Russian language, Russian Russki yazyk, principal state and cultural language of Russia. Together with Ukrainian and Belarusian, the Russian language makes up the eastern branch of the Slavic family of languages. Russian is the primary language of the overwhelming majority of people in Russia and is
RUSSIAN COINS AND CURRENCY CLICK HERE FOR COINS OF THE FORMER REPUBLICS OF THE U.S.S.R. RUSSIAN SILVER WIRE MONEY. For hundreds of years much of Russian commerce was based on these tiny silver coins called wire money.
Aug 29, 2010 · The idea that your mother tongue shapes your experience of the world may be true after all.
There is no doubt about NATO’s promises not to expand eastward in the face of a Russian withdrawal from eastern Europe.
Hurricane Joaquin continued to strengthen in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday afternoon, becoming an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm.
Russian America (Russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name of the Russian colonial possessions in North America from 1733 to 1867. Its capital was Novo-Archangelsk (New Archangel), which is now Sitka, Alaska, USA.
The Russo-Kazan Wars was a series of wars fought between the Khanate of Kazan and Muscovite Russia from 1438, until Kazan was finally captured by Ivan the Terrible and absorbed into Russia in 1552.
Russia’s External Intelligence Service (SVR) is the current incarnation of one of the world’s oldest and most extensive espionage agencies, known for decades as the KGB.
NATO’s Eastward Expansion Did the West Break Its Promise to Moscow?. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused the West of breaking promises made after the fall of the Iron Curtain, saying that NATO’s expansion into Eastern Europe violated commitments made during the negotiations over German reunification.
Oct 25, 2011 · With allies worried about China’s military, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said the United States would strengthen its Pacific presence.
