A Short History Of Russia の小説・ストーリー

“The Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 took a massive blow on the Russian Empire. Over 30,000 Russian troops were killed or wounded while 90,000 had been captured. Germany’s forces, on the other hand…” Dani took down notes as her European History teacher continued lecturing up front. They had started tackling on Russian history this week, which felt just the slightest bit funny. Had an unforgettable chapter in her life not been in Russia a few months ago, this would be another boring lesson for her to sit through.

They then hunched over the chest while Ruslan magnifying the writing on the surface. "Well, yeah," said the boy after a while, "but I tell you it is not Russian." "I guess you're right. They do look like Russian at first glance though," Cassandra said. "Wow, now we have a secret language to decipher!" Ruslan gasped in excitement. "Yes, possibly," Cassandra added with a nod. "Or it could be Greek or Runic alphabets?" "Runic?" "It's a writing system from the Viking Age," Ruslan told her. "I remember reading about it. Back in medieval times, some of the Vikings settled in Russia. They called themselves the Rus. That's how we became known as Russians."

Damon’s reply was curt. “Yeah, I know most of you guys back then knew about it,” he said, eyes fixed on the floor as he absentmindedly rubbed the back of his neck. “What I'm trying to say is that Russia has not always been as big as it is now.” “Around the ninth to thirteenth century if I'm not mistaken,” he switched gaze to the chess that was a few inches away from him, and he grabbed one, rolling it between his fingers. “Russia was once dominated upon.”