Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Scott W. Palmer]

The plane debuted (and was destroyed) in 1913.


Jindrich Toman wrote:
> Yes, it's 1915--great, thanks. JT
>
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> On 3/19/08 4:39 PM, "Scott W. Palmer" <sw-palmer at WIU.EDU> wrote:
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>> 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_
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>> Jindrich Toman wrote:
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>>> 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:
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>>>> At 02:04 AM 3/19/2008, you wrote:
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>>>>> 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
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>>>>> -----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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