Irving Berlin is a nugget from Mogilev who conquered America. Few people know that the author of the US anthem comes from a Jewish family in Belarus. His story was told by the Observer publication. Irving Berlin is an American composer of Russian origin who wrote more than 900 songs, 19 musicals and...
In California, a teacher was arrested for cutting off students' hair and singing a distorted national anthem. 52-year-old Margaret Gizzinger was arrested after police responded to reports that a teacher with scissors endangered students at the University Preparatory High School in Visalia. On…
Olga Skabeeva, the host of the Russian political talk show “60 Minutes”, which airs on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, tried to interview members of the Ukrainian PACE delegation, but in response she heard the Ukrainian anthem. Later, on Channel One, Skabeeva talked about what happened: “People were sweating...
An option is being considered in which athletes from Russia will compete under a neutral flag, but it is categorically rejected by Russian officials, writes Voice of America. The leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering possible sanctions against Russia for doping violations, including a ban...
Famous football player Colin Kaepernick defiantly did not stand during the playing of the US national anthem in protest against racism in the country. Fans of the San Francisco 49ers, for whom the quarterback plays, are actively burning T-shirts with his name on the back. According to the Voice of America,...
In Sevastopol, elevators appeared that do not carry passengers, but instead play the Russian anthem around the clock. They do not work because they are awaiting a prosecutor's check - earlier violations were revealed in the operation of elevators and the maintenance of elevator equipment. The hymn-singing elevators stand with open cabins on the first floors of buildings. How many non-working musical ones in Sevastopol ...
The organizers of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, twice confused the Russian anthem at the awards ceremony following the exercise with the hoop. Russian Margarita Mamun won the hoop exercise at the World Championship. The second was the Russian Alexandra Soldatova, the third - the Ukrainian Anna Rizatdinova. The organizers played the wrong melody twice, ...
The organizers of the World Wrestling Championship, held in Las Vegas, confused the Russian anthems during the awarding ceremony. According to the Russian Wrestling Federation, during the award ceremony of the Russian Greco-Roman wrestler Roman Vlasov, the anthem of Russia sounded, which was used from 1991 to 2000, ...
Today Ukraine celebrates the 24th anniversary of the declaration of its independence. In New York, the celebrations began with a race in Central Park: the choice of those who decided to join the race in embroidered shirts were offered three distances, from one to three kilometers. A prerequisite for the participants was ...
Lithuania will ask Taiwanese representatives to provide an explanation for the Soviet anthem played during the gold medal ceremony for the Lithuanian men's basketball team at the World Deaf Basketball Championship in Taiwan. “We are obliged to react and we will react...