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St. George killing the dragon

The coin shown above is a particular favourite of Curator & Collector, for it shows a magnificent moment of a myth that dates back most probably to prehistoric times. The motif of “St. George and the Dragon” is but one branch of a myth that was incarnated in Syria as Baal slaying Yam, and in Greece as Heracles killing the Hydra. The biblical writers could not escape the power of this myth, either, although they have “demythologized” it in the speeches of Job (who, unlike Yahweh, could not hope to lead Leviathan around by the nose).

This particular portrait is, of course, Benedetto Pistrucci’s engraving that adorns the reverse of a British Sovereign from 1911. This particular coin was made, in a twist of colonial history, in Ottawa, Canada, as evinced by the “C” mintmark just above the date (click the thumbnail for the full-sized image). Other sovereigns were made in mints in Australia, India, and South Africa.

It is a great tragedy that the country named for this eponymous Saint, namely, Georgia, has come under the shadow of a Russian invasion that has claimed lives and destroyed civilian buildings. Our hopes are with the people of Georgia, who this time are battling a dragon that is unlikely to lose.

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When you check out Russian girls online on Loversplanet.com, very soon you meet a Russian lady who you like well enough to want to get to know better on the telephone. A voice and its nuances tell you much more about your Russian girl than online winks and words.

Here are a few tips that will help you talk to a Russian lady safely, at low cost and in a way that wins her over completely.

Calling Your Russian GIrl : When Your Russian Girl Does not Have a Phone

• It is possible that if the Russian girl you are interacting with is from a small city, she may not have regular access to a phone. At Loversplanet.com we ensure that each Russian girl on the site has a phone number and an e-mail address, but this phone number may belong to a friend or a relative.

• This is because not everyone in Russia has a cell phone. You have to be patient and fix call times in advance to make sure your Russian girl is available on the number she has given you.

Calling Your Russian Girl : Make Inexpensive Phone Calls

• International phone calls to Russia, especially from the United States can become very expensive.

• If you are going to regularly call a Russian girl, it would be prudent to get a calling card to Russia, or investigate the option of talking on Skype.

Calling Your Russian Girl : Make Safe Phone Calls

• When calling the Russian girl of your dreams it is wise to remember that your own privacy comes first.

• Do not give out your phone number or any other personal information during the first phone calls.

Calling Your Russian Girl : Basic Russian Phrases on the Phone

• Your Russian girl may not be fluent in English, because English is not part of compulsory school learning. Here are a few basic Russian phrases you can learn to help you:

Hi - Privet [Preeh-veh-t]

How is it going? - Kak dela? [kak deh-lah]

My name is … - Menya zovut … [meh-nya zoh-voot]

What’s your name? - Kak tebya zovut? [kak tyeh-bya zoh-woot]

You’re (very) beautiful - Ti (ochen) krasivaya [tyh (ochen) krah-see-vah-ya]

I like you (very much) - Ti mne (ochen) nravishsya [tyh mneh (ochen) nrah-wee-sh-sya]

Please tell me more about yourself - Pozaluista rasskazi mne bolshe o sebe
[poh-zah-loo-stah ras-skah-zhee mneh oh syeh-beh]

Goodbye - Do svidaniya! [doh-swee-dah-nee-ya] literally: “until next date”

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The boundaries of all the Balkan and Caucasus states are ill defined, one blurs into the other, each contains people who feel themselves outsiders and oppressed. In some, like Estonia, “oppression” is merely that if you cannot speak the majority language, or a widely spoken international language such as English, you have poor job prospects. In others, oppression consists of robbery, rape, and murder. By and large the resentment is greater, and more likely to lead to bloody fratricidal violence, when it is merely a matter of not being able to get a job if people cannot understand what you are saying.

A lot of people that think themselves Ossetian and Russian live in Georgia. Most of them cannot speak Georgian. Imaginary repression resulted in bloody insurrection, which resulted in real and bloody repression. Russia intervened and seized what it now calls South Ossetia. It installed a police state there, which suggests that not all South Ossetians hate the Georgians more than the Russians.

Georgia proceeded to build up its military power, and had a stab at getting “South Ossetia” back. Russians then invaded Georgia a couple of days ago, to prevent Georgians from recovering “South Ossetia”.

So it is not necessarily serious. Both sides might well accept a return to the status quo ante, wherein “South Ossetia” remains a Russian police state. Georgians, however, are perfectly capable of making the status quo painfully expensive for Russia, and have been doing so, which might provoke Russia to eliminate Georgia - or Georgians.