The weather was so disgusting here no-one was going to go to the pub. Indeed I contemplated doing so because my daytime plans had been cancelled (lack of trains) but one look out of the window and I … (View Post)

You'll be pleased to know you won't be getting it at the weekend. (View Post)

What has happened is that the Rus were one people. When Kiev fell, Rus was splintered into different states, eventually much of it was centred on Vladimir-Suzdal and then Moscow. The west fell under … (View Post)

My theory is that roads which are named after their destination take the article, effectively "the road to Balls Pond". Streets don't normally go anywhere and are more purely intra-urban in… (View Post)

The Lebanon used to be common. We still use it for countries named after geographical features (the Congo, the Sudan). Kyiv is indeed Ukrainian and many of the locals have Ukrainian as a first langua… (View Post)