This is the result of the Byzantine culture, the orthodox church was established within the byzantine empire, they took upon the greek alphabet and it widely spread through their missionary works, many eastern European countries adopted the orthodox church and one of them happened to be russia
This plan is known as the Open Door Policy.
This idea was introduced by Secretary of State John Hays in 1899. The goal of this plan was to ensure that all nations had the ability to trade with China. Even though this plan referred to the ability of all nations to trade with China, the real reason behind its development was the fear of the US government being blocked out of trading with China by European countries.
No, he did not.
his wives were Caroline Harper Means and Martha Caroline Means, a cousin of his first wife. His wifes were one or six years younger than he was, so they could not possibly be his daughters.