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A tribute to Alexander Pushkin

On the 10th of February every year we pay tribute to Alexander Pushkin, for it was on that day in 1837 that the great Russian poet was fatally wounded in a duel. “The sun of Russian poetry has set,” said another poet of the time Vasily Zhukovsky. Pushkin was indeed the sun of Russian poetry. He injected life into Russian... →

Alexander Pushkin‘s legacy lives on
St. Petersburg commemorates 173 years since Pushkin’s death

One hundred thirty fifth birth anniversary of Winston Churchill

November 30th marks the 135th birth anniversary of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill.    Sir Winston Churchill stands out as a remarkable figure in contemporary history of Britain. A military man, a journalist and a writer, he stayed at the helm of the British government for nearly ten years during the Second World War... →

Czech WW2 veterans decorated in Prague
Jubilee medal angers Moldovan war veterans

Prayer on a starry night

(based on a story of the same name by Vladimir Korolenko) Vladimir Korolenko was born in 1853 to a family of a judge, in the Russian Empire, and died in 1921 in Soviet Russia. Ethnically semi-Ukrainian, semi-Pole, he invariably wrote his literary works in Russian. This is why Russians and Ukrainians regard Korolenko as their own writer. ... →

Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov

The name of Mikhail Kutuzov, an outstanding military leader of the 19th century, comes to mind every time we speak of the Napoleonic war of 1812 and the expulsion of the French army from Russia. Who knows what career he would have chosen if it had not been for his father, a military engineer. Influenced by his father, Mikhail Kutuzov preferred... →

Portraits of the Silver Age. The great Archdeacon of All Russia

In our series of portraits of the Silver Age today’s hero is, perhaps, the most unusual. A legend of a man. The only one who was granted in Russia the loftiest title – Great Archdeacon of All Russia. His name – Konstantin Rozov. Contemporaries wrote: “At the start of the 20th century there were four chief highlights in... →

RUSSIAN-POLISH CONFLICT 400 YEARS AGO REMEMBERED

In October of 1612 Russia's volunteer corps led by Prince Dmitri Pozharsky and a merchant Kuzma Minin dislodged the Polish invaders from Moscow, putting an end to the time of unrest. This victory was preceded by the following events. In the early 17th century public unrest began in Russia as a result of struggle for power and interference on... →

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