Luka had netted a nice little haul of stolen coins and antiques,
but he could not resist stripping down the historic Icon of the Sign too.
International Relations
Naked Aggression
Richard Cobden told his audience in the London Tavern that however much
sabre-rattling was heard in St Petersburg, the average Russian was a man of peace.
byRichard Cobden1804-1865
Russian History
Lord Great Novgorod
The city of Great Novgorod in Russia was a mediaeval pioneer
of a decidedly rumbustious kind of parliamentary democracy.
byLucy Cazalet1870-1956
September 8, 1380
The Battle of Kulikovo
(1)
Dmitri of the Don
Grand Duke Dmitri of Moscow loosened the grip of the Tartar Horde
on the people of Russia, but treachery robbed him of triumph.
byLucy Cazalet1870-1956
Character and Conduct
Through Russian Eyes
After a visit to England in 1847, Aleksey Khomyakov published his
impressions of our country and our people in a Moscow magazine.
by(William) John Birkbeck1859-1916andAleksei Stepanovitch Khomyakov1804-1860
Russian History
Prav’, Britaniya!
Herbert Bury’s duties took him back to St Petersburg after the
Russian revolution of 1917, but all he could think of was how it used to be.
