Russia

Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘Russia’

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By Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Unbroken Amity John 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.

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Wolves at the Gate Gerard Shelley

Gregory Rasputin is tricked into attending a dissolute Moscow soirée, and shares his sadness with Englishman Gerard Shelley.

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By Jean-Charles Langlois (fl. 1860s) and Léon-Eugène Méhédin (1828-1905), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

A Near Thing Lord Calthorpe

During the Battle of Inkerman in 1854, one of Lord Raglan’s hospital sergeants had a close encounter with a Russian cannonball.

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By Adolphe Roehn (1780–1867), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Retreat from Moscow Clay Lane

The fear that Russia might make an ally of Great Britain drove the would-be Emperor of Europe to extreme measures.

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© Alexandr Podgorchuk/Klops.ru, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Trials of Alexander Nevsky Lucy Cazalet

Lucy Cazalet gives an overview of the remarkable Russian ruler, who showed the courage of a prince and the humility of a saint.

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Muir and Mirrielees

The Scottish department store near the Bolshoi Theatre inspired an affection that contrasted sharply with Westminster’s Russophobia.

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