RUSSIA FOREIGN MINISTRY AND THE STATE DUMA DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR by S. I. Chernyavskiy

“…MPs to the best of their ability and within the limits of the emperor’s powers sought to modernize the outdated system of monarchical rule. …”
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De fil palatial en aiguille patrimoniale. La soierie du cabinet de repos du petit appartement de Napoléon Ier à Versailles. by Laureen Gressé-Denois

“…To illustrate this rich future, this article looks at five aspects of agency through the biography of the colourfully embroidered gros de Tours white brocaded silk from the resting room in the emperor’s private apartments. From its creation as part of Napoleon’s recovery plan, and its replacement after 1815 for reasons of economy, to its ornamentation, which conveys a symbolic message, the history of the silks was initially shaped by economic and political intentions. …”
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Joseph II’s Reforms of the Piarist Order with Particular Regard to the Hungarian Province by János Balla

“…Paradoxically, this relationship of trust almost led to the dissolution of the Order in the Josephine decade, when the Emperor sought to exploit the Piarists by dissolving the Order and employing its members in the state. …”
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Unsuccessful Peace-making: the Mission of Francesco da Collo and Antonio de Conti to Moscow (1518-1519) by O. F. Kudriavtsev

“…This article explores the peace mission of Francesco da Collo and Antonio de Conti, envoys of Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire, to Grand Prince Vasily III of Moscow in 1518–1519. …”
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Memory of Persian campaign of Peter the Great in modern Iran by M. A. Podrezov

“…Such “oblivion” of the main event in Peter’s of the first Russian emperor related to Iran does not stem from the degree of attention to his personality in Iran. …”
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871 – 1918 by Arzu Melek Ozgumus

“…Hoyer portraits Wilhelm II as a young, ambitious, brave and visionary Emperor, unlike his grandfather’s, more modest and humbler demeanor. …”
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The impact of the technical characteristics of motor vehicles on the efficiency of the company by O.V. Garmash, S.V. Bogdanovich, G.V. Muratbekova, L.M. Malikova

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Functional morphology of digestive organs of newborn calves and pathogenesis of escherichiosis by S. M. Suleymanov

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Informatization of construction production organization and operational management by V. V. Sokolnikov, M. V. Molodtsov

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NGUYEN DU’S PERCEPTION ABOUT CHINA UNDER THE QING DYNASTY THROUGH BAC HANH TAP LUC by Lê Quang Trường

“…His “trivial notes” revealed his complicated thinking and feelings about the Chinese landscape, people and culture under the rule of the Jiaqing emperor. This article analyzes Nguyen Du’s rational and emotional perceptions of China, especially Chinese culture as implied in “Bac hanh tap luc”, to better understand a case of direct interaction of a Vietnamese Confucian scholar with imperial China.…”
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A brief history of formation of the kalmyk collection in the oriental section of the saint petersburg university scientific library by Vladimir L. Uspensky

“…Vasiliev belonged to the seventeenth son of the Kangxi Emperor (reigned 1661–1722) Yunli (1697–1738) and are mostly unique or very rare. …”
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IN THE WAKE OF PUGACHEV’S REBELLION: EXPERIENCE IN ORAL HISTORY by N. V. Shevtsov

“…From the beginning, the uprising was of antimonarchic, not noble character, although its leader, and posed as a resurrected Emperor Peter III. During two years since 1773 the rebels were holding at bay the entire Russian Empire, becoming a real threat to the power of Catherine II. …”
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Blood transcriptome resources of chinstrap () and gentoo () penguins from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica by Bo-Mi Kim, Jihye Jeong, Euna Jo, Do-Hwan Ahn, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jae-Sung Rhee, Hyun Park

“…Ortholog comparisons with previously published transcriptomes from the Adélie (P. adeliae) and emperor (Aptenodytes forsteri) penguins revealed that a high proportion of the four penguins’ transcriptomes had significant sequence homology. …”
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Russia of PeterI: Gaining Great Power Status by P. A. Krotov

“…The tsar gradually prepared the conditions for the proclama- tion of Russia as an empire and himself as an emperor. Arguably, the recognition of the title by the European states cannot be the main criterion for determining the time of Russia's transformation into a great power because recognizing the imperial title dragged on for sev- eral decades. …”
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Provincial Administration and Local Nobility in Courland in the Middle of the 19th Century by N. A. Mogilevskii

“…Suvorov, Interior Minister S.S. Lanskoy and Emperor Alexander II himself were involved in the clash. …”
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Study of stress-strain state of wheelset of freight car during braking by А. А. Krutko, D. A. Sedykh, А. А. Vorobev, A. R. Putintseva, Yu. O. Filippov

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“The Founder and Father of his Empire”: Voltaire on the Peace of Nystad and the Imperial Status of Russia by S. A. Mezin

“…This point of view is shared by many contemporary historians. Peter I’s declaring Emperor was the direct consequence of victorious end of the Northern War. …”
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"Russiana gloriatur ecclesia" and the issue of St. Bruno's of Querfurt missions by Marius Ščavinskas

“…The greatest attention is focused on the letter to the king of Germany Henry II (the future emperor), written by St. Bruno himself and to the insert, written by Peter Damian, describing the martyrdom of St. …”
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An outline of typology of social relations in the countries of Byzantine civilization in the VII-XIV Centuries by Nerijus Babinskas

“…The ruler of Russia was even more autocratic than the Byzantine emperor. The countries of Southeastern Europe adopted the political as well as the sociocultural structure of the Byzantine Empire: the state was centralized, the church was subordinated to the state, the aristocracy did not rely on private property but on state distribution or redistribution, etc. …”
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L’animal, l’humain et la sextualité fabuleuse: la chasse à la narration transculturelle et zoopoétique dans 'L’acrobatie aérienne de Confucius' de Dai Sijie by Shuangyi Li

“…This article examines the novel L’acrobatie aérienne de Confucius (2009) by the francophone Chinese writer Dai Sijie, which is claimed to be based on sexual anecdotes about the historical Emperor Zhengde of the Ming dynasty. From the audacious novelistic theme to the heterogeneous narrative style and Rabelaisian carnivalesque humour, L’acrobatie represents Dai’s most experimental work to date. …”
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