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By Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
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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Via the Imperial War Museums collection, and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Gregory Rasputin is tricked into attending a dissolute Moscow soirée, and shares his sadness with Englishman Gerard Shelley.
By Jean-Charles Langlois (fl. 1860s) and Léon-Eugène Méhédin (1828-1905), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
During the Battle of Inkerman in 1854, one of Lord Raglan’s hospital sergeants had a close encounter with a Russian cannonball.
By Adolphe Roehn (1780–1867), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
The fear that Russia might make an ally of Great Britain drove the would-be Emperor of Europe to extreme measures.
© Alexandr Podgorchuk/Klops.ru, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lucy Cazalet gives an overview of the remarkable Russian ruler, who showed the courage of a prince and the humility of a saint.
© Sachkv, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Scottish department store near the Bolshoi Theatre inspired an affection that contrasted sharply with Westminster’s Russophobia.
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