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Saint John of Shanghai's 1935 Paschal sermon on the trials of the Church and the Russian people

When the words of the Lord were fulfilled, that He had come to give His life for the salvation of many (cf. Matthew 20:28), His disciples wavered in their faith. They forgot His words that after His sufferings He would rise again on the third day. With sorrow the

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The Manuscript of The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky

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The New York Times criticised Winston Churchill's wedding coat on 22 September 1908

A note in the New York Times of 22 September 1908 finds fault with Winston Churchill's wedding coat. The editor of The Tailor and Cutter pronounced it the least successful wedding attire on record. The fashion critics were displeased that the coat was too long, too tight, and

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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev with chopsticks at table with Mao Zedong during the Soviet official visit to Beijing in 1959

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Veterans of the Union, the Northerners, and Veterans of the Confederacy, the Southerners, at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913

Had the Battle of Gettysburg ended otherwise, we might today have had two separate states, the Northern States and the Confederacy. The Russian Empire, in the person of Alexander II, supported the Union and the legitimate President Lincoln from the very outset.

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Lithograph "To Lenin", by the artists from the Chuvash ASSR Dmitry Alekseyevich Minkov (1908–1998) and Mikhail Vasilyevich Romanov (1906–?)

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Elderly Charlie Chaplin and his wife Oona, 35 years his junior

Elderly Charlie Chaplin and his wife Oona, 35 years his junior. With a little dog

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In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher appeared on a Saturday-morning music show, plainly trying to get in touch with youth culture

In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher appeared on a Saturday-morning music show, plainly trying to get in touch with youth culture. She listened to a performance by a contemporary band and said they had “a good beat”. True, nobody has heard of that band since

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Maria Limanskaya of Khaldei's “Brandenburg Madonna” photo turns 100 in Saratov Region

Maria Filippovna Limanskaya, made famous worldwide by Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph "The Brandenburg Madonna", turns 100 this year. The image of Maria Limanskaya has become one of the most recognisable symbols of Victory. In the war Maria Limanskaya was a traffic controller and travelled all the roads

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In today's presidential decree "On Approval of the Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of Historical Education", I noticed an important clause on the digitisation of archival documents and the creation of a nationwide

In today's presidential decree "On Approval of the Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of Historical Education", I noticed an important clause on the digitisation of archival documents and the creation of a nationwide platform for archival search. We shall

Manuscript page with Cyrillic text and a miniature showing warriors in a boat, riders on white horses and a tower.

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Folio 14 of the Radziwill Chronicle from the late 15th century, with a miniature

The Campaign of Oleg the Prophetic against Tsargrad. Folio 14 of the Radziwiłł Chronicle, late fifteenth century

Passport booklet page with a handwritten entry declaring the holder unfit for military service at the 1902 conscription.

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Record of exemption from military service in a Russian Empire passport booklet of 1907

Attitude to Military Service:. Appeared for the performance of military service at the conscription of 1902, but was found wholly unfit for military service, and is therefore exempted from service for ever From a passport book of the Russian Empire, 1907