An account of the Military Campaign of the Year 1812: Edited and translated with additional notes and commentary by Jimmy Chen eBook: Mikhail Barclay de Tolly, Jimmy Chen: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Field Marshal Prince Mikhail Barclay de Tolly, Minister of War and commander of the First Western Army during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia.
I have been working on a translation of Barclay’s account of the 1812 campaign for some time, and have made it available for purchase on the Kindle store. As far as I am aware this is the first time the work has been translated into English. Paperback version coming soon!
So tumblr informs me that I have interacted with over 20 blogs that originated from the Internet Research Agency. My only surprise is that the number was so low.
Why does Catholic, the largest church, not simply eat the other churches?
the Economist out here trying to fix the Schism of 1054
To be fair, whenever a headline poses a question like that, the answer is most likely going to be in the negative.
so… is there anyone on this fantastic website who can explain the differences between the supreme soviet, the central executive committee and the council of people’s commissars? also what is a presidium
Not strictly a Soviet historian so I may be wrong, but my understanding is:
Supreme Soviet was the highest legislative organ of the USSR from 1938 to 1991 with two chambers: The Soviet of the Union based on population and the Soviet of the Nationalities based on representation from republics. Central Executive Committee was the highest governing body of the USSR between its founding in 1922 and 1938 (preceding the Supreme Soviet) and acted on behalf of the Congress of Soviets. The Council of People’s Commissars was the government (I.e. Executive body) set up and headed by Lenin from the October Revolution until his death. The Presidium was the official name of the Politburo around the 1950s and 1960soh wow thank you so much!!! this definitely helps! it looks like my problem is keeping the timeline straight.
You’re welcome! The structure of Soviet political organs is incredibly convoluted with many layers of governance… Despite its autocratic character :p
so… is there anyone on this fantastic website who can explain the differences between the supreme soviet, the central executive committee and the council of people’s commissars? also what is a presidium
Not strictly a Soviet historian so I may be wrong, but my understanding is:
Supreme Soviet was the highest legislative organ of the USSR from 1938 to 1991 with two chambers: The Soviet of the Union based on population and the Soviet of the Nationalities based on representation from republics. Central Executive Committee was the highest governing body of the USSR between its founding in 1922 and 1938 (preceding the Supreme Soviet) and acted on behalf of the Congress of Soviets. The Council of People’s Commissars was the government (I.e. Executive body) set up and headed by Lenin from the October Revolution until his death. The Presidium was the official name of the Politburo around the 1950s and 1960s
oh oh i know this one
i made this one for a friend but i feel like the rest of the world deserves to see it
I’ve been reading about Napoleon’s maréchals and it’s been life changing
From left to right: lannes, murat, & ney
Building a model of the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed at Mosfilm
(Dmitri Kessel. 1967?)
