Author: Marina Soroka

The Russian Great Reforms of the 1860s were the last major modernizing effort by the Romanov dynasty. From 1855 to 1861, Grand Duchess Elena, born ...

For much of the later nineteenth-century Britain regarded Russia as its main international rival, particularly as regarded the security of its colo...

For much of the later nineteenth-century Britain regarded Russia as its main international rival, particularly as regarded the security of its colo...

"This is an original work, meticulously researched, rich in detail, and written in a clear and – here and there – refreshingly pungent style. (...)...

The Russian Great Reforms of the 1860s were the last major modernizing effort by the Romanov dynasty. From 1855 to 1861, Grand Duchess Elena, born ...

This book is about the European health spas of the nineteenth century: what they were, how they operated, what life was like there and how their fu...