Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Jindrich Toman]

Yes, it's 1915--great, thanks. JT


On 3/19/08 4:39 PM, "Scott W. Palmer" <sw-palmer at WIU.EDU> wrote:

> 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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