Sputnik, Issue 8Novosti Press Agency., 1997 |
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... reign of Catherine the Great , by Vasili TSVETKOV , Cand . Sc . ( Hist . ) S ome scholars explained the arrival of the first settlers from German lands , as well as from Austria , Holland and Swe- den , during the reign of Catherine the ...
... reign of Catherine the Great , by Vasili TSVETKOV , Cand . Sc . ( Hist . ) S ome scholars explained the arrival of the first settlers from German lands , as well as from Austria , Holland and Swe- den , during the reign of Catherine the ...
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... reign was utterly deprived of the oxygen of freedom which had fed the flame of honour . This reign suppressed the milieu of clashing ideas , something very danger- ous to the autocracy , in which duels were bred . Russi ussian duels ...
... reign was utterly deprived of the oxygen of freedom which had fed the flame of honour . This reign suppressed the milieu of clashing ideas , something very danger- ous to the autocracy , in which duels were bred . Russi ussian duels ...
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... reign of Catherine the Great the minting of coins with portraits had been banned in Russia . But Count Kankrin was so anxious to demonstrate his loyalty that the work on the new coin was proceeding while the funeral carriage with the ...
... reign of Catherine the Great the minting of coins with portraits had been banned in Russia . But Count Kankrin was so anxious to demonstrate his loyalty that the work on the new coin was proceeding while the funeral carriage with the ...
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