The Russian Embassy to the U.S.A. sent greetings to America on its 250 th anniversary, on its Facebook page complete with pictures of Catherine the Great, Lincoln and Alexander II, and fraternization at the Elbe at the end of WWII. Diane Sare’s response thanking the Embassy was atop the Facebook responses.
“Since the birth of this nation on the 4th of July, 1776 Russia stood together being not only sympathetic to the Americans fighting for their freedom, but also instrumental in supporting former 13 colonies in the War for Independence against the British Empire, as Empress Catherine the Great categorically refused to observe the naval blockade and provide 20 thousand troops at London’s request.
“At another critical crossroads of the US history during the Civil War Russia resisted the British and French attempts to legitimize the Confederacy sending in 1863 two naval squadrons to American waters as a powerful deterrent to foreign meddling.
