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Conspiracy against AMINA

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"Documentary materials showed that long-Amin came into contact with American intelligence and took the guidance to the United States. Upon seizing power, he secretly had discussed options for possible support of the American regime until the entry under the specious pretext the occupying forces ... In the United States, in particular, harvested plan disembarking on. the request of Amin, a major military landing using the Kandahar airfield. It rapidly deploy troops in Kabul, as well as in some other, mainly eastern provinces. " And Defense Minister DF Ustinov grumbling: "If Americans can afford to conduct these operations for tens of thousands of kilometers from its borders, at the very edge of the Soviet Union, why we can not protect its interests in neighboring Afghanistan?"

Plot GARMODIYA AND AGAINST ARISTOGITONA Hipparcos and GIPPIYA

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Garmody and Aristogiton, which glorified the famous feat of how, shortly after the overthrow of Gippiya and subsequently unusually esteemed as tyrannicide and the founders of free states. In the agora was cast in bronze sculptural group "tyrannicide" - a work of Antenor, who, after taking in Athens in 480 was apparently stolen Xerxes. However, two friends had already emerged as a symbol of freedom attic policy that, shortly after the Battle of Crete and Nespot Plateae created a new sculptural group. "Truly a great light went up to afinyan when Aristogiton and Garmody killed Hipparcos" - reads the inscription at the foot of the monument. Their tomb was shown later on the way to the grove the Academy, but is not related to the Tomb of the public, and despite all the respect that they used, their cult heroes as there was in the days of Alexander the Great, who sent back the creation of Antenor from the rod drive, or at when ordered to do so.

Vasily SHUISKY'S revolution

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Secret supporters of the conspirators were many representatives of the court, which not so long ago planted Falsdmitry to the throne. However, the deal with the king, protected by archers and who had strong support of the Poles (suite Marina Mnishek numbered several thousand people), it was very difficult. So Prince Vasili has developed a cunning plan. Early in the morning, when the court was in a deep sleep after many days of wedding feasts, should ring the bells throughout the city, allegedly informing about some trouble. Under the pretext of messages about what happened in the palace the king had to infiltrate the conspirators, composed of prominent boyars, and rush to kill the impostor. Awakened by the same Muscovites should say that the king had tried to kill the Poles, and thereby to set them on a possible assistant Falsdmitry Only after the physical removal of lzhetsarya should reveal the truth to all the participants of events and to convince them of the legality of actions of the conspirators.

COUP DARIUS

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In Persia itself, only a few members of the nobility treated Gaumata as a usurper and thinking about his downfall. One of them was Otan, the son Farnaspa. By origin and wealth he was among the most influential people in Persia, and every day was in the royal palace for the solution of public affairs. Otani seemed strange that the new king never appeared in the throne room and did not call for me none of the Persian noblemen to address the critical state of affairs, as did Cyrus and Cambyses. Most on his behalf said the superintendent of the palace Patizif. Barely past the attention Otan and the sudden disappearance of his brother Patizifa, Gaumata. A terrible suspicion require confirmation. He recalled that at the beginning of his reign, Cambyses for some fault ordered to cut Gaumata ears and he concealed his injury long hair on top of which put more and wig. But how to check when he is not showing his subjects in his eyes and did not let to itself, surrounded by many guards? Otan told about his daughter Fedime guesses, and they have matured plan.

Plot against Herod Antipater

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Then the servant of Antipater had confessed that he gave Ferore deadly poison, which he had to poison the king. The poison that was brought from Egypt Antifilom, a friend of Antipater. The poison was delivered Ferore, and he gave it to his wife. Last eventually revealed the truth during the interrogation. "My husband knew everything - she said - and gave its consent to your death because you have brought upon themselves the wrath of the Emperor, and was afraid of his unfortunate consequences. However, the feeling of brotherly love and affection that you yavili him during his illness, completely changed his feelings and thoughts. Once he called me and said: "I was misled by Antipater, and was too weak to prevent themselves to be drawn to the fratricidal case, which now inspires me with disgust. I do not want my soul has passed into another world stained by the most heinous of crimes . And so I ask you to leave now, in my presence, into the fire this poison. "And I, in obedience to my husband, and immediately burned it, cutting only a fraction of that most use if you wish me to betray a shameful punishment after the sudden death of my husband" ;. widow Ferory showed Herod cache, which stores the poison.



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