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1900-04 Irkutsk. Siberia. General Meeting Building. Тhe Polish Church ака Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. Per the narrative: A first small wooden church and catholic was built in 1825 in Irkutsk by Catholic settlers. It was enlarged in 1855, but burned down in the great fire of the city...

1910 Irkutsk. Siberia. The City Theater.

1910 Irkutsk. Siberia. General Meeting Building.

Title: The Tomorrow War (2021) Tagline: The fight for tomorrow begins today. Genre: Action, Science Fiction Director: Chris McKay Cast: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, Jasmine Mathews, Seychelle Gabriel, Alan Trong, Chibuikem...

Today's Date "I can’t tell you exactly what year it is because we honestly don’t know," said Morpheus in The Matrix. Well, may be we don't know what year it is today, but there clearly are some people out there, who know that we do not know. We have at least two such individuals: The Wachowskis...

Those things visiting my e-mail... I wish I had time to cover everything. Google Translated Link Arkhangelsk I wish I could find this building on Google Maps, but it's kind of hard, for I do not know what I'd be looking for. The article is a bit confusing as far as the address of this building...

Festive lighting of the Peter and Paul Fortress. 1st half of the 18th century.

Came across a few images of the Russian tsars, czars, rulers or whatever you wanna call these individuals. I am not sure I understand at what point they were counted like that, for we appear to know certain individuals as: Alexander I of Russia Alexander II of Russia Why do we have Alexander...

Had these two images saved on my computer for a while. What do you think about the paved surface? Is it indicative of the pre-1850's? 1820s Moscow: Red Square 1845 Saint Petersburg: St. Isaac's Cathedral We also have the below image. It has an interesting description: The End of European...

Once Upon a Time in Russia... While looking for something totally unrelated, I ran into this sentence below. Considering the geographical area this sentence pertains to, the account is bizarre. On both sides of the mouth of the River Pinego is high Land, great Rocks of Alabaster, great Woods...

With as much time as I spent reading and researching things related to various iron hulled 19th century ships, running into these 1860s Russian Ironclads was a bit of a surprise. The history of the mentioned wiki page partially explained the reason I did not see this page prior to 07/31/2020...

The Battle of Borodino was a battle fought on 7 September 1812 in the Napoleonic Wars during the French invasion of Russia. The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and left at least 70,000 casualties, making Borodino the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars. I find it interesting that in...

Sometimes a simple Google Earth browsing yields remarkable results. It does not answer any questions, but allows for questioning of the narrative. I believe things, and known facts like the ones below, are capable of bringing the needed attention to a specific territory. Our community is...

I think the story of the city of Harbin is very similar to that of the city of Saint Petersburg. The only difference would be its acquisition scenario, and 200 years of separation. In my opinion, this city was not built when historians say it was. I think that the construction of Harbin was...

In accordance with the 1856 Treaty of Paris, which formalized Russia's defeat in the Crimean War, Moscow was forbidden to deploy its fleet in the Black Sea. This did not fully suit the imperial government and by 1871 (the moment the agreement was denounced and Russia was given back its right to...

Traditional knowledge states: Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (April 21, 1735 – August 11, 1818) was a Russian mechanic and inventor. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod in the family of a trader. From childhood, Kulibin displayed an interest in constructing mechanical tools. Soon, clock mechanisms became a...

Ran into this depiction of the 1800 Russian Greater coat of arms. Full of symbols. Do you see anything interesting in there?

I believe this is one of those cases where the global censorship and historical assignment committee failed to do its job properly. They still did an awesome job, but with the amounts they had to deal with, they were prone to have certain objects slip through the cracks. It appears that a...

Not many people in either country know that Russia helped the Union win the bloodiest conflict in US history. Under an agreement between President Abraham Lincoln and Russian Tsar Alexander II, Russia sent naval ships to the US to help Lincoln keep the country together. A commemorative ceremony...

There is this Volga-Don canal in Russia. It connects the Volga river (discharges into the Caspian Sea) with the Don river (discharges into Sea of Azov). It was officially built between 1948 and 1952. Technically the construction started before 1941, but it was interrupted by the Second World...