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.
The Russian Consul in New York issued a stern rebuke to those trying
to break Britain’s ban on slave-trading by sailing under his nation’s colours.
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A Shocking Theft
ByClay Lane
Luka had netted a nice little haul of stolen coins and antiques,
but he could not resist stripping down the historic Icon of the Sign too.
15
Naked Aggression
ByRichard Cobden
Richard Cobden told his audience in the London Tavern that however much
sabre-rattling was heard in St Petersburg, the average Russian was a man of peace.
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Lord Great Novgorod
ByLucy Cazalet
The city of Great Novgorod in Russia was a mediaeval pioneer
of a decidedly rumbustious kind of parliamentary democracy.
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Dmitri of the Don
ByLucy Cazalet
Grand Duke Dmitri of Moscow loosened the grip of the Tartar Horde
on the people of Russia, but treachery robbed him of triumph.
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Through Russian Eyes
By(William) John BirkbeckAndAleksei Stepanovitch Khomyakov
After a visit to England in 1847, Aleksey Khomyakov published his
impressions of our country and our people in a Moscow magazine.
