‘Molotov Cocktail’ was a pejorative response to Molotov’s blatant lie that Russian bombings of...
Bombing of Helsinki in World War II - "The first bombing of Helsinki occurred the very day Finland was invaded on 30 November 1939....
Moscow knew of Chornobyl NPP seious deficiencies in the third and fourth reactors, but...
Ukrainian KGB warned Moscow about the state of the station. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2965375.stm
‘Ukraine’ and ‘Muscovy’ names in a 1650 book title by French engineer Beauplan
According to Wikipedia, Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (c. 1600 – 1673) was a French-Polish cartographer, engineer and architect. Beauplan served as artillery captain for the army of the Crown of the Kingdom...
‘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...
Ukrainian refugees grateful in deed
Cleanliness as a noble trait in Ukrianians has been observed by many travellers - Edward Clark and John Steinbeck can be mentioned among many...
Ukrainian Mentality vs. Russian Mentality
"We met frequent caravans of the Malo-Russians, who differ altogether from the inhabitants of the rest of Russia. Their features are those of the...
Zhukov described to Eisenhower the Russian way to cross minefield in WW2: “Our infantry...
In his book of wartime memoirs Eisenhower: Crusade in Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower recollects his conversation with Marshal Zhukov, which shocked him: “During our hours on...
Peter I was known as Tzar of Moscovy until he captured the heartland of...
In the previous article, we quoted a famous British writer John Evelyn whose property Peter I destroyed while living in it for three months. Notably, John...
OTD in 1998, Ukraine and the U.S. signed an agreement to eliminate 44 Ukrainian...
Here is how it looked back then: "Ukraine dismantled its last strategic bomber during a May 17 ceremony at an airfield in Uzin attended...
