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- 6 days ago
- 7 min
The Six Empresses of Russia
Last year I wrote a blog on Catherine the Great and one of the themes I touched upon was the fact that she was not he first empresses of...


- Oct 14, 2022
- 4 min
The World's First Non-Hereditary Female Head of State and her Country - Tuva
I find places that no longer exist and unusual places highly interesting. I also am intrigued by the stories of women who defy the odds...

- Aug 27, 2022
- 5 min
The Origins of the Ukrainian Nation: The Cossack State
Months ago, when I began writing about the war in Ukraine I put together a very brief history of the country or rather the concept of...


- Aug 7, 2022
- 5 min
Was Catherine really Great? (Part Two: 1762 - 1796)
Part One featured her birth in 1729 to when she became Empress in 1762: To read it click here -Part Two: The Reign of Catherine II- Two...


- Jul 25, 2022
- 5 min
What is an Autonomous Oblast? Case Study: Adyghe
On 27 July 1922 the Adyghe Autonomous Oblast was established under Russian rule (the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, would...

- Jul 21, 2022
- 5 min
Is Abkhazia a independent Country?
On 23 July 1992 Abkhazia declared independence from Georgia, which had only the year before declared independence from the Soviet Union....


- Jul 16, 2022
- 6 min
Was Catherine really Great? (Part One: 1729-1762)
-Part One features her birth in 1729 to when she became Empress in 1762- Two hundred and sixty years ago (1762), Catherine the Great...