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January 27th, 1944 And in the starless January night, Itself amazed at its unprecedented destiny, Delivered from Death’s abyss, Leningrad toasts itself. 1944 -Anna Akhmatova (Translated by me) … more →

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Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery

Zach Tracer wrote 3 days ago: Looking in from the entrance to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery. The Second World War—and in Lening … more →

Tags: Russia, slideshow, Memorial, siege, History, Red Army, World War II, Soviet Union, Blockade

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A visit to the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad — 1 comment

Zach Tracer wrote 1 week ago: Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Entirely by accident, I visited the Monument to the He … more →

Tags: Russia, slideshow, barbarossa, Hitler, Monument to the heroic defenders of leningrad, Nazi, siege, Soviet Union, USSR

City of Thieves by David Benioff — 12 comments

Lisa wrote 1 week ago: The author of City of Thieves, David Benioff, is a rather well-known screenwriter, having written th … more →

Tags: Fiction: Historical, Fiction General, Fiction: thriller, Entries by Lisa, Special Features, World War 2, siege, a dozen eggs, knife-fighter

Books I recommend (an ongoing series) - Poems of Akhmatova — 1 comment

robertropars wrote 2 weeks ago: Poems of Akhmatova I just finished reading “Poems of Akhmatova,” an amazing poetry colle … more →

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An amazing woman

Kate wrote 2 weeks ago: She was sitting on the other side of her doorway, listening as I knocked and asked, “May we c … more →

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K.U.'s Grandfather Survived "Golodomor" Hunger

kazaknomad wrote 4 weeks ago: I would like to write a life – story about my grandfather. He was 44 when he died, I think his life … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Moscow, Turkmenistan, golodomor, Kokchetav, komsomol, Zenith Military college, sevastopol

Jews, Revolution and Nazis

kosherhooks wrote 1 month ago: Jews, Revolution and Nazis (From Chapter 18, “Kosher Hooks” by S.I. Fishgal, http://stores.lulu.com/ … more →

Tags: Anti-Semitism, Bolshevik, Christian, Civil War, Denikin, einstein, Fermi, goebbels, Goering

Kirov's Apartment and the perils of Communism — 2 comments

Zach Tracer wrote 1 month ago: Sergei Kirov's desk. Sergei Kirov’s apartment now stands as a memorial to the slain Lening … more →

Tags: Russia, slideshow, Stalin, museum, History, Historiography, World War II, Sergei Kirov, communism

What Would You Do for a Dozen Eggs? David Benioff's "City of Thieves"

scmrak wrote 1 month ago: David Benioff: City of Thieves The Siege of Leningrad lasted 872 days, from just after Lev Ben … more →

Tags: Books, David Benioff, Fiction, Food, Lev Beniov, Reviews, World War 2, Book Review, St. Petersburg

The Moscow Diaries Available on Kindle

moscowdiaries wrote 1 month ago: If you’re one of the few, the proud, the geeky, you can now download my book, “The Mosco … more →

Tags: General, Communist, Diaries, Methodist, missionary, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, St. Petersburg

Daniil Kharms and Stalin-era repression — 1 comment

Zach Tracer wrote 1 month ago: A small memorial plaque for Russian writer Daniil Kharms. The X in the Russian name of absurdist wri … more →

Tags: Russia, Soviet, Nazi, siege, Stalin, Kirov, museum, Museum of the Political History of Russia, Kharms

Geography Quiz — 1 comment

theadventuretravelcompany wrote 1 month ago: A few years ago I had a meeting at the Hilton. When the meeting was scheduled, I politely declined d … more →

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