Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Gavrila Derzhavin
Born: July 14, 1743
Died: July 20, 1816 (aged 73)
Bio: Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman.