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The Largest Attack on Ukraine: An Update on the War in Ukraine (1 December 2023 - 1 January 2024)
To read previous blogs on the Russian invasion of Ukraine click here. #IStandWithUkraine Throughout the month of December Russian...
Sep 23, 20237 min read
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...
Dec 1, 20225 min read
Part Three: Modern Albanian History
To recap, Albania has a very interesting history as a nation and, like so many other parts of eastern Europe has suffered from arbitrary...
Oct 14, 20224 min read
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...
Sep 9, 20227 min read
One Hundred Years Ago: 1922
The year 1922, one century ago, occurred at what some would consider to be an interesting time in history as it was when the world tried...
Aug 27, 20225 min read
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 18, 20225 min read
Just the Beginning: The New Phase of the invasion of Ukraine (August 2022)
It has been 45 days since I last wrote about the situation in Ukraine. While the world knows that the war is taking place it is no longer...
Aug 7, 20225 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20226 min read
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...