Napoleon’s View of His Russian Campaign: only extreme and premature winter spoiled our triumph
Discourse at the Opening of the Legislative Body. Palais des Tuileries, Feb. 14, 1813. "I entered Russia. The French armies were constantly victorious on the...
Ungrateful Russians forget how many times Americans saved them: Russian Povolzhye Famine of 1921-22
In The Russian Job, Douglas Smith’s account of the American Relief Administration’s effort to alleviate the catastrophic famine that afflicted Russia from 1921-23, Smith tells...
Mongolian slavery, NOT democratic Kyiv Rus, formed Muscovy-Russia
“The bloody mire of Mongolian slavery, not the rude glory of the Norman epoch, forms the cradle of Muscovy, and modern Russia is but...
How Peter I of Russia capitulated to Turks: Pruth Campaign
After the Poltava defeat, the wounded Charles XII of Sweden and Hetman Mazepa of Ukraine stayed in Moldova which was under the protection of...
‘They Fought Each Other for Unity’ oxymoron: Moscow’s Attack on Novgorod Republic in 1471...
Per Wikipedia, the Battle of Shelon was a battle between the forces of the Duchy of Moscow under Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and the...
Muscovy-Russia on the map of the Mongolian Empire
Ex-Mongolian Leader Shares Empire Map to Mock Putin's Ukraine Claims Putin has relied on historical borders to argue Ukraine is part of Russia and to...
‘The Tale of Igor’s Campaign’ is a Ukrainian epic about repelling Asiatic forces including...
Per Wikipedia, 'The Tale of Igor's Campaign' is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. Britannica calls the poem 'The...
Muscovy-Russia paid tribute to Crimean Khans until the Treaty of Constantinople was signed in...
The Treaty of Constantinople was concluded on 13 July 1700. The Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire agreed on a truce set to expire...
‘Russia’ has the same relation to Kyiv Rus as the Guinea Pig to the...
According to Wikipedia, "despite their common name, guinea pigs are not native to Guinea, nor are they closely related biologically to pigs, and the...
Kremlin, Sacred Asylum of Oriental Despotism, Palace of Tyrant, – Marquis de Custine in...
"The Kremlin is not like any other palace, it is a city in itself; a city that forms the ioot of Moscow, and that...
