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Men and women have always worn works of jewellery, believing in their ability to protect the wearers from the forces of evil. In Kievan Rus, gold symbolised the eternal light and divine wisdom. Silve...
From an early age, Peter the Great greatly admired Holland and did all he could to copy the Netherlands. He had a weakness for everything to do with this European nation and, consciously or not, tran...