“...A mediocre or impersonal publicist can still be useful; even if he simply sets out some facts of social life, then even then he is not only useful - he i...

“...During the time of Catherine II, the Poles had a desire for rapprochement with Russia; at least there were signs of this in the religious sphere of Latin...

“...have people become better, taller, fuller than before since the careful and “gradual” weathering and erosion of democratic progress destroys more and mor...

“...our Russian Slavophiles, and Western thinkers of a similar view to them, could still think that the “raise of the Slavic spirit”, the desired “bringing t...

“...The French in the East were still impudent, impolite, arrogant and irritable. Very few of them at that time were pleasant or even tolerable to deal with....

“It was a long time ago... I asked my late mother to write down for me her memories of life at the Catherine Institute and of her later relations with Empres...

“...We soon had to meet the French. I don’t remember how long we drove; They just stopped in the evening on a meadow, near some grove, to feed the horses and...

“...Let us imagine that all the millions of people of the poorest class, which constitutes the majority in all states, have abandoned the religious tradition...

“Our troops retreated from Kerch and surrendered it to the allies without a fight on May 12, 1955. I am writing from memory, without inquiring about anything...

“...There is no dispute, it is so simple, clear and sublime - to take the first step towards the reconciliation of two Churches, divided and long at war, but...

“...One day everyone believed that the end had come to the robbers. From the Hellenic border they sent word to the nearest Turkish military post that Salayan...