Alexander III

Renovated Tsarist Hostel Re-Opens In Jerusalem

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A Jerusalem hostel for Christian Orthodox pilgrims that became a symbol of imperial Russia’s presence in the Holy Land re-opened Tuesday after six years of renovation work. Israel handed the Sergei Courtyard in the city’s Russian Compound back to Moscow in 2008 after a long legal battle and an intervention by President Vladimir Putin. The … Read more

All The President Men

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“…Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway’d Or wak’d to ecstasy the living lyre.. Thomas Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard MUCH INK WILL CONTINUE to be spilled (or in modern technological world without the use of ink, … Read more