Many navies around the world had “Rendel”-class gunboats in their fleets. These were small, unprotected vessels, but each was armed with a single, ...

“As a child, I thought a knight could be known by his sword. Later I learned that it is not his weapon that marks a true warrior. It is the calm and certainty ...

“There are men who believe a monastery to be the quietest place on earth. They have never lived in one.” another parts The procession appeared in the ...

“Human memory is like the flame of an oil lamp. So long as there is oil, it casts its light upon the past. But once the flame dies, even the greatest deeds are ...

In addition to the “Dozhd”-class gunboats, an alternative refit is being proposed for two other gunboats that were part of the Baltic Fleet: the “Opyt,” ...

In the second half of the 18th century, Scotland had very close ties with France; Gaelic was one of the first foreign languages into which the works of Denis ...

Other parts of the series In 1722, Mirza Tahmasp, the son of Sultan Hussein who had fled the besieged capital of Persia, sent several trusted men to the ...

Other parts of the series The Great Southern War ended in 1706 with the Russian army’s capture of Constantinople, and after its conclusion, the Russian army ...

Other parts of the series Grand Duke Vladimir Petrovich was born in 1691. His father, the young Emperor Peter I Fyodorovich, wanted to name his son Peter, ...

Other parts of the series The second half of Peter I Fyodorovich’s reign was marked by reforms. In 1711, the emperor curtailed the powers of the ...