Category Archives: Geography
Quick! What’s the Ninth Largest Country in Area?
Wrong! (Probably). Why am I asking you this? Because a few months ago, while visiting Johannes & Anna in Uppsala, Eva and I met a married couple who came to Sweden a number of years ago, one from Moscow and … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Geology
Tagged Caspian Sea, China, Genghis Khan, Karachaganak Field, Kazakh Khanate, Kazakhs, Kazakhstan, Russian Empire, Soviet "Virgin Lands" program
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Chronologies of Tyranny, War and Genocide
Eva and I spent three days in Budapest during April, 2004. We visited a museum showing an exhibit of the history of Samizdat. I photographed a large display of the chronology of this “underground” effort toward freedom of expression, and … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Government & Politics, War & Peace
Tagged André Gerolymatos, Balkan Peninsula, Islam, Niccolò Machiavelli, Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Samizdat, USSR
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The Pavellas Perspective 