Tag Archives | Peter The Great

Day of Russian Naval Navigators/День штурмана ВМФ РФ: Wise Men and Directions

By on 25/01/2011

What is it about men and directions?

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General Prosecutor’s Day/День работника прокуратуры Российской Федерации: ORDER & LAW

By on 12/01/2011

Russia’s legal beagles have to wear uniforms of a cheerful, but slightly effeminate blue, which may account for their zeal in coming down hard on the crowd that wants to hang out by the statue of Mayakovsky or buy Parliament.

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Day of Russia’s First Naval Victory at Hanko Peninsula (1714)/День первой в российской истории морской победы русского флота у мыса Гангут (1714): Russia’s Spanish Armada

By on 09/08/2010

You have to hand it to the Russians, sometimes. Full marks for not giving up, where others might. In attempting to break through the Swedish lines, the Russians decided to drag their galleys across the peninsula on land, which can’t have been a walk in the park.

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Day of Victory over the Swedes at Poltava / День воинской славы России — Полтавская битва (1709): The Peter (The Great) Principle

By on 10/07/2010

I was interested to read, recently that Peter The Great was not weaned until he was two years old, which, for me, explains volumes.

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The Day of the Baltic Fleet/День Балтийского флота: The Double Glazing on Russia’s Window on The West

By on 18/05/2010

Russia’s oldest fleet sails through the turbulent waters of a changing map of Europe, and an American learns a new way to pronounce NATO.

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Day of the Cryptographic Service/День шифровальщика: Don’t Russians Already Talk In Code, Anyway?

By on 05/05/2010

Where would we be without our code crackers? Dan Brown, for one, would just be a geek in a turtleneck.

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