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Russia

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.

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The Conversion of Vladimir the Great

By Clay Lane

A succession of religious leaders came to Kiev, hoping to win the wild barbarian Prince to their cause.

Posted October 20 2017

44

Germany’s Secret Weapon

By Winston Spencer Churchill

As a last, desperate throw of the dice in the Great War, the Germans detonated an unusual kind of weapon in St Petersburg.

Posted July 21 2017

45

The Sneeze of History

By Leo Tolstoy

It was the opinion of Leo Tolstoy that even Napoleon was never master of his own destiny.

Posted June 20 2017

46

Russia’s First Railway

By Clay Lane

Sixteen-year-old John Wesley Hackworth brought a locomotive over to St Petersburg, and Russia’s railway revolution was ready for the off.

Posted April 26 2017

47

The Blessings of Nicholas Mogilevsky

By Clay Lane

Passengers sharing Bishop Nicholas’s Moscow-bound flight found his blessings faintly silly — but that was when the engines were still running.

Posted March 23 2017

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The Bearded Foreigner

By Clay Lane

A Japanese swordsman confronts a Russian monk for... actually, he’s not really quite sure.

Posted January 24 2017

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