Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Jindrich Toman]

Could we still return to Russia's priority on multi-engine planes? Is there
a source? (And apologies if it was meant as a joke--I read it very quickly.)
Thanks, Jindrich Toman


On 3/19/08 2:38 PM, "ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET" <ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> At 02:04 AM 3/19/2008, you wrote:
>> 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
> 
> No doubt...
> Maybe I should have said "multi-national".  But wasn't 19th Cent.
> Russia called
> in the west "prisonhouse of nations"?
> Jules Levin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> 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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