Crimea

This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards–one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856. Each card presents an overview of a particular province’s culture, history, economy, More

The Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova-Kulikovskaya (the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna) with her husband Nikolai Kulikovsky and son Tikhon in the Crimea. Великая More

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" xxxlv CONTENTS. He is threatened with banishment to some remote part of the empire 159 He is ordered to be degraded More

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1678] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 105 capital of the Saporogiim Cossacks. His successful (Icfciicc of tliis town, aiul e More

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 164 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1688 [A.D. 1687. In a book quoted by the German editors— Korb's Diarium Idncris in Mo More

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" INDEX OF PERSONS. 223 Coventry, Sir William, secretary to tlie Admiralty, 89, 93, 95. Cooke, Mr.; 88, 89, 154, 16 More

Portrait of Empress Catherine II (Great) with ribbon of the Order of St. George. Portrait of the Russian Empress Catherine II (Great). In the right hand of the empress, the sword, which is covered with a laure More