... would like to analyse here took place in August - beginning of September 2002 in a Russian town of Kasimov located around 400 kilometres southeast of Moscow. Kasimov is a typical mid-Russian town with a population of around 38 000 people, which is situated in the picturesque surroundings and embraced by Oka river. In the summer of 2002 Kasimov was celebrating its 850th anniversary and according to the locals it was the grandest celebration the town has ever seen in the course of its long history. The town was founded in 1152 by the Moscow prince Yuri the Long handed to protect the borders of the Russian capital from the invasions of Mongol-Tatars from the south. Although Kasimov has never witnessed a war on its grounds, it has been under the rule of both Russians and Tatars and thus has acquired influence from both cultures. In the history books the ...

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