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2 giorni fa · The Great Purge, or the Great Terror (Russian: Большой террор, romanized: Bolshoy terror), also known as the Year of '37 (37-й год, Tridtsat sedmoy god) and the Yezhovshchina (Ежовщина, 'period of Yezhov' Russian pronunciation: [(j)ɪʐəfɕːɪnə]), was Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin's campaign to consolidate ...
16 ore fa · The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God ( Russian: Феодоровская икона Божией Матери ), also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore and the Black Virgin Mary of Russia, is the patron icon of the Romanov family. It is one of the most venerated icons in the Upper Volga region. Her feast days are March 14 (27) and ...
4 giorni fa · He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire.
2 giorni fa · Russia - Russia from 1801 to 1917: When Alexander I came to the throne in March 1801, Russia was in a state of hostility with most of Europe, though its armies were not actually fighting; its only ally was its traditional enemy, Turkey. The new emperor quickly made peace with both France and Britain and restored normal relations with Austria.
3 giorni fa · In the 10th century Prince Vladimir I, who was converted by missionaries from Byzantium, adopted Christianity as the official religion for Russia, and for nearly 1,000 years thereafter the Russian Orthodox church was the country’s dominant religious institution.
4 giorni fa · Russia - Civil War, War Communism, Revolution: One side can start a war, but it takes two to end one. The Bolsheviks found that this principle applied to themselves after October, when they expected to disengage quickly from World War I.
16 ore fa · Sacrifice and trust in God. 26 July 2024. I imagine that the miracle (or more precisely “sign”, as the evangelist John defines it) recounted in today’s evangelical passage is one of the best-known episodes of the life and preaching of Jesus. In its essential features it is more familiar to Christians than to non-Christians: certainly an ...
