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The formula Muscovy + Ukraine = Russia does not feature in the Russians’ own version of their history; but it is fundamental.

— Norman Davies Europe: A History (1996)

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For more than five hundred years the cardinal problem in defining Europe has centred on the inclusion or exclusion of Russia.

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The immediate future may be determined by a race between the United Kingdom and the EU over which beats the other to a major crisis.

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They wanted peace and they fought for thirty years to be sure of it. They did not learn then, and have not learned since, that war only breeds war.

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It is indeed the duty of historians to stress the contrast between the standards of the past and the standards of the present. Some fulfil that duty on purpose, others by accident.

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Arguably, the only fruit of the Crusades kept by the Christians was the apricot.

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