In general he did a lot of useful things for Russia, one of which was the creation of Russian intelligence. –Vasili Sokolov – Echo of Moscow Radio The fabled and feared Russian intelligence apparatus was not native, but was imported in the person of a Balkan man who referred to himself as an Illyrian Count …
Cats are mostly known as independent and freedom loving creatures. These wayward animals that have always had a detached way of living, have also been long admired by humans. Cats were seen as graceful, selfish, cunning and clever creatures who live only for their own pleasure. However cats enjoy their coziness and are more attached …
- December 7, 2020
- Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Bulgaria , Croatia , Serbia , Serbia , Bulgaria , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Serbia , Slovenia , Croatia , Montenegro
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Some mythologies are well-known around the world with the Greek and Roman mythologies being the most popular. There are also some lesser-known, although just as fascinating, deities and mythologies; like the Slavs. Its lack of popularity is largely due to fact that contemporaneous written records don’t exist – the Slavs did not keep written records. …
- December 7, 2020
- Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Serbia
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August 7, 626 was a defeat for the Slavs, who had been attacking the walls of Constantinople under the command of the Avar army. But it was a victory, too. When the Slavs abandoned the siege, they melted back into the Balkans, where they had begun to settle. From this point in history, they would …
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On 7 August 626, faced with an inability to breech the sea walls at the Golden Horn area of then-Constantinople, the Slav fighters supporting the Avar army melted away back into the Balkan hinterlands. The combined army of Avars, Slavs, and Persians were unable to take Constantinople, which stood until the Ottoman victory in 1453. …
- July 31, 2020
- Bulgaria
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Roman ruins are everywhere in the Balkans. The Romans, after the Batonnian Uprising, repopulated the province of Illyricum with their own people. The region was first pagan, and St Paul himself preached through Illyricum. By the year 300, 10% of the Roman empire was Christian. In the last gasps of a pagan majority, the …
- July 6, 2020
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In Acts 16:9-10, the area that would in modern times become known as the Balkans is first mentioned. “During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him; ‘come over to Macedonia and help us.’ After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave at once for …
- July 6, 2020
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