Read the full-text online article and more details about "How U.S. Aided Russia's Fall: Policy-Makers Reassess Blind Support for Reform, Tolerance for Corruption" by Sieff, Martin - The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 1, 1998...
Revered auteur Andrei Tarkovsky, often referred to as the most important filmmaker of Soviet era, went even further in his 1966 masterpiece ‘Andrei Rublev’. Set in mediaeval Russia, the drama focused on Russia’s most quintessential painter of icons, Andrei Rublev. Tarkovsky’s epic movie is ...
Do you think she did it for Joe? Would you dye your hair for a guy? I mean, we all know someone (or know of someone) who’s done this. Jessica Simpson reportedly went brunette to “feel smarter” when she was dating John Mayer. Would you change your hair color if the person you...
the Russian North, and Petrograd (as St Petersburg was then called). In the fall, at Moscow, the so-called Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR) missedthe last chanceto nip Soviet power in the bud, and hastily retreated
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They tried not to think of the infamous last stand at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, one of the coke plant’s major customers before the war, and the place where hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers died or were taken captive by Russia. But as the new year began, even the coke plant...
So how did these countries escape the grip of Hollywood? And how far has Russia traveled in this direction over the past year? Read more War, fatalism, even some heavy drinking: Here are the modern movies you should watch to understand the mysterious ‘Russian soul’ ...
We did have a squatter in our compartment who we had to help relocate, and attracted a bit of attention when we boarded, but it all settled down within an hour of departure. We learned that the prior day's train had been cancelled, which probably contributed to the crowds on our train...
Early cultures used meteorites to craft weapons and jewelry long before anyone knew how to extract iron from ore.
Borisov provides Igor with warmth and kindness in a world of chaos. I yearned to know more about the character. How did he get to be where he is? Did he need to escape Russia any way he could? It’s hard to like the other characters, and I wouldn’t say I enjoyed quite a few...