Articles is the long-read section of MediaArhiv: essays, notes and features about the archive's books, their authors and the century-old world they describe — plus history, culture and travel in general.
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The Crimean War Through Eyewitnesses' Eyes: Five Rare Books
Five rare books about the Crimean War by its participants and contemporaries: campaign history, Simpson's lithographs, officers' letters, Nightingale. Read online at MediaArhiv.
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Florence Nightingale, the 'Angel of the Crimea': How One Woman Changed Military Medicine
How Florence Nightingale cut the death rate at Scutari from 40% to 2% and founded modern nursing — two rare books about her era, free to read at MediaArhiv.
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The 'Potemkin Villages': Catherine II's Journey to Crimea, 1787
Catherine the Great's 1787 journey to Crimea and the truth behind the 'Potemkin village' legend — a rare reconstruction from contemporary sources on MediaArhiv.
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MediaArhiv Opens — A New Online Archive of Historical Books
MediaArhiv opens — a new free online archive of historical books from the late 19th and early 20th century. Read page by page in your browser.
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