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Category: U.S.-Russian Relations

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Puritan Diplomat in Tsarist Russia (Part II)

February 9, 2012 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Building Commercial Relations with Russia When Francis Dana, America’s first diplomat assigned to Russia, arrived in St. Petersburg, he wrote…

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Puritan Diplomat in Tsarist Russia (Part I)

February 2, 2012 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

America’s first effort at formally initiating diplomatic relations with Tsarist Russia began during the War for Independence from Great Britain.…

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The Story of a Secret Rescue Mission

January 26, 2012 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

St. Petersburg During the Russian Civil War The calamities of the First World War with its massive loss of Russian…

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Surviving the Coup – Twenty Years Later

August 26, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

From all indications, the trip to the USSR was going to be a great experience.  Our delegation of fourteen faculty…

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Russia’s Historical Legacy: Top-Down Rule

July 27, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

I recently discovered a new author – that is, an author who is new to me, but who has been…

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John Steinbeck Goes to the USSR

July 13, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

At the peak of his career, having published three powerful novels in the 1930s – especially one of his best-known…

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America’s Mission in Russia

July 7, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Professor David S. Foglesong from Rutgers University has written a fascinating book, The American Mission and the “Evil Empire”: The…

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The Battle for Moscow

June 22, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Andrew Nagorski’s book, The Greatest Battle, is a fascinating study of how an epic World War Two struggle can get…

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Russia's Defeat of Napoleon

June 8, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

It is not very often that a historian writes a book to counter the “myths” created by a novelist.  Dominic…

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Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir V. Putin

June 1, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

I enjoy reading the memoirs and biographies of government leaders, especially of American Presidents and Secretaries of State.  With my…

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Reflections on Russia

  • Russia’s Post-Communist Development
  • U.S.-Russian Relations
  • Russia’s Pre-1991 History
  • Russian Culture and Values
  • Religious Life in Russia
  • Russian Literature

Reflections on Shalom

  • Old Testament Foundations
  • Jesus’ Palestinian Context
  • Jesus’ Birth & Youth
  • Jesus in Action
  • Jesus’ Teachings
  • Palm Sunday – Golgatha
  • Resurrection – Pentecost
  • Apostles’ Teachings on Shalom
  • Conclusion
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