The Muscovy Company was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major chartered joint-stock company, the precursor of the type of business that would soon flourish in England an
Ivan IV of Russia Shows His Treasury to Jerome Horsey (Alexander Litovchenko, 1875)
Vladimir Kosov. 1553 expedition of Richard Chancellor
'The Old English Yard,' the house in Varvarka street, Moscow, where English ambassadors and merchants were allowed to reside
The White Sea is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola Peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the
Summer day on a beach near Severodvinsk, on the southeastern shore of the sea
Shore of Onega Bay on Kiy Island
Two satellite photos of the White Sea taken on 23 April 2000 (top) and 3 May 2001 (bottom)