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Below are essays and articles about Russian history; reports and photos
from many tours in Russia; Part one of the Xenophon
index contains all the other subjects including Ukraine, Crimea; Greek, Roman,
American, and European history and book reviews.
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Alexander,
King of Poland -1461-1506 - He tried to assist the Livonians against Muscovy -
Encycloedia Britannica entry
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Andronikov Monastery in Moscow,
text and photos from our visits.
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Armorymuseum in
the Moscow Kremlin, text and photos from our visits
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Artillery
Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal troops- St. Petersburg - text and
many photos of exhibits from our visit in 2005. plus more photos from 4
previous visits
Artillery photos
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Azov CampaignsAn
order of battle listing the polki and their commanders for Peter I two
campaigns to capture Azov.
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Azov
NavyReview by John Sloan of Edward Philip's book on the Founding of the
Russian Navy by Peter I.
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Azov
Tush Summary of Colonel Tush's article in which he demostrated that
building of naval vessels on the Don and Volga predated Peter I.
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Borodino Battle - photos
from our visits to the battlefield and chronology of entire campaign of 1812
compiled by John Sloan.
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Bortenovo battle,
(22 Dec. 1317), photos of large painting in Tver Museum.
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Bukhara - photos from
visit in 1964.
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Catherine
Palace at Tsarskoye Selo - and new photos of our visit
in 2005
History of
the palace.
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Cheboksarai city
photos - its history is in the Volga cruise directory.
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N. Chernishevsky
- Photos made on board the Vantage company chartered river cruise ship on
which we cruised on the Volga to Kazan and back.
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A. V.
Chernov - Vooruzhenie Sili Russkogo Gosudarstva v XV-XVII Veke (The
Armed Forces of the Russian State in the 15th - 17th Centuries), Moscow,
1954. Translation of extracts by John Sloan
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Cossacks - article
from Gorget and Sash magazine by Steven Steinmetz.
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Danilov Monastery in Moscow,
text and photos from our visit.
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Donskoi Monastery in Moscow,
text and photos from our visit.
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Estates near Moscow An excellent guide book
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Georgia Military Highway
- Photos of tour to Soviet Georgia from our visit in 1964.
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Gordon - extract from a brief
biography of General Patrick Gordon
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Gorodetz - photos of
town on Volga - text on city history is with Volga cruise directory from our
visit.
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Grand Princes of Kyiv -
This is the Wikipedia entry depected in tables showing names, pictures and
dates. See all so the charts and entries I have created for Kyivan rulers and
Kyiv and the following dynasties rullingRussia from Vladimir and Moscow to
include Nicholas II.
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Great Northern War -
Phillips- The Founding of Russia's Navy - by Edward J. Phillips,
Review by John Sloan
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Great Northern War -
Tushkin- article in Voyenno istoricheskii Zhurnal, #8, Aug 1970. by Col
Tushin
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Vasilevski
The siege and capture of Vyborg in 1710 - translation of extracts by
John Sloan
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Hermitage
museum and Winter Palace in St. Petersburg -photos from 1990's and new
photos of made in 2005
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Ivangorod
fortress - text and photos, from our visit.
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Izborsk fortress -
text and photos, from our visits.
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Isserson, G. "The
Development of the Theory of Soviet Operational art in the 1930's"
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Izmailovo Romanov estate in
Moscow, from our visit.
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Kalka River, Battle of -
summary article.
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Kazan cityMedieval Tatar capital
on the middle Volga, text and photos from our visit.
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Kazan siegesiege of by Ivan
IV, summary article - John Sloan.
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Kievan princes -
Genealogical chart and brief biographies created by John Sloan.
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Kievan Rus - this is the
Wikipedia entry for the history of the Kievan era of medieval Rus.
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Kinyeshma - photos
of town on Volga with text from our visit.
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Kizhi Island outdoor museum
- photos from our visit in 2005.
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The Battle of Kletzk
against Swedish Forces. A Journal by S. P. Neplynyev, April 19, 1706 by N. N.
Ogloblin
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Kolomenskoye Romanov estate in
Moscow, from our visit.
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Kopor'ye fortress -
text and photos from our visit.
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Kosmodemyansk - photos
of town on Volga with text from our visit.
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Kostroma - photos of
town on Volga - text with Volga cruise directory, from our visit. Lecture on
Ipat'yev Monastery
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Kubinka - Russian Museum of
Armored forces - photos of selected exhibits of world's armor -we had a special
entrance but were allowed in only the sheds with German and Russian items.
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Kulikovo battle - Russian
victory in 1380 - maps with text to be added soon.
