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.
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.
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Till We Meet Again
ByLili Dehn
When Lili Dehn was bundled out of the Alexander Palace in the
Spring of 1917, Empress Alix reassured her that they would meet again.
21
Unbroken Amity
ByJohn Bright
The Foreign Office had a long tradition of regarding a
strong Russian Empire as ‘not in the British interest,’ but John Bright saw only mutual benefit in it.
22
Wolves at the Gate
ByGerard Shelley
Gregory Rasputin is tricked into attending a dissolute Moscow soirée, and
shares his sadness with Englishman Gerard Shelley.
23
A Near Thing
ByLord Calthorpe
During the Battle of Inkerman in 1854, one of Lord Raglan’s hospital sergeants had a close encounter with a Russian cannonball.
24
Retreat from Moscow
ByClay Lane
The fear that Russia might make an ally of Great Britain drove the would-be Emperor of Europe to extreme measures.
