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Russia
Stories from our cousins in the East, from Rurik the Viking and the Baptism of Rus’ to trade with Ivan the Terrible, a visit from Peter the Great, and the last Emperor.
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If Russia Gives a Lead
By Herbert Bury
As war engulfed Europe, an Anglican bishop called on Russia to unite the world’s Christians around their veneration for the Bible.
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Timur in Russia
By Clay Lane
Timur, Muslim lord of Samarkand, threw his weight behind the Golden Horde’s subjugation of Christian Russia, with unexpected results.
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Dmitry the Pretender
Boris Godunov was crowned Tsar of All Russia in 1598 in the belief that Tsar Ivan’s son Dmitry was dead — but was he?
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‘Nobody Wants to Invade You’
By Richard Cobden
Richard Cobden told an Edinburgh peace conference that the biggest threat to the United Kingdom’s security was her own foreign policy.
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Invitation to a Viking
From The Russian Primary Chronicle
The interminable squabbling among the Slavic peoples around the southeast Baltic prompted their leaders to drastic action.
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The Great Northern War
Peter the Great wanted Russia to join the nations of Western Europe, but the nations of Western Europe refused to make room for him.
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