My husband and I are centering our Christmas gifts around personas this year and I'm trying to put together a dream/wish list. We're relatively new to playing...
Greetings unto the list, I am looking for information on ushkuiniks. All I have been able to find on them is on Wikipedia and we all know what a reliable...
Greetings all. Can anyone help me with the historical aspects of oklads? I found some information through restorers on the dimensions which is a beginning. I...
Greetings all. I taught my class on the History and Development of Russian Icons at the Aethelmearc Academy a week ago. Those of you who were in the class will...
In doing some research I stumbled across a great book that is online in its complete form. MUSHROOMS RUSSIA AND HISTORY BY VALENTINA PAVLOVNA WASSON AND ...
Can someone who can read cyrillic please contact me off list at natalia1931@...? I need to have a quick phrase translated. Thank you! Natal'ia Diekova...
Many of these are very similar to designs I've found in pre-Christian Estonian silver and pewter work. Fascinating :D Now I feel far more justified in using...
These were wonderful..thank you so much for posting them. -- "As long as you're giving, you will be receiving." *- Deepak Chopra* [Non-text portions of this...
Hi everyone , I've decided I want to try a late period Russ or Polish gown. A fancy one for special occasions. Does anyone have pictures of some great ones..?...
Friends, While I still hope to eventually come up with the Slavic variant of "Mistress";, since my official SCA name is Italian, as citizens of Ragusa often...
Dear friends, It is with gratefulness and humility that I share with you all that I received my Writ for the Order of the Laurel and will sit Vigil on 10/30...
Calling "Ivan the Terrible" - can the list recommend someone who is expert in 1530s Rus military, who can talk in front of a crowd? if so email me please -...
Greetings Slavic Interest Group! The Fall issue of Slovo is now available at its usual location: http://slavic.freeservers.com Best Wishes, Paul (for SIG)...
I recently updated my site to include pictures from Georgia and Slovakia. I especially recommend those from a traditional village near Bardejov showing farm...
Hello! For those who attended/were interested in my Gerdany classes from either Slavic U or Pennsic, I have completed a large & image-heavy paper on making a...
Greetings, all. It's been a few years since we've had a Slavic Interest Group book dive, and a certain influential individual suggested we might want to get...
I am planning to travel to Russia in 2011 and I have done just enough research to know that it is complicated. I do not want to go with a tour group. I could...
Hello everyone! I've found Walraven van Nijmegen's name list at St. Gabriel's (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/walraven/lateczech/), but I'm wondering if there...
Sort of a weird question I suppose, but it seems I find the heart with the sort of lily looking center in all kinds of Russian art. I've seen it in belt...
I've posted so many pictures on my blog in the last three weeks. First of all, I included a video of the Torysa river in Presov flooding during the spring....
While the rest of you are off at Pennsic... I'm reviewing Croatian websites. http://www.praskocijeve-haramije.hr/index_en.html (I don't think much of the...
Thought I'd share a link. Overview Here: *http://www.kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/Long/texter/cosmas/*<http://www.kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/short/> This is the "Cosmas"...
For those of you in Calontir [or, perhaps, neighboring kingdoms]: Our humble Canton of Axed Root (mundanely Ames, Iowa) is hosting the kingdom's fall A&S...
Hello, Everyone! I have recently updated my website to include: *A video of my favorite church in T'bilisi *The town of Bardejov, Slovakia including a...
... excavated in Croatia. http://www.mdc.hr/split-arheoloski/eng/FS-starohrvatska.html (I was clearing out some bookmarks and found this.) Far too early in...
