Beauty and future tennis player maria y. sharapova was born in the distant siberian town of nyagan. this happened on april 19, 1987. parents masha yuri viktorovich and elena petrovna sharapov were born and grew up in belarus gomel. but they decided to leave the city a few months before the birth of their daughter. this decision was dictated by the close distance of gomel to chernobyl, which became a source of environmental pollution and radiation. masha was born in a safe and clean area, and soon the family moved to the south, choosing to live in sochi. masha started tennis very early. at the age of four, the girl already knew how to hold a racket. there is information that evgeny kafelnikov himself presented the first racket to the future champion. the father of the legendary russian tennis player was friends with masha's father yuri sharapov.
Napoleon i bonaparte was a brilliant military leader and a statesman, who laid the foundation of the modern french state. he came from a family of a humble corsican nobleman, but the heights that he reached were well noticed in the world. napoleon was born on august 15, 1769, in ajaccio which is the capital of corsica. there were eight children in his family. at junior age he was sent to study in the brienne military school in france. in 1784 he entered the parisian military academy and a year later joined the artillery troops. he was rather enthusiastic about the start of the french revolution. in fact, he was appointed a chief of artillery while returning toulon occupied by the british. he led a brilliant operation which brought him the rank of brigadier general at the age of 24. in 1795 he became the commander of the italian army. the next year he got a chance to show all his leadership skills during the italian campaign. that was the time when napoleon gained european fame. he was very proud of his first large victory. soon he was sent to run more serious expeditions at the middle east. the french army was defeated, but it wasn’t napoleon’s fault as he left the army long before the end of the campaign. he headed to italy to fight suvorov’s army. by the time he returned to paris the country was on the peak of crisis. he was rather popular among the citizens and highly respected. that’s why it was of no difficulty to stage a coup d'etat and proclaim the consulate. in 1802 he was appointed a lifelong consul and two years later - an emperor. his internal policy was meant to strengthen the all-round personal power. he undertook a number of important reforms in the legal and administrative areas. in fact, when he came to power france was at war with some neighboring countries. that’s why he arranged another italian campaign to eliminate the outer threats. moreover, as a result of his military campaigns most of the western european countries fell under the french subordination. even austria, prussia and russia were forced to enter the union that he created. the first years of his regime were met by french people with enthusiasm. they saw the savior of the motherland in napoleon. however, the constant war and increasing economic crisis made people exhausted. the bourgeoisie was dissatisfied with the need to spend that much money on everlasting wars. in 1812 the napoleon’s regime collapsed. it happened right after the russian troops defeated his army. two years later he was forced to abdicate. the only title he retained was that of the emperor’s. soon he was sent into exile on the elba island in the mediterranean. his second exile, that lasted six years, was on the island of st. helena. on may, 1821 he died there, but his ashes were brought to paris in 1840. during his life he was married twice, but had only one heir from marie-louise - the austrian emperor’s daughter. napoleon i went down in history as an outstanding person with high intellectual abilities and amazing capacity for work.
