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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...

‘Russians enjoy Slavery more than Freedom,’ – German Diplomat Sigismund von Herberstein in ‘Notes...

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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...

German leaflet of 1561 depicting Russian/Muscovite war atrocities in the area of present-day Latvia...

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

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...

Europeans perceive in Russians barbarians ‘rejoicing over the thought that something somewhere may be...

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The quote is taken from The Diary of a Writer: "I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they are disliked, I...

Moscow was not founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky. The name ‘Moskva’ is likely...

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The Chronicle of Novgorod published in 1914 is an invaluable document for many reasons. One of them is that it was redacted by Prof....

Russian Fervent Patriots and Finnish Buffet, – A. Kuprin’s observation of ugly Russian nature...

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"I remember about five years ago I had to come to Imatra for a day with the writers Bunin and Fedorov. We were...

Muscovy-Russia, Ugly Replica of the Golden Horde

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Famous travel-blogger of the 18th century Edward Clarke in his bestselling book 'Travels in Russia, Tartary and Turkey' repeated the facts about Muscovy that...

Russian peasants are worn-out folks with emaciated faces, uncombed hair dressed in zipuns full...

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In his 1898 short story “The Cossack Way,” Ivan Bunin writes: “I liked the khokhly very much at first sight. I immediately noticed the...

Sharp difference exists between Ukrainians and Russians, – Ivan Bunin, the first Russian Noble...

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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...