spoke of the Russian state as “The Holy Russian Empire.” In the 17th century, the historical epic “The Tale of the Siege of Azov” recalled the times of the epic heroes, the “bogatyrs of Holy Rus’.” ...

In a word, visualize the component human elements of the far-flung empire of the Tsars ... was not a priest of the Russian Church, nor was he even in holy orders at any time, but was one of ...

Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy ... more than 600,000 men from every corner of his empire. Napoleon prophesied the war would be over in twenty ...