{"id":2662,"date":"2010-07-15T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went\/"},"modified":"2010-07-14T22:22:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T05:22:39","slug":"the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went\/","title":{"rendered":"The Russians are coming&#8230;  or maybe they already came and went"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Americans do Civil War and Revolutionary War re-enactments.&nbsp; The Russians go just a bit further back in time&#8230;&nbsp; about a millennium, in fact, when the Rus (what they were called then) were big noise in their immediate neighborhood, busy building the cultural foundation upon which Vlad the Impaler created his domestic and foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>These folks are obviously having lots of fun.&nbsp; I have to wonder if anyone snuck an AK-47 (another Russian invention) into their saddlebags.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\" src=\"http:\/\/englishrussia.com\/images\/back_to_ancient_rus\/1.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"583\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\" src=\"http:\/\/media.englishrussia.com\/back_to_ancient_rus\/2.jpg\" height=\"396\" width=\"595\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy the photos, there are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/englishrussia.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/14\/back-to-ancient-rus\/\">lots more, some fairly fun, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=7d34d668-0b0f-8687-abea-e53fd9101795\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2662\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2662\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2662\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/the-russians-are-coming-or-maybe-they-already-came-and-went\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans do Civil War and Revolutionary War re-enactments.&nbsp; The Russians go just a bit further back in time&#8230;&nbsp; about a millennium, in fact, when the Rus (what they were called then) were big noise in their immediate neighborhood, busy building the cultural foundation upon which Vlad the Impaler created his domestic and foreign policy. 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