In August 1919, British coastal motorboats launched a daring pre-dawn raid against a heavily defended Russian naval base at Kronstadt. Using speed and surprise, the small wooden craft attempted to ...

John of Kronstadt … was a nineteenth-century Russian Orthodox priest at the time when alcohol abuse was rampant. None of the priests ventured out of their churches to help the people. They waited for ...

The Russian 'Fort Boyarde' is the nickname most often given to this naval fortress, which is located two kilometers from Kronstadt. However, it was actually built 20 years before the famous French ...