Hi Bronislav, Sorry I didn't tell you I wasn't going to make it today. Thing is I didn't read anymore about the Ottoman Empire, so didn't think I could contribute much to the discussion. What's the next meeting going to be about?

Hi Bronislav, We need code to use the entry phone.

I would like to join this group but I need to know, at least, the general area of LA where meetings usually take place. Can you tell me?

Slava, I am not back yet. I am just wondering *why* the topic was changed since we all agreed on it.

The book I was thinking about was Dominic Lieven's Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace. Lieven is a professor of Russian History at the London School of Economics.