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Early Soviet children's books made a major impact in UK. Brought to Britain and admired by Noel Carrington, Peggy Angus, Peral Binder and others, they inspired the creation of the Puffin Picture books in 1940. #WorldKidLitMonth

#OnThisDay in 1807 Alexander I and Napoleon made themselves comfortable on a raft and signed the Treaty of Tilsit - bitter British reaction being quite predictable

Ultimate guide to Russian characters in early XIX century British cartoons - from https://t.co/I06Gic8RRI

"This extraordinary Man never tastes either Wine or Spirits; takes but one Meal a day & every Morning plunges into an Ice Bath", a 1799 British print incredulously describes famed 🇷🇺 general Alexander Suvorov, born #OnThisDay 290 years ago (prints from @britishmuseum collection)

Litke's name was given to the UK-built ice-cutting ship "Earl Grey" upon purchase by Russia. It served for 50 years, became the first vessel to pass the complete Northern Sea Route, east to west, in one season, and fought in #WW2 https://t.co/ab5bUzSzhL

Glimpses of 🇷🇺 🇬🇧 #WW1 alliance for #ArmisticeDay: Anglo-Russian Hospital in Petrograd, Russian air cadets in Reading, RNAS Russian Armoured Car Division and British submarine flotilla in the Baltic

"I think I'm of so little interest to the English public that it doesn't matter at all if an English magazine publishes me or not" - Anton #Chekhov, who died #onthisday 115 years ago. Time proved that the great writer was wrong.