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Imperial Russia's Missing 200+ Million Gold Rubles

9 Nov 2022 3 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara

Before World War One, Imperial Russia possessed the largest gold reserves of any country in the world and its downfall began with the start of the First World War. The country was ill-prepared and ill-equipped to fight a war and Tsar Nicholas II assu...

The book that got away

15 Sep 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

       Because Jonathan had done little else than wander the globe for over ten years, receiving the hospitality of the high and low, he’d developed quite a repertoire of stories for all occasions.  It was the one way he could pay back his hosts and...

Russians to be Offered 1 Free Hectare of Land in the Arctic

19 Jul 2020 1 minute read 2 comments AverageVancouverite

In legislation drafted by the Russian Natural Resources Ministry, Russians citizens will be able to apply to obtain up to 1 hectare (0.01 square kilometres) of land in the nation's resource-rich far north to build homes, construct farms, or use for o...