The Crimean War started on March 27, 1854: Parallels to current Russia’s War on...
The experience of the Crimean War of 1854 has several striking analogies with Putin’s war on Ukraine that started in 2014 with the invasion...
‘Kremlin’ derives from Tartar word for fortress
British traveler of the 18th century Dr. Clarke sounded very confident describing the etymology of the word 'Kremlin'. In his bestselling book 'Travels in...
Russia weaponizes history in its war against Ukraine, – British Intelligence
The title image of this post is a screenshot of the UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 11 November. The author of the article you...
In 1999, Russia promised to remove its troops from Moldova by end of 2002
OTD in 1999, the OSCE conference took place in Istanbul. Russia promised to remove its troops from Moldova & Georgia by end of 2002....
Russian Orthodox Church, KGB outlet
Kathryn David, a historian with the Office of the Historian, US Department of State: "There is another critical legacy of the Soviet experiment with...
Stalin revived Russian Orthodox Church to better control Ukraine
Kathryn David, a historian with the Office of the Historian, US Department of State: "In September 1943, as the tide of the Second World...
Stalin re-established the Russian Orthodox Church in September 1943. Why?
After the Bolshevik Coup of 1917, the Russian Orthodox church was forbidden and many cathedrals were ruined. But for some reason, almost a quarter...
Moscow’s occupation of Kyiv in 1918. Order to shell churches and gas civilians
Harvard Professor Richard Pipes in his 1997 revised edition of The Formation of the Soviet Union: "The activities of the Ukrainian Rada made it clear that...
Why the United States should support Ukraine
One of the many reasons why the US should support Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression is because it insisted on Ukraine's disarmament....
