Phony ‘Potemkin villages’ explain a lot about Russian mindset, – Marquis de Custine in...
"In the midst of the fetes of Petersburg, I cannot forget the journey of Empress Catherine into the Crimea, and the facades of vilages,...
Mongolian slavery, NOT democratic Kyiv Rus, formed Muscovy-Russia
“The bloody mire of the Mongolian slavery, not the rude glory of the Norman epoch, forms the cradle of Muscovy, and modern Russia is...
Around One million Russians fought for the German Nazis during WW2
Russian Liberation Army known as the Vlasov Army was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during World War II. Since January 1945, the army...
‘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...
Russians are ‘lower in the scale of nature than the orangutan’, – Sir Winston...
"Few accuse Winston Churchill of naiveté, especially about the Soviet Union, yet his quarters, at Yalta and during previous meetings with Stalin, were also...
Devilish cruelty is the most striking feature of the Russian national character, – Maxim...
Maxim Gorky (1868 –1936) was a Russian and Soviet writer who was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1922, Gorky published the...
‘Dostoyevsky hated the Mongolian strain in the Russians,’ – Fyodor’s daughter Lyubov Dostoyevsky
Lyubov Dostoevskaya is best known for the book Dostoyevsky as Portrayed by His Daughter, originally published in Munich in 1920. The quotes below are from the 1922...
The Rus are a Great Nation living on the coast of the Black Sea...
al-Masudi (c. 896–956), was a historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic...
‘Russians’ are the Volga Finns, not Slavs
Waiver: All nations are equal and the Finns are one of the most advanced nations in Europe these days. The reason for writing this...
Russia always was Rotten Spot of Civilization
For people who think that the formation that calls itself "Russia" got bad only with midget Putin getting into office, or "broke bad" a...
