Quakers and a samovar

Quakers, Monarchists, and A Hero For Our Time

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September 21st 2006
Last Sunday I looked up online to see if there was a Quaker meeting in Moscow. I was attending the meeting in Ann Arbor and thought it would be really neat if I could go to one in Moscow. As unlikely as it sounds, there are indeed Quakers in Moscow. About 20 of them. The meeting was unprogrammed, which means that everyone sat in silence meditating. Three people broke the silence to speak. The ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more