Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Scott W. Palmer]

See the Wikipedia article for "Igor Sikorsky"

Alternatively, I discuss the plane (known alternatively as "The Big 
Baltic" or "Le Grande" before it was finally re-named the "Russian 
Warrior") on pp. 56-58 of my book _Dictatorship of the Air_



Jindrich Toman wrote:
> 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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