Since man had the capability to harness fire and chisel rock, we have had a thirst and want to wage war. War is among the most ancient and storied of human practices, and as a result there is an emotional undercurrent stronger than that of many of today’s religious practices. This emotional undercurrent is such that … Continue reading “…There is no Fear in Love…” →
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is a Russian legend that encompasses the devotional life of wartime Russia. She was a partisan teenager, who was tortured and hanged by the Germans. Throughout all the torture she endured, she remained silent and revealed no information about the Russian army. As she stood upon the gallows she shouted to the onlooking […]
In Russia, World War II was known as the Great Patriotic War. Their war compared to the United States’ war or Britain’s war was vastly different. Rather than waging a war against evil or German domination, the Russian people waged a war for survival. On the Eastern front, the Soviet and Nazi armies fought on urban […]
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is a Russian legend that encompasses the devotional life of wartime Russia. She was a partisan teenager, who was tortured and hanged by the Germans. Throughout all the torture she endured, she remained silent and revealed no information about the Russian army. As she stood upon the gallows she shouted to the onlooking […]
In Russia, World War II was known as the Great Patriotic War. Their war compared to the United States’ war or Britain’s war was vastly different. Rather than waging a war against evil or German domination, the Russian people waged a war for survival. On the Eastern front, the Soviet and Nazi armies fought on urban […]
World War Two was a tall task for the Soviets to overcome. After years of domestic turmoil with cultural, political, and economic change, the “New Russia” was put to test. This war (and Russia’s subsequent victory) meant a lot to…
World War Two was a tall task for the Soviets to overcome. After years of domestic turmoil with cultural, political, and economic change, the “New Russia” was put to test. This war (and Russia’s subsequent victory) meant a lot to…
The Great Patriotic War victory is one that is constantly on display in Moscow and other Russian cities. Between the many memorial park installations, the main museum in Moscow, and the newest war monument in St. Petersburg, people can feel a sense of Russian pride from the victory throughout the vast country. This Russian pride […]
The Great Patriotic War victory is one that is constantly on display in Moscow and other Russian cities. Between the many memorial park installations, the main museum in Moscow, and the newest war monument in St. Petersburg, people can feel a sense of Russian pride from the victory throughout the vast country. This Russian pride […]
The second world war was one of the most defining if not the single most defining event for the Russian people perhaps of all time. The Soviet Union was brutally attacked after the formation of a non-aggression pact with their invaders, the Germans. Hitler’s campaign was one aimed at annihilation and extermination rather than at […]
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