In the remaining days of 2024 I want to show you the festive Moscow. I’ve done it previously (Moscow Christmas Trees), and it’s always a good idea for a series of posts. In these photos is...
The Russian Society for Military History has carried out different educational and creative activities for the past ten years in the territory of Russia. It was founded in 2012 at the order of Preside...
This Monument to the Conquerors of Space is situated close to VDNKh metro station. I always enjoy its graceful silhouette on my way to and back from filming. The Ostankino TV tower always lurks in the...
Today marks the 100th birthday anniversary of my grandma Lidia Yefimovna Sokolik (nee Alekseeva). She was born near Dorogobuzh in Smolensk Region on October 1, 1924. Ten years later the family moved t...
Summer was extraordinary this year. It was scorching hot yet calm. I spent some days sleeping in the afternoon for it was absolutely impossible to do any work. And much work I did! Alas, I didn’t do a...
Yesterday, on March 22, more than 6000 people were under a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, a Moscow Region venue famous for tremendous concerts. By night, 40 people had been reported as killed a...
Following THE INTERVIEW of the century (Tucker Kalrson and Vladimir Putin), I want to point you to some posts on this blog that illustrate or analyze Russian history. Being an historian who spent 7 ye...
Three days or so before Christmas all markets and squares were like a great forest of fir-trees. And what fir-trees they were! Russia is very rich in them. The ones here are thin and brittle. The Russ...
Ivan Shmelyov (1873-1950) was a Russian writer and essayist who emigrated to France after the October Revolution. The Year of God (Лето Господне) is a book of his recollections of pre-revolutionary li...
Many of my friends with whom I exchanged the New Year and Christmas wishes expressed a special hope for Peace and Victory. Judging by dispatches from the Western media, the end of the Special Military...