04-18-2017, 07:50 AM
Hatch
The men who were born in a hollow tree
were the Kipchaks and they spilled outwards to
the river mouth and named it Azaq, meaning
lowlands. When Ottoman forces seized it
they spun the nomenclature, naming their
fortress Azov. Russians attacked without
success. Second time they had a navy,
which curtained the waters till starvation
gifted them their prize. In celebration
a warship was named Azov, but in just
four years it was gutted, torn clean open.
Since then the Russian fleet has contained craft
named Pamyat Azova, or Memory of
Azov. The second commemorative
namesake took Prince Nicholas on a grand
tour of Asia. In honour of this great voyage
Fabergé wrought a golden replica,
sailing on a bed of aquamarine.
He made an egg of jasper, laid it with
rubies and diamonds. The piece was
titled Memory of Azov; the model
ship was planted in the hollow centre.
The men who were born in a hollow tree
were the Kipchaks and they spilled outwards to
the river mouth and named it Azaq, meaning
lowlands. When Ottoman forces seized it
they spun the nomenclature, naming their
fortress Azov. Russians attacked without
success. Second time they had a navy,
which curtained the waters till starvation
gifted them their prize. In celebration
a warship was named Azov, but in just
four years it was gutted, torn clean open.
Since then the Russian fleet has contained craft
named Pamyat Azova, or Memory of
Azov. The second commemorative
namesake took Prince Nicholas on a grand
tour of Asia. In honour of this great voyage
Fabergé wrought a golden replica,
sailing on a bed of aquamarine.
He made an egg of jasper, laid it with
rubies and diamonds. The piece was
titled Memory of Azov; the model
ship was planted in the hollow centre.