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...

‘In Russia cannot be even one man who would not be addicted to lying,”...

"Lately, I was suddenly struck by the thought that in Russia, among our educated classes, there cannot be even one man who wouldn't be...

Russian Orthodox Church: Imposters and Murderers

According to the Wikipedia page, "On 5 January 2019, Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, signed the Tomos that officially recognized and established...

Russian Orthodox Church was formed by the Golden Horde

Harvard Professor Richard Pipes stated in his 'Russia Under the Old Regime': "The Golden Age of the Orthodox Church in Russia coincided with Mongol...

‘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...

‘Ukraine or the Cossacks Land’ map of 1720

The map was made by a famous German geographer and cartographer Johann Baptist Homann. The map is valuable not just because it can serve as...

‘Dostoyevsky hated the Mongolian strain in the Russians,’ – Fyodor’s daughter Lyubov Dostoyevsky

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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...

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...

Russian nation is like a slave who standing on his knees dreams of the...

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This nation − at its heart conquering, greedy by dint of deprivation − atones in advance, at home, through a debasing submission, in...

American humanitarian aid during Russian Famine of 1891‒92

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In 1892, a prominent maritime painter of Armenian descent born in Crimea, Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), made a gift to the Corcoran Gallery in Washington,...