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Kutuzov - Russian field
marshal - text and illustrations about the special exhibition in the Artillery
Museum in St. Petersburg.
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Lithuanian Army
history by Joseph Walukonis
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Makar'yevo -
photos and text about this convent re-established on Volga, from our visit.
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Mandrogi - new tourist
stop on Svir River, photos from our visit.
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Moscow - history of the city,
kremlin and surrounding locations - compiled by John Sloan.
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Moscow Kremlin in
2003 and in 2005.
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Moscow Kremlin
Armory museum - new photos from our visit in 2005.
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Narva fortress now in
Estonia - text and photos
from our visit.
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Naval
museum in St. Petersburg in 2005 from our visit.
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Nizhni-Novgorod -
history of medieval fortress and modern industrial city with photos at
Nizhni.
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Novgorod - text and photos
of the ancient city state from our visit.
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Novodevichi convent fortress
- text and photos from our visits.
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Novo-Spaski Monastery in Moscow
from our visits.
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Orel - First issue of a Russian
miliary history journal, no longer being published.
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Pallada - Photos
of our favorite Volga River cruise
ship.
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Panorama
museum - Heroic Defense of Sevastopol - text and illustrations from our visits.
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Pavlovsk Palace
- Paul I Palace south of St. Petersburg. and new from
tour in 2005.
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Pechora Pskovskoye
- monastery fortress - text and photos from our visits.
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Periaslavl
Zalesski city and monasteries - text and photography if the medieval fortress
town from our visits.
History
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Peter and Paul fortress - text
and photos from our visits. And new photography from 2005.
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Peterhof palace
in 1990's and 2003 from our visits.
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Peterhof palace in 2005
from another visit.
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Plevna battle in
Russo-Turkish war - text and maps.
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Plyos - Quaint Volga river
town from our visits.
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Poltava
battle by Peter Englund - review by John Sloan of the excellent book.
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Pskov city fortress -
text and photos from our visit.
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Pyatagorsk photos
with photos of Yalta in 1964 from our special visit.
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Report on tour in 1991on visit to
Moscow and other towns in December as the USSR collapsed.
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Report about Kyivon visit to Kyiv,
Ukraine in January 1992.
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Report 1992aon our group tour of Russia
and Ukraine in 1992.
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Report 1997 on tour to Ukraine
in July 1997.
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Report 1998on tour to Russia along Volga
in 1998.
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Report by Jim Drummond on our tour
along the Volga in 1998.
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Report tour 05 - Tour in 2005 with
Vantage company from Moscow to St. Petersburg via cruise ship - the full report
with photos is on line and the photos are shown at the listing 'tour 05 below.
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Romano-borisoglebsk -
photos and text about this rarely visited town on the Volga River, during our
special visit in 2003 and from shipboard during our tour in 2008 - Soviet name
was Tutayev.
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Romanov dynasty wax
museum exhibition in Simbirsk with life-like figures of the Romanov rulers plus
Ivan IV, Ivan III, and Boris Gudunov.
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Rostov Veliki - historical text
and photos from our visit.
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Russian army - Muscovite army organization -
an essay by Dr. Dianne Smith.
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Russia military
museums - This link is to a central table with links to military museums in
Russia and Ukraine.
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Russia - Military history manuscript
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Russian army of Ivan
IV. A essay by Dr. Dianne Smith, slightly different from the above. - and
its organization.
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Russian campaigns and
battles - listing of articles and graphics.
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Russian army main page for section on
Imperial uniforms.
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Russian army of Peter I -
Viskovatov Illustrations published in the 19th century.
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Russian army of Alexander
I - Viskovatov Illustrations.
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Lithographs of the Hussar
regiments of Alexander I.
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Russian army of Nicholas I - Viskovatov illustrations.
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Russian army of Nicholas II
Illustrations of uniforms from Viskovatov and from various old books.
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Russian army uniforms of
1840's.
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Russian army uniforms of
1910, has all the illustrations of uniforms from the book by Col Shenk of 1910.
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Russian Aviation museum at
Monino near Moscow -
photos from our several visits.
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Russian Central Army Museum
in Moscow - photos from our visits.
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Russian cities - list of links to each
city in our files
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Russia World War II
memorial museum in Moscow - photos from our visits.
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Russian Art and
Architecture by Mikhailo Jelisavcic, main page for a very extensive
illustrated text.
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Russian history main page with links
to related topics.
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Russian history
Student report by John Sloan - outline for study of Russian military
history
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Russian -Essay on Russian
military history by John Sloan with many links to subsequent and related files
and illustrations.
