The famous city states of ancient Greece were filled with capable leaders, statesmen, generals, and heroes. Athens, one of the world’s oldest named and inhabited cities, became the leading city state in ancient Greece. And it could never have reached that position without great men at its helm. Alcibiades was one such man, a famous […]
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Saintly Leader, or Vengeful Opportunist? The Story of Vladimir the Great
October 28th, 2020 Awake Goy
Vladimir the Great(or Volodymyr) is a controversial figure. Commemorated as an exemplary leader, saint and statesman by some, the story of his life is also evidence of a vengeful, murderous and womanizing rapist who forced the pagan Slavs into Christianity. Today he is remembered for bringing Christianity to the Kyivan Rus’ (Kievan Rus’), the ancestors […]