Tag: russia
member name: Svetlana Goryacheva
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September 17, 2006 01:48 PM EDT --
Golden Fall has come to Moscow....
We also call this unique season of year "Babie leto" - our Russian analogue of "Indian summer." The days are sunny and relatively warm - like a last . . .
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April 27, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
Today, just two days after the former President Boris Yeltzin's funeral ceremony, my country lost two of its most beloved and remarkable citizens.
Kirill Lavrov was one of our most brilliant actors, . . .
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June 22, 2007 09:20 AM EDT --
On this day, June, 22, 1941, Hitler's troops intruded the Soviet territory and the war - which we call the Great Patriotic War - began. The war which took lives of more than 26 million of my fellow . . .
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March 31, 2007 01:39 PM EDT --
Yes, my dear friends, you’ve heard me right. :-) The more common name for the day in English is Palm Sunday, but, of course, there are no palms in my northern country at all – save maybe only . . .
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May 06, 2007 09:11 AM EDT --
Vladimir Vysotsky (1938 - 1980) - an actor, poet and singer ("bard", how we usually call it) who was - and is - immensely popular in my country. He was loved and listened to practically . . .
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July 20, 2007 09:53 AM EDT --
One of my dearest USfriends, Julie Livengood (http://julenka.gather.com/) - whom I call in Russian manner "Julenka" - is a librarian from Jamestown, New York, who loves and admires Russian . . .
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August 24, 2007 08:56 AM EDT --
Dear Gather friends -
Given below is an information I have got today from one of the Orthodox Yahoo! groups I belong to. To realize its full impact, please bear in mind that in my country . . .
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September 07, 2007 05:23 AM EDT --
(Just a little poem in prose I compiled today... ;-) )
I'm just a little Moscow sparrow -
so grey, and small, and plain,
so humble and so vulnerable,
unseen among grey . . .
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September 23, 2007 08:35 AM EDT --
My dear ones -
I've just got a note - to my great pleasure and delight - that one of my dearest Russian friends ever, Andrei Yashurin, has joined Gather!
http://yashurin.gather.com/ . . .
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July 03, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
There are in fact two Americas.
One of them I love from the very depth of my heart. It is kind and compassionate, open and generous, like a breath of fresh air. This is the country which gave shelter . . .
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September 30, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
One of my best efforts, IMO - enjoy! ;-)
Golden Fall has come to Moscow ....
We also call this unique season of year "Babie leto" - our Russian analogue of "Indian . . .
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April 16, 2008 05:34 PM EDT --
Dear all -
As you know, my main interest is religion & Biblical scholarship, nor politics, and I seldom, if ever, would allow myself to re-post here anything what wasn't originally written . . .
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August 13, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
Another one on the latest events...
… And so I’m sitting here,
Listening to “Ekho Moskvy” –
The only radio station
I can more or less trust –
Thinking about . . .
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October 12, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
Alexander Moiseevich Gorodnitsky (b. March 20 , 1933 in Leningrad ) is a well-known Russian bard and poet. Professionally, he is a geologist and oceanographer . . .
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November 03, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
The famous Russian-Jewish writer Sholom-Aleichem (1859 - 1916) once noticed (in "Stempenyu") that human heart in general, and especially Jewish heart is very much like a violin - . . .
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November 14, 2008 07:01 PM EST --
The following is my humble poetic attempt to render into English one of the most touching episodes from the first known literary masterpiece of ancient Russian literature, The Tale of Igor's Campaign. . . .
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January 01, 2007 08:52 AM EST --
The New Year holiday, as we now know it, was celebrated in Russia for the first time on January, 1st, 1700, and since that time it has become one of the most beloved and widely recognized holidays in my . . .
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July 07, 2007 08:18 AM EDT --
He was probably one of the most well-known - and most unusual - Orthodox priests in the whole Moscow. Vivacious, energetic, sometimes funny, but always shining with kindness and warmth. There were . . .
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May 10, 2008 03:01 AM EDT --
Dear all -
I've decided to re-post some of my earliest (and most interesting, IMHO) pieces for your kind attention. Please, feel free to read and comment - your opinion means . . .
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October 27, 2008 05:31 AM EDT --
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi ( Russian : Виктор Робертович Цой ) ( June 21 , 1962 – August 15 , 1990 ) was a famous Soviet . . .
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