The noble struggle of 1812 has lessons for us today

June 28 2012

Niyaz Karim

If you walk past the Russian embassy in Bayswater Road, London, you can see the sculpture of an eagle on a double column at Orme Square. Not everybody knows that it is a memorial to the Russo-British efforts in the war against Napoleon.

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