headed by Orthodox people, which is the first time since the #Tsarist era. And, of course, for everything that Russia is doing today."

The true face of #Russia's faith.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

Daughters of the former Nicholas II and his son Alexei under arrest. May 1917. Petrograd Province, Tsarskoye Selo District, Tsarskoye Selo.

#Tsar #NicholasII #ImperialFamily #Tsarist #Autocracy #Petrograd #Arrest #ProvisionalGovernment #Russia #Empire

... Even the #bolsheviks made decisions and implemented their agenda with respect to the framework of a nation coming off of a #tsarist semi-feudal #autocracy. ...

Remember the #Crimean Forced Deportation / Genocide of 1944

Crimes against humanity and genocide are chosen methods of the #kremlin for centuries - whether #russian #tsarist empire, #Soviet era, or modern #putin #ruzzism!

The world must fight evil and acknowledge the past!

… Lenin that the liberal #bourgeoisie and social democrats were unreliable allies during the revolution & in many cases even aided the #tsarist crackdown against the #working-class afterwards so were in fact class enemies of the working people and peasantry. By the time of Luxemburg’s … (cont.)

Dear people of #Canada: Please do not let this #noncompoop #Poilivre even get close to winning your next #election. The last thing anyone on Earth needs is yet another #RichIdiot shafting everyone else to make himself and his #Idiot friends even richer. One #Tsarist is too many.
#Democracy #GAGA

#Suur-Laagri (Suur-Laager)
Big-camp. Street named after a former (?) military camp located there. Since the street was first named in 1908, it may well have been a #Tsarist Army camp, close to the then ‘Patarei’ marine fortress (see #SuurPatarei). Street joined at the hip by its cadet, #VäikeLaagri.

i found this online image of a beautiful #mural of #TarasShevchenko - poet and writer. he fought against #tsarist #russia - one of the fathers of the ukrainian state and culture. if you know where this mural is and if it is still running - let me know. #shevchenko #graffiti #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini

#RussianOrthodoxChurch has survived the country’s turbulent history, from #tsarist demagoguery to #Soviet #atheism,+is now free to flourish under #VladimirPutin. In her book, The Baton+the Cross, journalist #LucyAsh reveals how it’s formed an unholy alliance with #politics, state #security+big money