The piety and virtues of Vladimir (no comma required!) compelled many sovereigns to send ambassadors to him: namely, from Stephen I, King of Hungary, Boleslav III, King of Bohemia, Boleslav I, King of Poland, Pope Sylvester II…

Nicely put: piety and virtues compelled many sovereigns to send ambassadors. And then

Vladimir, having fortified his Realm with various strongholds and with the courage of the people he had enlightened, began to consider how he might establish peace among his children for all posterity, knowing that discord between brothers can bring about many misfortunes.

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

The piety and virtues of Vladimir (no comma required!) compelled many sovereigns to send ambassadors to him: namely, from Stephen I, King of Hungary, Boleslav III, King of Bohemia, Boleslav I, King of Poland, Pope Sylvester II…

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s