A view of 19-century Bombay and its Parsis through the eyes of a Russian poet
On a trip to India with Nicholas II, Esper Ukhtomsky expressed disdain for British colonialism and how anglicised the elite ...
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I've DREAMED of this - Treasure Hunter makes Valuable Discovery while Antique Bottle Digging
In this weeks episode we excavate a 1890-1910 site that is loaded with valuable and forgotten history. After years of searching a bucket list item is discovered that shocks our whole crew!
The Daily Astorian9d
In One Ear: Grim greeting
Russian Grippe (epidemic of 1890), and the German Croup, and I threw Scotch (as in liquor) Dundee William in the soup. Yours ...
Reuters14d
Ukraine replaces commander as Russia advances fast in the east
KYIV, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military leadership has replaced the commander overseeing defences in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian forces are making swift advances, a military ...
Euronews15d
Russia's top missile expert gunned down in Moscow park
A Russian weapons expert who helped to develop cruise missiles used in the Kremlin's war on Ukraine has reportedly been assassinated in a forest in the Moscow region. Mikhail Shatsky, deputy ...
The Washington Post15d
Russia launches large attack on Ukraine’s energy systems, Zelensky says
KYIV — Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack Friday on Ukraine involving dozens of cruise missiles and nearly 200 drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, in what Moscow ...
kyivindependent16d
Ukraine's intelligence kills senior Russian missile scientist near Moscow, source claims
Mikhail Shatsky, a Russian expert involved in modernizing missiles launched against Ukraine, was shot dead near Moscow, a Defense Forces source told the Kyiv Independent on Dec. 12. His death was ...
Yakima Herald-Republic16d
AP photos from Ukraine in 2024 convey wartime horror and hope
A man falls to his death from the window of a burning apartment after a Russian air strike. Two girls in pink tutus join a ballet class in a bomb shelter. The grisly evidence of war is everywhere ...
Reuters16d
Russia says it will definitely respond to Ukraine's latest ATACMS strike
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia will definitely respond to Ukraine's latest use of U.S.-made ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Russia said on Wednesday ...
The Boston Globe17d
2 Ukrainian women are pulled alive from rubble hours after Russian missile strike
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rescue crews pulled two women from rubble several hours after a Russian missile struck a medical clinic in southern Ukraine, killing nine people and wounding 22 others ...
The New York Times17d
RUSSIA'S ANTI-JEWISH LAWS.; OPPRESSIVE CLAUSES TO BE ENFORCED -- ENGLISH SYMPATHY EXPRESSED.
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in ...
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Children’s World: Growing up in Russia, 1890–1991
There are many Russian memoirs of childhood, and many theoreticians. The trouble with memoirs is that mainly traumatic childhoods tend to be committed to the record, while those which describe idyllic ...