Russia pays tribute to soldiers who fought British colonial rule in South Africa
Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov has honored the volunteers who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War at a memorial event in ...
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Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93
Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, colorful compositions. Sofia Gubaidulina, 2021. She was part of a group of ...
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Russia gives tribute to fighters who battled British colonial regulation in S-Africa
The document, translated into Afrikaans, was a response to a proposal by Empress Maria Fyodorovna to provide humanitarian aid to Boer women and children through the Red Cross.
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The extraordinary life of Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, on the anniversary of her birth
‘It worked and they soon gave up. Thanks to her, the entire Cohen family survived the war.’ Inspired by her aunt, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, Princess Alice went on to set up her own nursing ...
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To whom did Esenin dedicate his famous poem – his mother or his grandmother?
These touching words, as is known, were addressed to his mother, Tatyana Fedorovna Yesenina [Tatyana Fyodorovna Yesenina]. But no one, ever, would tell Soviet children that the poet had held a grudge ...
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Southridge to showcase theatrical upgrades with ‘Anastasia’
‘Anastasia’ tells the story of Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna Romanov’s efforts to find her lost granddaughter. Meanwhile, two con artists attempt to pass off a street urchin named Anya as the royal ...
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The Last Birthday
A large family gather to celebrate a birthday. It would seem like a great reason to get together. But the family is just a project of one of the "brothers" — an experienced psychologist who is ...