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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.
When Lili Dehn was bundled out of the Alexander Palace in the
Spring of 1917, Empress Alix reassured her that they would meet again.
PostedJuly 17 2020
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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.
PostedApril 25 2020
27
Wolves at the Gate
ByGerard Shelley
Gregory Rasputin is tricked into attending a dissolute Moscow soirée, and
shares his sadness with Englishman Gerard Shelley.
PostedFebruary 1 2020
28
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.
PostedJune 22 2019
29
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.
PostedApril 27 2019
30
The Trials of Alexander Nevsky
ByLucy Cazalet
Lucy Cazalet gives an overview of the remarkable Russian ruler, who showed the courage of a prince and the humility of a saint.
