[LargeFormat] The Czar's Photographer

[Slobodan Dimitrov]

On my paternal side, we migrated from southern Russia a little over 400
years ago, to Bulgaria for a better life. Figure that one out, living
under the Ottomans was preferable to living under the czars! 
But then, the Romanovs were a bit hard to take. While western historism
likes presenting the reign of Ivan the Awesome as a pathology and an
example of the Slavic character, it doesn't say anything of his willing
hands in the presentations. The Romanovs figure prominently in the
butchery in order to advance themselves.
Slobodan Dimitrov


philip lambert wrote:
> > My paternal grandparents were from Belaruse and used the name Kaliushkin.
> I was lucky to know them as I was growing up.  Jews didn't have it easy
> under the czar so my grandparents never expressed nostalgia for the days before
> > the revolution.
> >
> Three of my grandparents camer from Belarus about 100-120 years ago, all
> long dead. I took a course in Russian history - most people had it bad under
> the czars!PL
> 
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