Twice, I traveled to Siberia to ride on portions of the famous Trans-Siberian railway: I’m still getting over having to explain to a woman from New York that the train…
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Anecdotal Russian history says Vladimir was leaning towards Islam, but when the Ambassadors revealed the teetotaler clause in the fine print of the Koran, Vladimir gravely shook his head, proclaiming,…
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In 1991, HRH and I were not living lives that were destined or designed to intersect. I was traveling the world as a free-lance tour guide and he was settling…
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I was interested to read, recently that Peter The Great was not weaned until he was two years old, which, for me, explains volumes.
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Today’s holiday affords a timely reminder to any tempted to stray from the bosom of the family, what an awfully big mistake that would be. Take Anna Karenina for example...
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This is Russian Midsummer, with all the same accompanying mischief, magic, and misdemeanors, as anywhere else in the world. So, we’ll be expecting wild sexual midnight revels; naked bathing, bonfires,…
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Amongst modern historians, there are two schools of thought on this “it was a complete surprise, we had absolutely no idea they were coming” theory about the Nazi invasion of…
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When a Russian is trying to get something out of you, they automatically make whatever they are asking for a diminutive and insert the adjective “nimnogo” or “not much” so…
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