Siege of Leningrad survivor Rita Davidova shares her story
I recently met Russian Holocaust survivor Rita Davidova at a pre-High Holiday dinner in Aventura organized by Moran Alfasi, ...
How a band of Russian botanists defended their plants from Hitler
One group of scientists risked everything to preserve their seed bank, as Simon Parkin writes in The Forbidden Garden of ...
'No happy paintings': Dozens of art works by Canadian war artist at Calgary exhibit
Averns said the second painting shows the mass graves commemorating the German siege of Leningrad, which lasted 900 days and ...
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Russia's new nuclear icebreaker Chukotka hits the seas
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced via video conference the launch of the nuclear icebreaker "Chukotka." "I allow you ...
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Putin remotely unveils nuclear icebreaker "Chukotka
The Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, announced via video conference the launch of the nuclear icebreaker "Chukotka." "I allow ...
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Nearly 80 years after World War II, their voices recall the struggle
Katie Sanders Their lives were intertwined by war, the siege of Leningrad, and 40 years as friends working in the same factory. But romance blossomed only after both became widowers. Valentina was ...
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Danish String Quartet Brings Adventure to Bailey Hall
The Danish String Quartet is not your stereotypical stodgy string quartet, an image that happily is fading from the classical ...