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If you give me six hours to chop down a tree, I shall spend the first five sharpening my axe
Abraham Lincoln
Books · Education · Society
Mikhail Pogodin, in an 1832 lecture, on Russia's primacy among the European powers
Having looked upon Russia in a moment of her repose, let us now consider one of her deeds, accomplished before our very eyes. All Europe, having made ready for several years and gathered its forces, in the persons of twenty tongues, burst through undefended frontiers into the very heart of
NB! · Geography · Science · Society · Nature
On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest in Japan's history, triggered a tsunami that led to an accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, as terrible as the Chernobyl disaster of 1986
Society · Humour
It is a disgrace that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxis or cutting hair
George Burns
NB! · Observations · Society · Pop Culture · Humour
It is pleasant to know that, amid all this horror, someone spends as much time photographing himself as you do
It is pleasant to know that, amid all this horror, someone spends as much time photographing himself as you do. Macron one love
Archive · Observations · Society · Humour
Greeting to women worldwide in Soviet slogan style, urging them to value their freedoms
Dear collective-farm women, fight for organisational and economic management! Esteemed proletarian women, master aviation technology! Sweet peasant women, strengthen your alliance with the workers! My dear women workers, reinforce the shock brigades! Women, girls, little girls, a happy militant holiday to you, women of the whole world! Cherish the
Observations · Heritage · Society · Nature
On the news of three days ago that the 198-year-old Turgenev Oak has been struck off the European "Tree of the Year" competition
On the news of three days ago that the 198-year-old Turgenev Oak has been struck off the European “Tree of the Year” competition. Every outlet illustrates the report with a photograph of the fallen tree. The oak, planted by Turgenev, was damaged in a storm in November 2021.
Faith · Society · People · Rome
Pope Francis Makes Personal Visit to Russian Embassy in Rome Over Events in Ukraine
Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy in Rome to express personally his concern over events in Ukraine. The Pope usually receives ambassadors and heads of state in the Vatican, so his stepping outside its walls shows the degree of his alarm at the situation that has arisen. Vatican spokesman Matteo
NB! · Monarchies · Society · People
An address by Maria Vladimirovna Romanova has been published on the website of the Russian Imperial House
NB! · Observations · Society · Humour
At Lavrov's Address, One Wishes to Remark on a Very Handsome Carpet
Geography · Maps · Observations · Society
A map showing the percentage of gas imported by European countries from Russia is rather old, dating from 2006, and Nord Stream is not yet on it, but it is nonetheless highly picturesque
A map showing the percentage of gas imported by European countries from Russia is rather old, dating from 2006, and Nord Stream is not yet on it, but it is nonetheless highly picturesque. More up-to-date information can be found in a graphic by The Economist. France depends on