? Would you choose this name for yourself? Nowadays, only actors and actresses can choose a suitable name for themselves. The rest of us should go by whatever name our parents gave them, even though it doesn't say anything about us. The name of the child was always given by the parents. At one time it had a certain meaning for them. It can characterize the appearance of a small child or express some parental feelings.

For example, the name Samuel means in Hebrew "questioner of God." And the name Blanche means in French "white", "pure". As cities grew and many people lived in the same place, it became difficult to distinguish people by their names. There were too many Johns, Williams and Davids. Imagine that you know two men named John and you want to tell someone about one of them. You could say, "I'm talking about John son of William." So a way arose to distinguish people from each other, and next to the name of a person they began to put the name of his father. This John began to be called John Williamson or in another way - John Williams, John Wilson, John Wils. All this showed that John was William's son!

In Ireland, the prefix "O" means "whom". When the Irish wanted to say "John son of Brian", they used this prefix and said "John O'Brian". All Irish names that begin with "O" come from this custom of naming a son with the father's name. The Scots used the same way of forming names, using the prefix "Poppy", which meant "son". "Mak" is abbreviated "Mk" or "M". Therefore John son of Donald will be referred to as "John MacDonald".

There were many other ways of originating surnames. Sometimes surnames were given depending on the place of residence. If Thomas lived near the forest, he could become Thomas Wood or Thomas Atwood. Sometimes the surname was derived from a nickname, such as Brown, Longfellow, or Drinkwater. If you had to choose a last name, what would you choose?

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