Tag: Battle of Poltava
Sweden votes in NATO
A year after applying to join the US-led military bloc, Stockholm receives parliamentary approval Sweden’s Riksdag voted on Wednesday to join NATO, almost a year after the government in Stockholm applied for membership. The formal vote in the Riksdag was adopted with 269 votes to 37 and 43 members abstained from voting. “Historic decision today […]
5 Foreigners Who Helped Create the Russian Empire
In the early 18th century, Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great) crushed the mighty Sweden, making Russia one of the leading European powers. In this he also received help from foreign experts and professionals. 1. James Bruce Public domain “A most honest and learned man,” Sir Charles Whitworth, British Ambassador to Russia, said by James […]
Why were Russia and Denmark loyal allies for centuries
Sweden was once considered a European superpower. The Russians and Danes did everything they could to bring this glorious period for Sweden to a quick end. For almost five centuries the Danes were one of the most friendly European nations towards the Russians. The reason for the union of the two countries so culturally and […]
Russian rulers who fought bravely in battle
They could have hidden behind the backs of their warriors, but instead they always rushed into battle. Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich Leo Xao Grand Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich of Kyiv always preferred war over all other occupations and even government affairs. “Alexander (Macedonian) of our ancient history”, as the Russian historian Nikolai Karamzin characterized Svyatoslav, fought breathlessly […]
Russia’s history in 10 paintings
These Russian artists have depicted the most vital and dramatic events of Russia’s ten centuries of existence. Vasilij Perov. The first Christians in Kyiv (1880) State Russian Museum Christianity, which comes from the Byzantine Empire, began to spread across Russia long before the country’s official baptism of Kiev’s Prince Vladimir 988. According to some sources, […]
10 modern paintings from the life of Peter the Great
The year 2022 marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of the first Russian emperor. For this occasion, contemporary artists have painted some important scenes and intrigues from the life of the great Peter. 1. Ilya Zorkin. The beginning of autocracy, 2022 30paintings.ru The above painting depicts Peter surrounded by the patriarch, Streltsy and the […]
How Sweden tried to snatch the Baltic Sea from Russia
The Swedes made the biggest naval victory in their history over the Russians, but that did not take them back to the great power club. During almost the entire 17th century, Sweden based itself on the glory of great power status. Its army and navy, considered among the strongest in Europe, won a series of […]
What a peace treaty that made Russia a great power
Sweden was a great power for almost a century, but after defeating it, Russia gained that status itself. Exactly 300 years ago, on September 10, 1721, one of the most important treaties in Russian history was signed. The Treaty of Nystad proclaimed the end of the 21-year Great Northern War, in which Sweden and Russia […]
Russia and the Russians through the eyes of foreign artists
Foreign painters were always excellent guests at the Imperial Court. Russia and its enigmatic landscapes attracted and inspired artists from all over the world. Many foreign artists were active in the Russian Empire from the early 18th century to the first half of the 19th century. The phenomenon was even named Rossica. Western European painters […]
Russia’s most notorious traitor
Of all Vlasov. Through their efforts, tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners of war began fighting on the side of the Nazis against their motherland. Russian traitors in history, perhaps the biggest damage, were done by collaborator Andrey 1. Ivan Mazepa Portrait of Ivan Mazepa. Dnipropetrovsk Museum of Art Ivan Mazepa was one of the […]
