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On the Capture of Constantinople.
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Why did Russia pass up on two different chances to take Constantinople?
But having taken Constantinople, Oleg realized that a peace agreement would be more beneficial for Rus than further expansion. Therefore, according to the legend, the prince nailed his shield to ...
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BULGARIAN-RUSSIAN PACT; Secret Agreement Was Made by the Zankovist Ministry. Ports Were to be Used as Russian Naval Stations In Order to Aid Advance on Constantinople.
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Constantinople’s fall and the gate left open
But while these arduous reads likely scare away anyone but the scholarly or somewhat masochistic reader, Roger Crowley’s “1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the ...