The Jerusalem chronology
Coveted since the most remote times, it was considered for millennia as the center of the world and is to this day a place of
Coveted since the most remote times, it was considered for millennia as the center of the world and is to this day a place of
“Earth is blue,” said Yuri Gagarin as he orbited the Earth. Over time, communist propaganda added to the phrase: “… and there is no God here.” The truth is that Gagarin was an Orthodox Christian. What the cosmonaut did say was that the planet is beautiful.
Ukraine and Russia, sisters bound by ties rooted in the same origins but with severe fratricidal impulses. This is their story and that of their tumultuous relationship.
The Russian Empire reached its zenith under the reign of one of history’s great women. Ekaterina, or well, Catherine “The Great”.