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Revealing facts about Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
Catherine the Great moved to a foreign land as a teenager and became one of the most important leaders in history. Known for ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
The Breathtaking Hermitage Museum, Filled With Treasures Like the Kolyvan Vase and the Peacock Clock, First Opened to the Public on This Day in 1852
Russia’s palatial institution is now the second largest in the world, with an impressive collection of three million objects ...
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Schoolkid finds 230-year-old copper coin in Espoo
A copper coin discovered by a schoolchild in a park in Espoo last month is believed to be about 230 years old. A local ...
Pro-Ukraine tweeters go after video-game creators due to Russian Civilization
The upcoming release of Civilization VII has sparked controversy online, particularly regarding the inclusion of Russian ...
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The creators of Civilization 7 introduced Russia with Catherine the Great and the Dusha and Prosveshchenie abilities, — Ukrainians reacted
Firaxis Games revealed the Russian faction in Civilization 7 led by Empress Catherine the Great. The abilities presented are Prosveshchenie, Dusha, General Moroz, and Samoderzhaviye. Developers say ...
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Suvorov, the ‘holy generalissimo’ of Russia
Patriarch Kirill is speeding up procedures to achieve the canonisation of the most victorious commander in Russian history by ...
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Did the Poet Alexander Pushkin Have African Roots?
The author of literary classics such as Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), is ...
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Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment
Denis Diderot, at Catherine the Great’s insistent invitation ... compromised himself by writing an adulatory history of Peter the Great, relying largely on material supplied by the Empress Elizaveta.) ...