Books · London · Monarchies · Society
It is held that nothing so enriched the English, or allowed so many of them to amass the vast fortunes they are known to possess, as the wars with the Spaniards in the days of Queen Elizabeth. Everyone was permitted to engage in privateering, and they plundered not only the
Faith · Observations · Society
The UN Secretary-General's words about humanity having opened the gates of hell caught our attention: "Our focus here is on solutions to the climate crisis – and our task is urgent. Humanity has opened the gates of hell. Horrifying heat has horrifying consequences. Fires are raging. The
Art · Monarchies · Society · Paris
Antoine Augustin Parmentier, Chief Apothecary of the Hôtel des Invalides, presents the first potato harvest to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette on the Plaine des Sablons in 1786. Antoine Parmentier received from the king 54 acres of land on which to cultivate the potato and make it fashionable among the
Archive · Art · Monarchies · Moscow · Mores · Society
Menu of the dinner for the volost elders, 18 May 1896, at the Petrovsky Palace on the occasion of the coronation of Nicholas II, printed in colour lithography at the Levenson quick-printing house from sketches by Apollinary Vasnetsov, younger brother of t. Apollinary Vasnetsov, like his brother, took part
Books · New York · Society · People
On 15 September 1959 the first visit by a Soviet leader to the United States began. A Soviet sputnik in Earth orbit, a Soviet rocket on the Moon, and the Soviet leader arriving in the United States aboard a Soviet Tu-114, the largest passenger aircraft in the world. Khrushchev
Architecture · Moscow · Society
The bridge has already been moored close to the place where it is to be installed. The span is 54 metres long and weighs 235 tonnes. The structure took 4 months to assemble in Lytkarino, Moscow Region. It will be put in place on 14 September. It will be raised
Observations · Society · Paris
Paris Bans Electric Scooters for Good! Following the April referendum, in which 90% of participants voted against this appalling form of transport, Paris will become the first European capital entirely free of electric scooters. Good Lord, when will it come to pass in Moscow too?
Books · Observations · Education · Society
So, in order. 1. When answering a question, one may no longer refer to any author at will; one must choose from those named in the question itself. 2. Russian literature before the second half of the nineteenth century has vanished from the codifier of core texts. Now the first
Archive · Books · Heritage · Society
On 24 August 1814 the White House and the Capitol were burnt by British troops after the American defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg. In the fire the Library of Congress was destroyed entirely. In the end, in place of the burnt library, the state acquired the book collection of
Monarchies · Observations · Society
France is to name an airport after Elizabeth II. The proposal to rename the airport in the small town of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage on the shore of the Channel was sent by the town authorities to Buckingham Palace soon after the Queen's death. And at last Charles
Archive · Geography · Monarchies · Society
The 1803 treaty for the purchase of Louisiana, France's North American possessions, signed by the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson originally wanted to buy only New Orleans from the French, in order to ease trade and logistics thanks to the port of New Orleans.
Architecture · Books · Monarchies · Society · Saint Petersburg
My son and my father were executed in their lifetime, And I have reaped the lot of posthumous ignominy: I stand here as a cast-iron scarecrow for a country That has cast off for ever the yoke of autocracy. Literal translation