Bellingshausen was born in Estonia, into the sort of aristocratic Baltic-German family that transcends nationality, and was packed off to the Russian Imperial Naval Academy at the age of 10 in 1788. If he was homesick, dismayed by the rations or dunked in the lavatory by his peers,...
CRA03 - Russian 36pdr Naval GunThe latest addition to our 28mm Russian Crimean range is a 36-pounder naval gun and sailor crew. Just the job for keeping the Allies out of Sevastopol! This is a model to go with 28mm sized figures, made of metal and supplied unpainted....
As gunshots boomed through the building containing the concert hall, one of the largest and most popular music venues in the Moscow area, fire erupted in the upper floors of the structure, and the blaze intensified after an explosion, the news agency RIA Novosti reported. The Islamic State, ...