is it true that the fasci di combattimento

[jojojojoanne]

was the 'first' fascist party? were there any preceding groups/cults/institutions before the establishment of fdc in 1922?

[MissNorway]

former pro-war agitators. D�Annunzio in Fiume led one such movement, but the ex-Socialist journalist Benito Mussolini soon became even more prominent, founding his fasci di combattimento (�fighting leagues�), better known as Fascists, in Milan in March 1919. The group�s first program was a mishmash of radical nationalist ideas.

[ummmm]

Noways learnt how to copy and paste. Well done.

[MissNorway]

thanks ummm,cant see why JoJo cant do it.

[dot.haukes]

what about the Tsarist regime in Russia during the late 1800s?

[MissNorway]

Russia experienced higher mortality rates than most European or North American countries in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries and sharp mortality crises continued into the 1890s. There was a modest downward trend in both crude and infant mortality rates by the last decade of the nineteenth century, largely due to declining tolls from infectious diseases. Progress was slow and very uneven, but modest improvements in literacy, famine control, public health, and medical services all contributed to lower death rates. Many questions await research and further studies addressing specific diseases, regions, cities, and ethnic and social groups are essential.

[pericat]

Did I see in another thread that you were doing some family tree stuff today dot - related to Russian royalty maybe- a relative of the missing anastasia

[pericat]

Sorry jojo I'm loosing it here I thought dot posted this question - I will have to go to specsavers