Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Charlotte Douglas]

Was it referring to Igor Sikorskii's plane "The Grand"?



>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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