For most, the sosloviia (bestate/b) system prevented a lot of upward mobility because it reinforced class prejudice and therefore animostity from above and below. The most upwardly mobile position in Tsarist Russia was to be a son of a priest, b...../b?bHughesovka/b? ? exactly right. (Thanks Tim. Good tip, leading to a fascinating foray via Google. I love these stories.) His was the company behind the British navy's fleet of ?ironclads?. Yuzovka was a classic company town, ...
As a 1920s backpacker, during his college bvacations/b, without all the advantages of a silver spoon, he would work his passage on coal ships departing for foreign climbs from the then bustling Barry docks. ...
"Colin Thomas?s fascination with a Welsh town in the Ukraine inspired him to revisit the story. A Welsh town in the Ukraine? At first I thought the late Professor Gwyn Williams was joking.You see, he was telling me all about a town in ...
