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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Lions of Solomon
The photograph below is a caption of a Finnish newspaper article published in 1935, at the time of the crisis which preceded the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. The translation of the headline is: “Finns tend to get involved everywhere: a hundred … Continue reading
Warsaw’s Forgotten Ghosts
Exactly 180 years ago, on September 7th, 1831, the conflict between the Russian Empire and the Congress Kingdom of Poland had reached its climax. After nine long months of hostilities, triggered by the Polish November Rising of 1830, the Russian … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 19th century, Finland, Finnish Guard, military history, November Rising, Poland, Polish-Russian War 1831, War
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