How the Romanovs brought Red Cross to Russia and revolutionized medical care

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is the today considered the most respected of international humanitarian organizations, in stark contrast to its founding in 1863; a new exhibition in Vienna covering its early – noble and gruesome – years in the Russian Empire shows. The brainchild of Swiss businessman and author Henry Dunant, […]

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