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Below is an e-mail I received from a person from Smolensk, Russia. Please feel free to comment. My childhood memories of the 19th century. Hello, friends. I always knew that something was wrong with the 19th century. But I did not tell anyone about it, but simply looked for information. I...

What we have is one more historical inconsistency. Apparently, one of the most prominent architectural features defining the face of the Russian city of Saint Petersburg was not built when historians say it was. Additionally, may be it was not built by the reported individuals altogether. As a...

TARTARY "Tartary, a vast country in the northern parts of Asia, bounded by Siberia on the north and west: this is called Great Tartary. The Tartars who lie south of Muscovy and Siberia, are those of Astracan, Circassia, and Dagistan, situated north-west of the Caspian-sea; the Calmuc Tartars...