Majority of Russians are Tartars fond of destruction, – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they are disliked, I believe, this no one will dispute. Inter alia we, all...
How Tzar of Moscovy Peter I displayed his barbarism in London
In 1698, Peter I was in London to acquire some personal insights into how the shipbuilding industry could be organized and run. A large...
Russians hurl accusations at their victims in order to justify their own rancor; They...
"During his change of horse-relays, Turgenev asked to see Custine. There then ensued, presumably at the postal station, a most curious verbal exchange, the...
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...
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...
‘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...
Ivan Bunin describes Russian faces: no need branding them ‘Beware of Thief’
"Their voices are hollow, primitive. The women have Chuvash and Mordvinian faces; and the men have criminal features that make them look like a...
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...
‘Keeping Pledge to Hitler’: How Moscow allied with Nazis and started WW2
Harvard Professor Robert C. Tucker, a political scientist and historian in his second Stalin biography, Stalin in Power: The Revolution From Above: 1928-1941, wrote:...
‘Ukraine’ and ‘Muscovy’ names in the 1669 issue of The London Gazette
The London Gazette - Wikipedia is one of the official journals of record or government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and...
