bombships

Updated: May 31, 2025

Three thousand Russian families were sent to colonize Azof, which was guarded by some regiments of the Streltsui and by Cossacks and now there must be a navy. There must be nine ships of the line, and twenty frigates carrying fifty guns, and bombships, and fireships. That would require a great deal of money. It was then that the utility of the system of serfdom became apparent.

Mary Platt Parmele - A Short History of Russia