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October 2024

October 05, 2024
THE DOUKHOBORS   In May 1818, during Andrei Mikhailovich’s last stay in St. Petersburg, Alexander...
October 05, 2024
THE MYSTERY OF GENERAL INZOV   The summer of 1817 was spent, for the most...
October 05, 2024
THE ARABAT ARROW   Travels in the colonies began for Andrei Mikhailovich in 1816. His...
October 05, 2024
EKATERINOSLAV   At the end of his assignment, Andrei Mikhailovich returned to Nizhny Novgorod for...
October 05, 2024
MADAME KRÜDENER   Klemens von Metternich, the Secretary of State of Austria, one of the...
October 05, 2024
THE HOUSE DOLGORUKUY   The Fadeevs were in St. Petersburg by the Spring of 1814,...
October 05, 2024
    This next series of articles, "Novorossiya," is a continuation of "Tournament Of Shadows."...

September 2024

September 20, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XXV. L’Homme Rouge   When the enemy was expelled from the...
September 19, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XXIV. Princess Dolgorukaya   After two months' stay in Kiev, Andrei...
September 19, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XXIII. Pestilence That Walketh In Darkness   Tsar Alexander Pavlovich stared...
September 19, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XXII. A Sinister Rolling Of Thunder   In 1812 rumors began...
September 18, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XXI. The Corsican Antichrist   The huge, striking, double-tailed comet was...
September 18, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XX. Let Our Destinies Be Accomplished   Bernadotte had not been...
September 18, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XIX. White Russia   Andrei Mikhailovich still resided in Telekhany with...
September 14, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XVIII. Assimilating And Organism   Alexander Pavlovich was sitting alone at the...
September 14, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XVII. "No Time To Weep"   The evening of July 4,...
September 13, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XVI. "Ideologists Destroy All Illusions"   Two or three days elapsed...
September 12, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XV. He Ends With Steps Of Thunder Sound   Only after...
September 11, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XIV. A Raft On The Neman   On March 9, 1807,...
September 08, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XIII. A Ballet Of Falling Saber Strokes   It was during...
September 08, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XII. Le Grand Sanhedrin   Napoleon was relentless. At the Treaty...
September 08, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: XI. The Emperor With An Iron Crown   In 1803 Napoleon...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: X. The Parisian Sibyl In August 1802, Napoleon was declared the...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: IX. The Oginsky Canal In 1802 Mikhail Ilyich was appointed Director...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: VIII. At Heart A Friend Of France Tsar Pavel Petrovich, against...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows: VII. Illuminati In July 1898 the Quasi-War began. It was the...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows VI. The Grand Master Of Malta   An unintended consequence of...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows V. Knights Of Malta   Peter the Great opened the doors...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows IV. The King Of Fire   After successfully evading the detection...
September 07, 2024
A Tournament Of Shadows III. "Someone To Open The Gates"   General Napoleon Bonaparte first...
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