Vladimir Grigoryan

Vladimir Grigoryan30.06.2026

The Armenian Genocide of 1915 was not a consequence of the First World War—it was one of the reasons the Ottoman Empire entered into the war. I didn’t arrive at this conclusion quickly. For at least twenty years I tried to understand why the Turks embarked on the gamble of joining Germany. One common explanation […]

Vladimir Grigoryan13.12.2025

Well, more or less Cantonese, of course. There are a million recipes, but I try to capture the spirit of the dish, choosing what seems most authentic, and, of course, focusing on the ingredients available. My wife and I usually cook together, and she inspires my culinary endeavors. That was the case with Cantonese pork. […]

Vladimir Grigoryan22.10.2025

An interesting story happened to Yevgeny Gomberg. A millionaire and philanthropist, he is known in Latvia as a defender of the historical heritage of the Russian Empire. Among other things, he bought monuments to Peter the Great and Barclay de Tolly, which local authorities had decided to get rid of. The case concerns a lawsuit […]

Vladimir Grigoryan05.04.2025

You see, I heard this nonsense about the Marshall Plan and the like when they were breaking up the USSR, inspiring Georgia, ruining Ukraine. I have already written about this, but the topic seems to be eternal. The enthusiasts just can’t calm down — they continue to pester, and I can’t find the strength to […]

Vladimir Grigoryan08.10.2024

In Russia, 70 percent of marriages break up. The worst, by the way, are in the Caucasian republics. In purely Muslim Ingushetia, there are two and a half divorces per registration, it seems that everyone there has decided to divorce everyone. Traditional marriage is not in crisis there, but in collapse. In Chechnya and Dagestan, […]

Vladimir Grigoryan24.09.2024

I had a friend who was convinced that if you launch an Orthodox satellite and broadcast something Orthodox on all TVs, the country will very quickly return to faith, become a churchgoer in a matter of years. I remember when I hear from priests again that most teenagers who grew up in Christian families completely […]

Vladimir Grigoryan16.08.2024

Viktor Shenderovich wrote a post about what he thinks about the murder of a pregnant woman in the Kursk region. There is nothing unexpected in it: you – Russians rejoiced at the war, so there. This is about collective responsibility, because Viktor Anatolyevich does not know whether this particular woman rejoiced. But within the framework […]

Vladimir Grigoryan26.03.2024

The Greek Foreign Ministry refused to invite Russian representatives to the Independence Day celebrations. There is one nuance here. It was thanks to the Russian Empire that this independence happened. Dates of the Greek War of Independence: March 25, 1821 — February 3, 1829. The Greeks’ struggle for freedom was led by a Russian officer […]

Vladimir Grigoryan05.11.2023

The deaths of civilians in Gaza — random but numerous victims of war — are sad and terrible. Two unfortunate peoples who found themselves on the same territory and unable to reconcile are an open wound. Eighteen centuries after the expulsion, the Jews wandered, were despised, and again expelled from everywhere. The Holocaust, when some […]

Vladimir Grigoryan20.10.2023

About the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948, I read a lot of materials from both sides, probably a whole library. The exile symbol was the massacre in Deir Yassin, and I think that Israeli nationalists then greatly damaged something in the basis of the idea, the dream of re-establishing Israel. As for the idea […]

The Reasons the Ottoman Empire Entered the WW1

Sweet and Sour Pork, Cantonese Style

Spy Games

About the Marshall Plan

The Crisis of Marriage

How I became Orthodox

Shenderovich Moral Dilemma

Greece Has Lost Its Historical Memory

Murders — it’s an Everyday Matter

“If Only There Was No War”

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old