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Tag Archives: Russian Empire
The Black Sea
Traversed by Ancient and Modern Empires Here is about an area of the world that remains, for those of us oriented primarily toward North America and Europe, a historically complicated and geographically confusing mélange of ancient empires initially forged by … Continue reading
Letter from Poland
I recently visited Kraków, Poland, with nine of my writing colleagues, for a ‘writing retreat’ and some minor tourism. We arrived 10 November, the day before an important national holiday, National Independence Day… … a national day in Poland celebrated … Continue reading
Posted in History, War & Peace
Tagged Communism, Habsburg Empire, Jakub Wydrzynski, Judaism, Kingdom of Prussia, Kraków, Lublin, Massolit Bookstore, Poland, Russian Empire, Ukraine, Warsaw
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