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Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, is famous for its excellent climate, golden sandy beaches, scenic mountains and secluded monasteries. Its strategic location has led to it passing hands more than once throughout its long history. And today Cyprus is a striking example of a “frozen conflict” – one part is Greek and is already a member of the European Union, and another is Turkish, which is still not recognized by the international community.
Relations between Russia and Cyprus have a long history. Already in the 1st century, Christianity began to spread on the island. Orthodoxy was established,...
The more one reads about the Decembrist revolt, whose anniversary fell on December 14, the more one begins to think about the role of chance in history. At the end of 1825 no major actions had been planned. A demonstration was planned for 1826, and it was supposed to begin in the south, where Pavel Pestel, commander of the Vjatsky regiment, and Yushnevsky, quartermaster of the second army (apart from historians, few people know this name today, yet this rather private man apparently played a key role in the designs of the Southern Society), had already begun making concrete preparations. The plot was discovered, however, and Pestel was...
Konstantin Bessonov, an entrepreneur from Novosibirsk, is the founder of Termofor, one of the leading producers of wood-burning stoves in Russia. Termofor products are sold not only in Russia but across the CIS and in the European Union. The company’s product line is constantly expanding and new developments are being made by a serious team of designers and engineers. In a sense, Termofor is one example of a successful business that began from the ground up and is not associated with the sale of raw materials but rather with the development of a new quality product that enjoys demand outside the domestic market. Considering the special...
The murder of Moscow priest Daniel Sysoev will continue to be discussed for quite some time. It is really one of the most notorious crimes in recent years, even without taking into account the rather impressive and unfortunate list of prominent assassinations. The reason is not only the provocative nature of the murder taking place in a church but the obvious religious motivation as well. Despite the fact that priests and monks have been killed on more than one occasion over the past two decades, for the most part these killings were purely criminal in nature. Only a few of them could be classified as “hate crimes” committed by...
On the evening of November 24, 1741, a sleigh carrying several civilians and a grenadier arrived at the barracks of the Preobrazhensky Regiment. It was also carrying a beautiful young woman who was wearing a regimental uniform and the ribbon of the Order of St. Catherine. Having gathered around herself about three hundred guards, the woman approached them with the words: “You know whose daughter I am. Follow me!” (According to another version: “You know who I am. Do you want to follow me?”).It didn’t take long for her to convince the soldiers. Elizabeth, the daughter of Emperor Peter and Empress Catherine I, had...
We are continuing our series of interviews with the participants of the Third Assembly of the Russian World, which is devoted this year to the idea of reconciliation. Perhaps first of all the issue is one of restoring unity, albeit symbolic, between the current residents of Russia and the descendants of the first wave of Russian emigration. Right now these descendants are a relatively small but tight-knit community linked by a network of Russian Orthodox parishes and emigre organizations, many of which have been active for decades. Alexander Trubetskoy is one of the prominent representatives of this particular branch of the Russian world. He...
