He also mentions that this flag, falling from the sky during the Russian campaign of King Valdemar II, is the very same flag that King Eric of Pomerania took with him when he left the country in 1440 after being deposed as King.

The lyrics present great similarities, all having mentions to Vladmir Lenin ( and, in their initial versions, to Joseph Stalin ), to the guiding role of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and to the brotherhood of the Soviet peoples, including a specific reference to the friendship of the Russian people ( the Estonian and Karelo-Finnish anthems were apparently an exception to this last rule ).

A Russian article on the Zorb mentions a similar device having debuted in 1973.

In the diary his wife kept during his 1909 Russian tour, she mentions his raising his eyebrows when he saw Brahms ' Handel Variations on a program — a piece he had not played or even looked at for two and a half years.

* In the 2012 video game Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, one of the main protagonists mentions Dulce as containing something that would surprise the Russian Government.

The Russian Civil Code explicitly mentions custom as a separate source of law.

In Mercedes Lackey's Fortune's Fool there are mentions of wilis, bereginais, rusalkas, and many other Russian folktale entities.

In The Punisher 2005 video game, Black Widow mentions to Punisher that she'll take the " Red Guardian ", a stolen Russian freighter, while he takes the " Igor Baltivsky ".

The Russian Wiki mentions several other old values.

The earliest attestation of Perkūnas seems to be in the Russian translation of the Chronicle of John Malalas ( 1261 ) where it speaks about the worship of " Перкоунови рекше громоу ", and in the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle ( around 1290 ) which mentions the idol Perkūnė.

Russian naval and merchant ships frequently visited San Francisco throughout the 19th century beginning in 1806, and there are several mentions of burials of crew members in the Russian Hill cemetery in the first half of the century.

Although the exact date and circumstances of Tmutarakan's takeover by the Kievan Rus are uncertain, the Hypatian Codex mentions Tmutarakan as one of the towns that Vladimir the Great gave to his sons, which implies that Russian control over the city was established in the late 10th century and certainly before Vladimir's death in 1015.

Kehva Chelebi, an Armenian patriot who maintained correspondence between the meliks of Karabakh and the Russian authorities, in this report of 1725 mentions Shusha as a town and a fort:

Homer mentions that he and his friends joining the Navy is similar to The Deer Hunter, and the Russian roulette scene from the film is later parodied.

A document from 1413 mentions a " Russian duke Basil " as Vytautas's brother-in-law.

Also, the Russian Novgorod Chronicle only mentions one castle during their plundering of Tavastia in 1311, its description matching well with the castle in Hakoinen:

Russian singer and songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky ( 1938-1980 ) mentions fladry in his famous song " Wolf Hunt " (; 1968 ).

Two years later, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was present at its premiere in the Russian resort town of Yalta and mentions the show as a backdrop to the climatic scene in one of his best-known stories, " The Lady with the Dog " ( 1899 ).

Cohn only mentions Marsden in a single page, saying that the " Morning Post accepted everything it was told by its correspondent in Russia, Victor Marsden " and " Marsden was an Englishman who had lived many years in Russia and had adopted, with passion, the outlook of Russian right-wingers ... Marsden went further and produced a new translation of the Protocols ( it is still on sale in London today ).

The Russian stated: "' Now, if he does not say the right thing to them we are all done for '"-On the stretcher Marlow could see Kurtz shouting.

'"-Marlow replied to the Russian: "' Mr. Kurtz's reputation is safe with me.

'"-He informed Marlow " that it was Kurtz who had ordered the attack to be made on the steamer "-The harlequin-like Russian refers to a canoe waiting for him, and adds: "' Ah!

In Russian, a father's first name becomes his child's " last " name until marriage ( e. g. " Hazel William "' s father's first name is " William ", or " Timothy Joseph "' s father's first name is " Joseph ").

5, after the Russian Bylina, about the minstrel who sings to the Tsar of the Sea, the very famous "' Scheherazade ", Op.

The "' Russian Five ' dazzled opponents with their skill and skating ability " on the ice together and " became the Red Wings personality ".

"' Estotiland ' is listed, along with Eden and Arcadia, under the heading ' utopia, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth ' in Roget's International Thesaurus ( New York: Crowell, 1962 )"; it is one of the sources for "' Russian ' Estoty " in Vladimir Nabokov's Ada.

* Neunherz, Richard E. "' Hemmed In ': Reactions in British Columbia to the Purchase of Russian America ".

The convention provided for Russian acquiescence that Afghanistan was now outside this sphere of influence, and for Russia to consult directly with Britain on matters relating to Russian-Afghan relations.

When, however, the Treaty of San Stefano threatened a Russian hegemony in the Near East, Andrássy concurred with the German and British courts that the final adjustment of matters must be submitted to a European congress.

To make matters worse, one Swedish detachment, commanded by General Roos, had not been told about the overall plan and became isolated in the Russian defensive redoubts when a column of about 4, 000 Russian reinforcements reoccupied the fortified positions, trapping Roos and his 2, 600-man force at 6: 15 a. m. With over 1, 000 casualties and ammunition running low, Roos was forced to surrender his command at 9: 30 a. m.

Although Rundstedt resisted Hitler's interference in the Russian campaign, and was dismissed for doing so, thereafter he refused to confront Hitler even on strictly military matters, let alone on political ones.

The agreement affirmed Mongolia's complete autonomy in internal matters and Russian privileges in Mongolia, at the same time formally recognized China's suzerainty over the country.

During this time period, he turned over information that included the name of an FBI agent who was working covertly on Russian intelligence matters.

At the beginning of Russian rule in Finland, he was chairman of the delegation accounting for matters in Finland to Tsar Alexander I.

Kennan was not completely obsessed with Russian matters: as a reporter and war correspondent, he also covered American politics, the Spanish-American War, the assassination of President William McKinley, and the Russo-Japanese War, as well as World War I and the Russian Revolution.

A proposal for spelling reform from the Russian Academy of Science in 1911 included, among other matters, the systematic elimination of the yat, but was declined at the highest level.

While at the Russian court, the Tzar became very attached to Master Philippe and is known to have sought out his opinion in all types of matters.

Previously, as secretary of the Russian Security Council, Ivanov served as an adviser to President Boris Yeltsin and later President Vladimir Putin ( November 1999-March 2001 ) on matters of national security.

It consisted of two subdivisions dealing with local matters and Russian affairs.

By being largely self-sufficient in these local matters, they were able to minimize their burden on and contact with the Russian government.

He also gives his best advice to other Russian gentlemen on love matters.

In 1917, this was transferred to become the Ministry of Shipping, with responsibility for ' sea transport of military forces and supplies, food and raw materials for industry, Atlantic, Gibraltar and Russian convoys, shipping losses and tonnage requirements, shipbuilding and other matters relating to wartime British and allied control of merchant shipping '.

From 1890 — 96 he served in the State Council as Assistant State Secretary, State Secretary and finally as Assistant Imperial Secretary where he worked primarily on matters reviewed by the Russian Imperial State Council's Department of State Economy.

He spoke both the Russian and Polish languages and was something of an expert in liturgical matters.

( According to the understanding of the canons which Bishop Basil would himself later follow, Father Andrey's approach to senior clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church was in accordance with canons 9 and 17 of the Fourth Ecumenical Council ; moreover, since the content of the letter to the Ambassador is not publicly available, it cannot be said whether or how this letter pertained to ecclesiastical matters as opposed to matters of concern to the Russian state of whom Fr Andrey is a citizen.

For proof, he offers videotaped evidence of Tanner's friends discussing financial matters with a Russian man, whom Fassett identifies as KGB.