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Russian -
Bibliography on Russian military history compiled by John Sloan.
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Russian - essay on
military
history from 1400 to 1600 by John Sloan.
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Russian history -
chronology - 1604 to 1689 compiled by John Sloan.
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Russian history - chronology
from pre-history to 1800, being expanded compiled by John Sloan.
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Russian history - Soviet analysis of the Russian
Civil War The
official Study of the Strategic Operations of the Red Army - after action
report prepared by Bubnov, Tukhachevski and others plus report on war with
Poland.
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Russian medievalarms
and armor - text and illustrations compiled by John Sloan.
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Russian Old Believer Icons - a
fine collection of brass castings.
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Russian Rulers and
related princes - full genealogy compiled by John Sloan, text and
illustrations, being expanded.
We are adding new tables showing the princes according to their generation from
Rurik.
There are at least 22 generations to be listed and we are currently working on
generation 10. Please go to this link.
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Russian wars with
neighbors - graphs of warfare by years from 1450 to 1800, being expanded back
to 900AD.
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Russo-Japanese Warentry from
11th edition Encyclopedia Britannica
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Russo-Turkish war entry from
11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
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Russo- Turkish War summary
by Adolf von Horsetzky
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Samarkand- photos
from our visit in 1964
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Samara - Volga town to
which Stalin moved temporary government offices during WWII - photos from our
visit.
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Savva StorozhevoyeMonastery at
Zvenigorod, photos from our visit.
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Scythian cemetery
near Alma River in Crimea - photos from our visit.
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Scythian people -
article from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Scythian people -article
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Simbirsk - text and
photos from our visit to Volga town renamed back from Ulyanov.
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Skugarevski, A. P.
"The Future War, Views of a Russian General" The London Times
Russian Section, July 29, 1916 - reprinted by the Journal of the
Military Service Institute in 1916.
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Smolensk - history
text and photographs of the medieval fortress city from our visits
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Streltzi - article
from Gorget and Sash magazine by Richard Sanders
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Sudak - medieval Genoese
fortress on site of earlier Alan - Khazar city Sugdai - Surozh - extensive text
and photos from our visit.
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Suvorov - Russian field
marshal - photo, several maps, short biography with more text to be added.
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Suvorov - text of his famous booklet - Nauka Pobezhdat -
Science of Victory
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Suvorov museum
in St. Petersburg - a few photos from our visit
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Suzdal - text and photos of
the medieval town from our visits
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Svechin, Aleksandr
Andreyevich. "The War Game", translated by John Johnson, from the
original 1923, which was also in Voyennaya Mysl', No 10, October 1988,
pp. 54-57 as a reprint from the same journal Voyennaya Mysl; i
Revolyutsiya in 1923.
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TM-30-430 - table of
contents for U.S. Army manual on Soviet Army in 1945, available on microfiche
and now on CDROM in PDF format.
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Tour 1964 - some photos made during
our tour in 1964 through Russia, Georgia and Uzbekistan
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Tour 2005 - cruise on Russian
rivers and lakes in 2005
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Trinity St. Sergius
fortress monastery - text and photos from our visits
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Tula - text and
photos of this southern frontier fortress city for defense of Moscow from
Tatars, from our visit.
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Tver - medieval rival of
Moscow on Volga River northwest of Moscow - photos from visits
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Uglich, text and photos
of this medieval town on the Volga, from our visit
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Ukraine - new central listing of
Ukrainian cities and fortresses.
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Vasil'ev,
M. Osada i vzhatie Vborg 1710- Siege and Seizure of Vyborg in 1710. -
translation by John Sloan
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Vladimir - text and
photos of this fortress city founded
in 1108 - later capital of Grand Prince
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Volga River is the page
listing views of towns and places along the river.
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Volga river cruise is a
lengthy description of all the villages and cities along the Volga to Samara
from our cruises in 1998, 2003 and
2005
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Volga River views -
photography of cruises down the Volga to Saratov in 1998 and 2003, and tours by
bus in 1992 -1993.
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Volga views of
cruise along the Volga to Rybinsk and then through the northern lakes to St.
Petersburg in 2005
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Vyborg - remains of
Swedish castle - also views of Mannerheim line from our visits
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Yaroslavl 2005 -
photos of Volga river city during our tour in 2005.
Yaroslavl history from
Wikipedia entry.
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Yaroslavl - text
and photos of Volga river city from our visits between 1993 and 1998 -
historical description with Volga cruise.
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Yalta - a few
photos from 1964 visit
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