Berlin and the Slavic Empire

Berlin's never been ethnically German as such, says the author. The city was rebuilt and made strong by another iron-fisted ruler here: Friedrich Wilhelm. He nurtured this complex society tangled with contradictions uneasy with itself yet marked by pride at one stoic and hedonistic,. resilient and fragile, obedient yet rebellious.

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