Russia

Alexander Palladin19.11.2024

120 years ago, the Russo-Japanese War broke out, and by the end of February, 1904, some 50 foreign correspondents, mainly English and American, arrived in Japan. Among them was Jack London, one of the most popular foreign writers in Russia, where his novels and stories were printed in more than 77 million copies. At school […]

Yuri Chekalin16.11.2024

This dog was picked up in July 1883 by sailors from the cruiser Africa in the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Returning from a long voyage from the Pacific Ocean, the sailors presented the Kamchatka Laika to Emperor Alexander III. They named the dog Kamchatka. The white and tan Laika Kamchatka became a faithful companion of the […]

Morgana Devlin15.11.2024

In general, I adore Solyanka-style soups (“Salted Soup”)! Their single downside – they are lacking in complex carbs the likes of barley or buckwheat, but you can always have them as a side dish. On the other hand, Solyanka – fish and meat style – will charge you with protein, and, in general, it’s a […]

Lucy Dickerson11.11.2024

I had barely had time to come to my senses yesterday after the words of the senior adviser to Trump’s team, a strategist from the Republican Party, one might say, Brian Lanza. He siad if Zelensky drags territorial issues to the table of potential negotiations with Russia, in particular, the issue of Crimea, then no […]

Tony Rocchi05.11.2024

World War One was the catalyst that made possible the speedy collapse of the Russian state and society after the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II in the February Revolution of 1917. All sectors of society in the Russian Empire underwent major changes both on the war front and on the home front from 1914 to […]

Alexander Palladin30.10.2024

Back in 1983 USA-based press published a report claiming that the American Big Brother managed to eavesdrop on what Leonid Brezhnev would say using the supposedly eavesdropping-prone phone in his limousine. The veracity of this piece of news was supported by quotes from US government sources. This was followed by even more sensational publications on […]

Tony Rocchi29.10.2024

The tumultuous eight months between the February and October Revolutions of 1917 witnessed many types of violence, but terrorism and even state violence were not among them. Instead, the lands of the former Russian Empire were rocked by many incidents of mass violence from below. Politically motivated killings often happened during 1917, but political parties […]

Sergey Stankevich24.10.2024

The unprecedented activity of Russian submarines with Kalibr, Onyx and Zircon missiles on board, which cruise along the coast of Britain every month, has not gone unnoticed. Moscow is thus preparing to “respond” to the possible use of British Storm Shadow missiles against targets deep in the Russian Federation. The Kremlin considers itself entitled to […]

Alexander Palladin23.10.2024

Back in 1935, when the 25th anniversary of Leo Tolstoy’s death was marked by many Soviet newspapers and magazines, my father was sent to Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy’s former estate and burial place. He was given an editors’ assignment to bring back some new interesting facts about the deceased author of War And Peace and many […]

Sergey Stankevich20.10.2024

In the sense that they promised to bring “rules-based order” to Europe. They discussed Volodymyr Zelensky’s “victory plan” and promised to help as much as they could. But without extremism. Thus, the four leaders grossly violated the important rule of “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine”. But they can. The Fathers can. Vladimir Zelensky was nearby […]

Jack London Covered The War Where My Ancestors Fought

Royal Laika “Kamchatka”

Learn How to Cook Russian Traditional Fish Soup “Solyanka”

Don’t get your hopes up on Trump

Brave New World: Russian Society in 1917

US Big Brother and Brezhnev

Terrorism in the Year 1917: a Conspicuous Absence

This is Important

Leo Tolstoy’s Offsprings

Biden, Scholz, Macron and Starmer Talked Like… Gendarmes

Fasting

The Glory of the World

The Paradox of Russian Central Bank

The Tragedy of “Not-Having-Any”