Archives for June 2012

Alexander Nevsky Surrenders and Saves Russia

Today's installment concludes The Tatars Conquer Russia,our selection from History of Russia by Alfred Rambaud published in 1886. For works

The battle of the Neva was preserved in a dramatic legend.Continuing The Tatars Conquer Russia,our selection from History of Russia by Alfred

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice. - Boris Pasternak This is the cover of the first edition on Dr. Zhivago

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Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their World History Series, #20.In which John Green teaches you how Russia evolved

When the princes of Galitch, of Volhynia, and of Kiev arrived as fugitives in Poland and Hungary, Europe was terror-stricken.Continuing The Tatars

This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: They Meet the Russian Princes.IntroductionRussia was for centuries the

Today's installment concludes The Russo-Japanese War,the name of our combined selection from Charles F. Horne and Leo Tolstoy. The concluding

The first hour of the contest decided its issue.Continuing The Russo-Japanese War,with a selection from Article in Great Events by Famous