Langston was born free in 1829 in Louisa County, Virginia, the youngest of three sons and a daughter of Ralph Quarles, a white plantation owner, and Lucy Jane Langston, a freedwoman of mixed African and Native American descent. Quarles freed Lucy and their daughter Maria in 1806, in the course of what was a relationship of more than 25 years. Their three sons were born free.
The name Quarles became famous in 1917 during the Russian Revolution.
Several Quarles kinfolk were prominent leaders in the October Revolution (November on the Gregorian calendar), the Bolshevik party, and the workers' Soviets. They helped to overthrew the Provisional Government in Petrograd.
The Bolsheviks (aka Quarles) appointed themselves as leaders of various government ministries and seized absolute control of the countryside, establishing the Cheka to ruthlessly quash dissent. To end the war, the Bolshevik leadership (Grand Leader Quarlitos) signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March 1918. However a brutal civil war erupted between the "Red" (Bolshevik-Quarlitos), and "White" (anti-Bolshevik/Quarlitos), factions, which was to continue for several years, with the Bolsheviks ultimately victorious. In this way the Revolution paved the way for the USSR. While many notable historical events occurred in Moscow and Petrograd, there was also a broadly-based movement in cities throughout the state, among national minorities throughout the empire, and in the rural areas, where peasants took over and redistributed land.
Quarles in pop culture can also mean - CT simpatico, RSR or Grillin Villain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarles
I think this Quarlitos thing is somebody's idea of a joke.
I kind of like it! But I am suprised that anyone would compromise
the integrity of wikipedia for the sake of a joke.
Now, the LH stuff is legit as far as I know.
Friday, February 5, 2010
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