Great Northern War Tsar Peter the Great's triumphal parade in the Kremlin, Great Northern War Какой то странный Кремль ... Может быть потому и не жалели пороху, рвали все и вся как следы другой цивилизации... French invasion of Russia Rost opchin had left a small detachment of police, whom he charged with burning the city to the ground. Houses were prepared with flammable materials. The city's fire-engines were disassembled. Fuses were left throughout the city to ignite the fires. Years later he claimed innocence against the charge of arson, and had a pamphlet printed and distributed in Paris proclaiming so in 1823, but subsequently admitted to his role in ordering the city's destruction. He was disgraced shortly after the Congress of Vienna, to which he had accompanied Tsar Alexander I. А кто нибудь знает что roast (англ.) - выжигать ??? Может быть кто нибудь слышал слово " Растопить " ? Случайно ли губернатор - поджигатель носил такую "фамилию" ? А БОРОД ино очень похоже на ward off (англ.) - отражать, отвращать warding off (англ.) - избегнуть