Russian Fervent Patriots and Finnish Buffet, – A. Kuprin’s observation of ugly Russian nature...
"I remember about five years ago I had to come to Imatra for a day with the writers Bunin and Fedorov. We were...
In 1860, Russians constituted in Kyiv region – 1%, in Kharkiv – 5% of...
Theodore de Pauly, a member of the newly founded Imperial Russian Geographical Society (founded 1845), was the latest in a line of ethnographers, seeking...
Muscovy-Russia, Ugly Replica of the Golden Horde
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...
Polish WW2 Admiral of German descent Józef Unrug said he had forgotten his native...
Born a German national, Admiral Józef Unrug commanded the Polish coastal defense during Poland's 1939 defensive war against Nazi Germany. When he was taken...
Russia’s totem animal should be Jackal Tabaqui, not Bear
Totem is 'a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe'. Or country....
Russian peasants are worn-out folks with emaciated faces, uncombed hair dressed in zipuns full...
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...
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...
At stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history, – Yuval Noah Harari...
Feb., 2022. AT THE HEART of the Ukraine crisis lies a fundamental question about the nature of history and the nature of humanity: is change...
Ukraine-Gondor vs. Russia-Mordor
Ukrainians have been referring to Moscow as Mordor since the beginning of the current war in 2014. And one of the most popular names...
