Importantly, Nicholas I also defined the width of the Russian railroad track and made it a little wider than the European standard prescribed in order to prevent a potential European enemy from using Russian railroads to quickly transport their military into the Russian mainland. This decision, howe...
BORIS A metaphor about the fate of Russia, its rulers and eternal values, Dmitry Krymov’s “Boris” subverts its ideas behind the cover of Pushkin’s text to show a direct line of the current governance of Russia with its imperial past, as well as all the myths on which Russian identit...
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Information on the period from 1917 to 1991 can be found in the entry on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See also the table entitled Russian and Soviet Rulers since 1462. Early Russia Numerous remains indicate that Russia was inhabited in the Paleolithic period. By the 7th cent. B....
Part of a burgeoning literature on Russian imperial statecraft in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Murphy's innovative work questions the promise of enlightened rulers to bring order, liberty, and progress to the lands that had once belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. From Citizens...
In case anybody is interested in the inputs and outputs of my intellectual life, here is a little update on what I have been writing and reading. Writing Some good news! I have another book on the way. It’s title has been confirmed asRussia’s World Order: How Civilizationism Explains...
Russian Orthodox churches first appeared in Germany in the early 18th century. Their existence stemmed from an exchange of gifts by the rulers of both countries. To show gratitude for the Prussian King’s gift of the famous Amber Room, Peter the Great responded bysending55 specially selected gre...
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Therefore, in order to prevent a protracted losing war, Ukraine should make “painful compromises”, he stated. At the same time, Russia cannot suffer a major defeat in the war, wrote another institute analyst, William Hartung. Like, it would undermine the Russian regime and give the world ...
(Shubs, 1966) within himself and was an able speaker, all of which is true. On top of this, Leon Trotsky, the leader of the Red Army, was also a self-assured and charismatic leader making it clear that the two were confident in their ideals, a vital feature that raised support for...