Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Felix Corley]

The Russian Empire (just like today's Russian Federation) was a multi-ethnic
and multi-religious country. A synagogue, Protestant and Catholic churches
did not make Tsarskoe Selo "international" - native subjects of the Empire
were probably the people who mainly attended them.

Felix Corley


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Sent: 18 March 2008 23:34
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Ten things you didn't know about Russia

At 02:25 PM 3/18/2008, you wrote:
>More things you (probably) didn't know about Russia:


I read somewhere that Tsarskoe Selo, around the turn of the last century,
was the first fully electrified city in the world.  It was a 
middle-class suburb
with a commuter train taking people into St Pete for white collar jobs.
It was international in character, with a synagogue, protestant churches,
and
a Catholic church, I believe.

Jules Levin

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