Photo credit: Sergey Levitsky. Sergey Levitsky and Son photo studio A photo exhibition telling about the family history of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II opened in Jacksons Point, Canada, Pravoslavie.ru website reports. The exhibition is located at the temple of the Smolensk Icon of Mother of God. It is...
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Cadets from Russia, USA, Portugal, Bulgaria, Ukraine and other countries took part in the Historical Heritage of Suvorov international conference, which took place over four days in the capital of Moldova. One of the main events of the large-scale meeting was the opening and...
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Members of the delegation of French department of Moselle laid flowers at the international military burials of the Second World War, located near Rada station of Tambov Region. The guests thanked local authorities and volunteers for caring for the graves, RIA Top68 reports.
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The Russian-French archaeological expedition is going to begin work at Vyazma next month, TASS reports. The burial of Napoleon’s soldiers who died during the retreat of the army in the autumn of...
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Russia-Germany. Collective Memory Milestones in 18-20 centuries three volume book presentation took place in Moscow on June, 9th, Izvestia Nespaper informs. Standardized teaching aid on the history was issued by the Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences and...
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International expedition operating in Smolensk discovered the remains of an officer who could have been Napoleon’s associate, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Vice-President of Russian-French Historical Initiatives Development Fund Maria Katasonova, it is highly likely that we are talking about General Gudin.
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Documents from the archives of the Russian Foreign Ministry have been published on the History. RF website. The historical materials help to find out how what was happening in the political world before the start of World War II. The documents reveal the efforts that the leadership of the Soviet Union put...
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The authorities of the USSR helped to supply food to the peaceful population of European countries after their liberation from the fascist occupation even before the war ended. This is stated in the documents declassified by the Ministry of Defense. The...
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The Hospital of the Russian Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Response began working in Prokuplje 20 years ago. A memorial sign has been installed to honor that date, RIA Novosti reports. The Russian authorities...
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Two photo exhibitions dedicated to Russia have opened in the cultural complex of the L'Épau Abbey. One of them is dedicated to the outstanding Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov and the Institute of Plant Industry named after him. The other exhibition is a look at...
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A monument to Russian sailors who took part in the peacekeeping mission at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is installed on Crete at the city cemetery of Rethymnon, RIA Novosti reports.
The names of Russians and their families are stamped on the monument. The initiative was taken by Costas Paduvas, a...
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The Ministry of Defense has published on its website materials on the protection of the Brest Fortress, RIA Novosti reports. The documents were declassified on the eve of the Day of Memory and Grief, which is celebrated on the day of the start of World War II.
The ministry noted that the...
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The memory of Soviet and American pilots, who drove military aircraft from the United States to the USSR along the Alsib air route (Alaska-Siberia) during World War II, honored in Fairbanks. Russian diplomats...
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Russia - Australia Diplomatic Correspondence from 1856–2007 book was published in Sydney. It is a compilation of St. Petersburg Russian...
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Official reports, notes, memoirs, descriptions of the territories of North America and maps, essays, monographs and other documents and publications were included in the section on the website of the Presidential Library devoted to the exploration of America by Russian travelers, diplomats and priests in the...
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Russian scientists, who conduct archaeological excavations in the territory of ancient Jericho, have managed to find a trace of the Romans in the location, ugpressa.ru reports. They found a ceramics workshop on the territory of the Russian Museum and Park Complex, where houses for Russian pilgrims in...
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The development of historical and cultural ties between Tehran and Moscow will be the subject of discussion at the conference, which will be held in early autumn. The forum will be held in the...
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