Who did Russia fight in the Crimean War? Which event in Russian history is known as Bloody Sunday? What was another name for the Battle of Stalingrad? How did the Soviet win the Siege of Leningrad? What were the major Russian battles of WWI?
During the Battle of Stalingrad, Russian citizens struggled to survive. It is estimated at approximately forty thousand Russian civilians died during...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough ...
Instead of going to another big-name show at Webster Hall and having to pinch yourself mid-way through to confirm that you are not in fact dead, go see Amazing/Wow in a loft somewhere. They singlehandedly reminded me that sometimes all you need is a bit of melody and a whole lot of...
- Cried our lad, the morning dawning. Platform people tell our man: - Leningrad's this town's name. He again dozed off a little And anew looked out the window, Saw a great big station then, Got surprised, and asked again: - What is, now, this current station - Bologoye or Pe...
To the north and west from here is theformer Jewish ghetto. While the name "ghetto" may imply negative connotations, for centuries it was an ethnic district that had not been secluded from the rest of the city nor it was the only area where the local Jews lived (until the forced Na...
This is The Prophecy. The Prophecy is much more than seeing into the future. For The Prophecy sees without the limits of time. For The Prophecy sees what is, what was, and what always shall be.
Kronstadt was (and is) a naval fortress on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Traditionally, it has served as the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and to guard the approaches to the city of St. Petersburg (which during the first world war was re-named Petrograd, then later Leningrad, ...
Identity is the overarching topic connecting most of the texts written by Iurii Serebrianskii, one of the leading representatives of so-called “Young” Russophone literature in Kazakhstan. This paper analyses how the topic is presented and what concepts of identity are integrated in four of the...
LOMO (Russian: ЛОМО́) or Leningrad Optical & Mechanical Union (Ленинградскоеоптико-механическоеобъединение) was originally founded in the USSR in 1914 and is a manufacturer of advanced optical instruments, medical equipment, consumer ...
whose name was changed in 1914 to Petrograd so as not to sound too German (at the time, Russia was fighting the Kaiser in the First World War). In 1924 Petrograd became Leningrad, which then went back to being St. Petersburg again in 1991. Today many of the city’s inhabitants simply...