The first known European leaflet depicting Russian/ Moscovite atrocities against women and children, 1561

“The earliest illustrated Livonian War pamphlet – “Sehr grewliche, erschröckliche, vor unerhörte, warhafftige Newe Zeitung was für grausame Tyrannei der Moscoviter …” which translates into English...

‘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...

Novgorod the Great was a ‘Ukrainian’ city founded by Kyiv a century later than...

Per Wikipedia, Valentin Yanin (1929 - 2020) was a leading Russian historian who authored 700 books and articles whose expertise was especially Novgorod the Great, where he...

Rurik, ‘Founder of Rus’ Dynasty’, Never Existed: Moscow may have invented the whole story...

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Muscovy-’Russia’ clings to Rurik with such ferocity as if this figure affects not only its history, but the very right to be called a...

Russia is like a bloated toad ready to explode

A training center in Tambov, Russia, hung a banner showing a 'Russian empire' that included all of central and eastern Europe, a re-divided Germany,...

Servile to superiors, haughty and cruel to their dependents – description of Russia 200...

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The picture of Russian manners varies little with reference to the prince or the peasant. The first nobleman in the empire, when dismissed by...

‘Kremlin’ derives from Tartar word for fortress

British traveler of the 18th century Dr. Clarke sounded very confident describing the etymology of the word 'Kremlin'. In his bestselling book 'Travels in...

‘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...

Veche Assembly of Kyiv Rus: Scandinavians had a similar tradition, Muscovites never did

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Per Wikipedia, Veche was a popular assembly during the Middle Ages. The veche is mentioned during the times of Kyiv Rus and it later became a powerful institution in Russian cities...

How Moscow Became Capital in 1327 and what the Golden Horde had to do...

Harvard academic Dr. Richard Pipes who specialized in Russian history described in his most famous book published almost 50 years ago, the way Moscow...