Olga of Kiev: One saint you do not want to mess with
Jan 6, 2015 · With her husband’s death though, Olga becomes more than a wife and mother, and without sacrificing either of those duties, takes centre stage. Olga of Kiev, born circa 903 and …
History of Royals issue 1 | All About History
Apr 15, 2016 · The Righteous Rage of Olga of Kiev; The Battle of Tewkesbury; Essential guide to the Romanovs; Inside Neuschwanstein Castle; Lucy Worsley interviewed Get your copy now …
Why were samurai swords so strong? | All About History
Dec 31, 2014 · Traditional Japanese katanas are famed for their incredible strength and cutting ability. Methods of making and perfecting these blades were developed in Japan as early as …
Manchester & Leningrad: Solidarity between cities endured Stalin …
Sep 19, 2016 · The NCBSU promoted fraternal relations between British and Soviet towns and gave advise on how to go about this. With the NCBSU’s support, Manchester tried 1944-45 to …
Bandera, Ukraine & the Holocaust Part I: 1909-1936
Jan 15, 2015 · His face looms out of frames held aloft by champions as diverse as the far right neo-fascists of Right Sector and Svoboda, and the liberal pro-European activists pounding the …
The Greeks of D-Day | All About History
Jun 4, 2019 · One of the larger Greek naval ships was the destroyer RHN Vasilissa Olga, which served in the invasions of Sicily, mainland Italy and the Dodecanese Campaign Greek …
Government Building Occupied by Protestors in Kiev
Jan 24, 2014 · Around 1,000 protestors have moved from Kiev's Independence Square to occupy a government building in response to opposition calls to observe a truce with riot police, after …
Porsche & the Nazis: How the Supercar King Became Fascism’s …
Sep 13, 2017 · By 1941, Hitler’s war industry and economy was in full flow. The Nazis had just emerged victorious from the initial battle of Kiev and Nazi Germany was only weeks away from …
Bandera, Ukraine & the Holocaust Part III: 1943-1959
Jan 27, 2015 · As the Red Army rolled into Kiev, the UPA avoided direct conflict – instead ambushing smaller groups of soldiers and NKVD, and undermining the re-establishment of the …
Romanov Exiles: How Britain Betrayed the Russian Royal Family
Jan 3, 2019 · Coryne Hall is a historian and broadcaster specialising in Imperial Russia and European royalty, her books include Little Mother: A Biography of the Empress Marie …
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