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Apartment №
2.11
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4
Star apartment in Sevastopol Ukraine.
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Situated at the centre of Sevastopol.
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2 persons accommodation.
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2nd
Floor
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2 Rooms apartment.
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1 Bedroom with double bed.
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Living with sofa corner, color TV set national and int., telephone, air-conditioning, central heating,
large sunny closed balcony with seats.
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Kitchen (New 2008) with all modern conveniences,
freezer/refrigerator, oven.
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1 Bathroom (new 2008) with bath/shower.
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Separate
toilet.
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Clean warm water supply 24/7.
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Nice
to know: "Olga, Russian princess"
Ruler
Of Russia from 954 to 969 Behind every great man stands a woman," goes
the saying. In a real sense that was true of the Russian prince
Vladimir. Credited with Christianizing Russia, Vladimir was following in
the steps of his grandmother, Princess Olga of Kiev, who attempted the
task earlier and can be given partial credit for preventing Russia from
turning Islamic. Olga became regent for her son Svyatoslav in 954 upon
the assassination of her husband, Igor I, Prince of Kiev. His costly
wars had brought Russia to ruin. She immediately executed his murderers
and ruled for the next twenty years, implementing fiscal and other
reforms throughout the principality. Possibly already a convert to
Christianity, she visited Constantinople and in 957 was baptized there.
She returned to Russia with a Christ-like hunger for souls and attempted
to lead her people to Orthodoxy. At the same time, she sent envoys to
Rome, requesting teachers be sent to train her people in the faith. Led
by her son, Svyatoslav, the pagan nobles resisted Christ and her efforts
failed. Svyatoslav himself almost converted to Islam. Byzantium
diplomacy averted that danger. No doubt Olga's influence had a hand.
Certainly she had created a political faction which was interested in
seeing Russia Christianized. Olga died in 969. Her pagan son gave her a
Christian burial. She is recognized as a saint in both the Catholic and
Orthodox branches of the church. Her feast day is July 11th. Her
grandson Vladimir began as a cruel playboy. He was, however, wise enough
to recognize that a common faith could give his country unity. According
to legend, he sent messengers to investigate the three great faiths of
the Mid East: Islam, Judaism, and the Roman and Orthodox branches of
Christianity. The epicure in Vladimir thought Judaism and Islam, with
their dietary restrictions, undesirable. He found Roman Catholicism "too
simple." But his messengers sold him with their report of the ritual
they witnessed in Byzantium. Speaking of the worship they saw in the
Hagia Sophia they said, "We did not know whether we were in heaven or on
earth. It would be impossible to find on earth any splendour greater
than this...Never shall we be able to forget so great a beauty."
Vladimir embraced Orthodoxy and wed Anna, sister of a Byzantine emperor.
After his marriage and conversion he is reported to have changed
direction, to have put away former wives and to have become kinder. At
any rate, the Christianity Olga had tried to transplant to Russia now
took root. Vladimir's subjects did not balk as had hers. In time the
whole North-eastern Europe and North Asia was Christianized. One man's
personal tastes and political cunning had added a precious jewel to the
kingdom of Christ. Russian orthodoxy came to rival the Greek in its
extent, prestige and arts. |
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