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The princess indeed returned but it does not mean that her pressure is removed. I believe that as long as she is inside the palace, where supposed to be her own home, she has to live under a huge pressure. Poor princess. I am sorry to say this out loud, but I think she is very unhapppy being...

The best(or the only) source on Kievan Rus is "The Chronicles"("Letopisi" or "Povisc' Bremennich Lit") written in 11th and 12th century by Nestor and other monks. I've read it but, unfortunatelly, it was many years ago and I don't have the book right now. :( But here you go! Nice n' brief...

I'm glad to see his face finally! :P Rurik didn't really govern Kievan Rus. His retainer Oleg established the country together with Rurik's son Igor, who became the first prince at the beginning of 10th century. VladimirI was Igol's grandson. The town of Kiev already existed since the...

In some of the photos, does she have looong nails? What's the significance of having long nails?

I'm one of those who know almost nothing about Thai manarchy! Once I went to a Thai restaurant where there were a whole bunch of photos of the king, his wife, his family, etc.. on the wall. I didn't know who they were on those photos(I didn't ask), but I just guessed it must be some king of...

Okay, okay, a little messed up. :( The norman Rurik established Novgorod in 862, and then he added(occupied) southern area and started Kiev in 882. The name "Rus" indicated those Normans. Probably named after "Ru"rik. I'm guessing. After the years passed and they were Slavonized. In 989...

Kyyevo-Pecherska Lavra (Calvin Cave Monastery). A Ukrainian Orthodox monastery founded in 1051 by the monks Antoniy and Feodosiy. In the 11th century it became the center for the expansion and consolidation of Christianity in Calvin Rus'-Ukraine. The chroniclers Nykon, Nestor, Sylvester, the...

I don't know where cuervo's been! I saw he was also active in Greek RF forum, but I guess not lately. Maybe he's out of town. Why is your country called Monte Negro where you have a slavic name Crni gora? Are the Montenegrians(?) of Latin origin? Or Slavic? Are you living in Italiy for a...

cuervo, I just wanted to let you know that "Norman" itself is a Germanic word! :P So the Normans were quite ambitious people and travelled so far to conquer several places in Europe(originally their home was Scandinavia and around Jutland pen.). But they were not Celtic, I guess. Not just...

cuervo, I found it, ozero Seliger. Such a nice place! :heart: I'll keep it in mind when I go to Russia. When? Not known yet. So, where is zolotoi koltso, then? Is that where Suzdal and Vladimir are? Have you been to those places? If so, I'd like to hear about it.

The Normans are Northern-Germanics. ;) They were most powerful around 9~12 centuries. So the Russians are really mixed! They live in the middle of a huge continent, so it makes sense. But in this case they should never fight with any other people because they might have shared blood in the...

cuervo, I found in an history book that Riurik was a viking(norman). He led a group of Normans and established Novgorod and then Kiiv(so Russians aren't purely slavs! But now more than a thousand years passed and who cares!). The Pathfinder sounds interesting, but I cannot read Greek. Is...

Hi, cuervo, This monastery still looks amazing to me. Where exactly is Zolotoi Koltso? Is it like a nickname of some area? In the photo shows its main tower is under repair, just like many other monasteries and churches in Russia. I'll love to visit there when it's finished ;) .

Hi, cuervo, I checked the page, however, this is the current Russian Federation site, and I didn't find any links that are related to this topic. I should probably start doing some serious reseach on it, in order to post something here. But anyway, if you see something, please post it as well...

Does anybody got any info and photos(paintings) about them?

Hi, cuervo! I fell in love with that monastery fort Nilova. Can you tell me where it's located? If I visit Russia in the future, I'm not going to miss to visit there! My interest is in old monasteries in Russia. There supposed to be a lot of them in Kiev. Hm.., I just remembered that there...

Jun5, Good to hear from you again! It's quite impressive about the Empress. I didn't know the details about her quality and education, but my grandmother often mentions that Shoda Michiko-san is well educated and is from a very good family. I can imagine at that time it was such a...

Hi, jun5! Thank you for your reply. Actually, my family hasn't arrived yet. They are coming on the very last day of this month, so I still have enough time to clean around the house. Souji ni sentaku, futon mo hoshite... Is that photo of yourself posted at the head of messages? You look...

Hi, jun5! :P I'm back! I want to check the forum more often, but not I'm so busy with my private matters and I just don't have time. Chotto zannen. I'm also glad that other people in the forum understands what's going on with the fashion among the IF. So it looks like foreign royal people...

One comment for you, jadmire. The deal is, the people in Japan do pay tax for the royals, no matter if they whine or not. And the royals do spend that money, for the outdated and simple(the keyword of philosophy in Japan was always this, by the way) outfits. And the Japanese are aware of...

Some short comments related to nothing. Aiko looks just like her father, I think. I see more similarity between the prince and Aiko, however, I am thinking since Masako is tall, Aiko might become tall when she grows up. Which is good because the imperial family so far is rather short people...

Hi, jun5, Wow, you responded me so quickly! I was a little busy to check the forum because my family is coming to visit me end of this month and I have to arrange things around here. They will meet my daughter for the first time! It's very uncomfortable for a small child to fly long distance...

Hi, jun5, Thank you for the answers. I guess I haven't checked the news about the family often enough to notice that they do wear the same clothes often. That's true about Masako's designer. She should wear what's in fashion. Her designer seems to repeat the style of 80's and early 90's...

Jun5, I agree the fact the imperial system is extremely conservative. To tell the truth, some things I cannot stand when I look at them. One good example, is the short video you posted(the one prince & princess Akishino are visiting somewhere). All those guards(otsukino mono) and other...

Hi, jun5! Thank you for replying to me personally. Ohenji wazawaza arigatou. I was just checking some of your posts on other topics. I think your english is very good. Since you are the most enthusiastic one on this page, I am sure you are improving your English by writing a lot here...