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’ ...
Regular readers of this blog will of course know the 1988 IBP 190ST as the first Atari ST clone (which aimed at bringing the ST architecture to the industrial world).Therefore, I was very excited when I was offered a 19″ Atari ST computer at the VCFB 2022 that I did not know anythi...
No one was thinking much then about the non-Russian nations. Americans said “Russia” for the USSR and “Russians” for Soviet citizens. I was little better, though I knew the geography from studying military sites and big factories. Half of the population of the Soviet Union was not...
Though I only visited the train’s dining car once, I did purchase the pack of shiny apples that evening, munching on what I figured was a true local delicacy. The next morning when unpacking, though, one lazily rolled across the table, revealing a surprise sticker reading “Product of ...
In big cities, people could do their laundry in self-service laundromats, while on rivers and ponds in small villages you can still come across wooden platforms where people would wash their clothes. If you have ever been to a Russian village, you probably noticed wooden planks on rivers and...
The website of Tsivilyov's administration makes no mention of the meeting, and his office did not respond to a request for comment. But an analysis by RFE/RL reveals that the confrontation took place at the training base of riot police units, whose officers wer...
that I did not think the word “collapse” was overly dramatic. This is because any shift in Chinese demand for iron ore will necessarily be a big shift in total demand. China consumes about 60% of global iron ore production, an extraordinarily high share probably unmatched in history except...
How Did Area 51 Get Its Name? The most popular theory is that it came from the old Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the post-World War II agency that operated the Nevada Test Site (NTS). That's where nuclear weapons were detonated in the days before treaties banned such tests. The NTS...
And ‘HOW did this Jesus, this CHRIST, come to our World, to our Human Race in order TO SAVE it from Divine condemnation and death?’ By being conceived in the womb of a WOMAN by the Divine Power of God the Holy Spirit. If St. John Chrysostom of the EASTERN Church and find it in...
the first big-budget film to see Moscow laid waste in this way: the Russian-producedDarkest Hourdid much the same in 2011, but had an American director and a multiplex-friendly anglophone cast.Attraction, however, is Russian through and through: a sign of confidence, perhaps, in both the ...