City of 72 Names - You Are There

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You Are There

These are the true stories of the characters who appear in City of 72 Names. Our protagonists meet such interesting historical people on their travels. Here are their biographies courtesy of Wikipedia.

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Rasputin PA

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (;[1]Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин ; 21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1869 – 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.

Moshe "Morris" Levy

Bodyguard and General to Chinese Nationalist Army

Two-Gun Levy was a real person named Morris Cohen and given the nickname "2-Gun" because he always carried two guns. He protected both Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek from 1911 until his death in the 1950s.

Pinchas Levy

Poet and Warrior

Pinchas Levy participated in a love battle that became the talk of Ottoman Palestine. He fought with the Jewish Legion in WWI and then settled down at one of the first Kibbutzim.

Dovid "Davey Boy" Levy

Head of the Freedman Gang and Mobster

David Levy joined one of the lower East side New York City gangs and eventually became head of one of the most notorious mobs in the US.

Leah Levy

Bolshevik revolutionary

Leah Levy was a member of the wealthy and influential Polyakov family who became disillusioned and radicalized. She joined the Bolsheviks and through much suffering remained a member of the Communist party until her death in the late 1950s.

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Grigori Rasputin

A Window In Time

Morris Levy

Moshe "Morris" Levy

Bodyguard and General to Chinese Nationalist Army

Pinchas Levy

Pinchas Levy

Poet and Warrior

Dovid "Davey Boy" Levy

Dovid "Davey Boy" Levy

Head of the Freedman Gang and Mobster

Leah Levy

Leah Levy

Bolshevik revolutionary