‘Stalin broke every promise he made at Yalta,’ – President Roosevelt’s belated regret about...
At Yalta resort in 1945, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met Joseph Stalin to determine the fate of post-war Europe. Roosevelt misread Stalin—and proved...
‘Russians enjoy Slavery more than Freedom,’ – German Diplomat Sigismund von Herberstein in ‘Notes...
Sigismund von Herberstein (1486–1566) was a diplomat, writer, historian, and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council. He was most noted for his extensive writing on...
Sharp difference exists between Ukrainians and Russians, – Ivan Bunin, the first Russian Noble...
Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried...
Hungary is shown its real “historic homeland”
With the start of Russia's war on Ukraine, the country of Hungary increased the sounds of its claims about its "Great Hungary" lands in...
Dostoyevsky: ‘Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar’
The quote is taken from The Diary of a Writer: "I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they are disliked, I...
Voltaire depicted Muscovies-Russians of his time: born the slaves of masters as barbarous as...
Voltaire (1694-1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian. One of Voltaire's best-known histories is History of Charles XII (1731). The quotes below are taken...
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...
Russians looted toilets in Western Ukraine during WW1 already
Battle of Galicia also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the...
‘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...
Europeans perceive in Russians barbarians ‘rejoicing over the thought that something somewhere may be...
The quote is taken from The Diary of a Writer: "I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they are disliked, I...
