Tag Archives | World War II

Day of Russian Guards Regiments/День российской гвардии: Boyhood Games to Military Might

By on 02/09/2010

In the Putin era, the Guards are brought out of retirement, dusted off, and put to work again for the greater glory of Russia’s new empire: along with double-headed eagles, the Orthodox Church, money, and good old Russian excess.

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Day of Remembrance and Mourning /День памяти и скорби: What on Earth Was Hitler Thinking Of?

By on 22/06/2010

Amongst modern historians, there are two schools of thought on this “it was a complete surprise, we had absolutely no idea they were coming” theory about the Nazi invasion of Russia on June 22, 1941.

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The Day of Victory /День Победы: “In defeat, unbeatable: in victory, unbearable”

By on 09/05/2010

World War II, or “The Great Patriotic War:” a conflict primarily fought in the Eastern European theater of war: starring the Russians as the Good Guys and featuring the Nazis as the Bad Guys.

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Radio Day / День радио: Does NPR Listen In On Me?

By on 07/05/2010

Does Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal listen in on my SKYPE fights with HRH? What if “This American Life’s” Ira Glass has heard me curse when I cut my thumb chopping onions?

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A Hymn to Him

By on 24/02/2010

HRH and Dedushka won’t be emptying anything except a bottle of premium whiskey this week as we women convey our warmest and kindest feelings

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Facelift for Red Square

By on 18/02/2010

I must confess I never in my wildest dreams imagined life sized billboards of Stalin up in Red Square.

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