This is the first true description of Russia as written by a bloody foreigner that I've seen in ages. A must read for everyone on this board:
http://www.iras.ucalgary.ca/~volk/sylvia/Knout.htm
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This is the first true description of Russia as written by a bloody foreigner that I've seen in ages. A must read for everyone on this board:
http://www.iras.ucalgary.ca/~volk/sylvia/Knout.htm
Home sweet home :wink:
I'm excited about visiting now. Will those public punishments be on every week? Do I need to book?
Not much has changed, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Germain de Langy
I was pondering the other day whether Russia still is a completely feudal society.
Indeed. We're all in a state of a gruesome feudal arrest, foreign churls and serfs included. But people all over the world (peasants, craftsmen, rich and humble merchants, kniggits and troubadours) would give their front teeth to be under this kind of arrest.Quote:
Originally Posted by waxwing