History
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History
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Historical and cultural heritage materials are featured here.
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Grigoriĭ Grigorʹevich Marazli : metsenat i kollektsioner : sbornik stateĭ.
This volume is a tribute to Grigory Grigorievich Marazli (1831-1905) — Greek by ethnicity, Mayor of Odessa, Ukraine (1878-1895). Collector, arts patron, philanthropist. He helped build charitable and educational establishments, notably the Odessa…
Nastavlenie k vospitaniiu vnukov.
Culled from her complete works, 'Advice to grown grandsons' by Ekaterina Velikaia (Cathernie the Great, 1729-1796) by an Empress whose succession was rather trumultuous, this volume contains short aphorisms for the heir of her heart's choosing:…
Sud'ba Cheloveka.
Sud'ba Cheloveka 'The Fate of Man' a beloved story by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (Михаил Александрович Шолохов, 1905-1984). In this work as in so many others, he documents the horrors and cruelty of war, the personal suffering and loss in the…