In March, Russian sociologists conducted another survey on the attitude of Russians towards the personality of Joseph Stalin. The level of approval of Stalin and justification of repression reached a historical maximum for the entire period of research. The role of Stalin in history is positively assessed by 70% of Russians, according to a survey by the Levada Center, writes RBC. ...
Representatives of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia criticized the American supermarket chain Walmart for selling clothes bearing the symbols of the USSR. The Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States Rolandas Krishiunas addressed the Walmart management with a letter demanding that such clothes be removed from sale, Deutsche Welle reports with reference to AP. ...
Russian photographer Lara Vychuzhanina decided to transfer the well-known couple of Barbie and Ken to the life of the USSR. Lara recreated scenes from a Soviet communal apartment, and the dolls became the main characters. Surprisingly, every little detail really looks like the one that was under the USSR. The photographer was able to ...
The prosecutor's office for the Southern District of New York has filed charges against 33 immigrants from the former USSR. According to the investigation, they acted as part of several organized crime groups in New York (mainly in the Russian-speaking area of Brighton Beach) and the states of Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Nevada (specifically in ...
Jack Barsky's story is unique. He was the first Soviet spy in America who refused to return, and at the same time managed to avoid both KGB retaliation and FBI arrest. After many years of living in the USA, he was finally discovered, but in the end...
Mikhail Turovsky lives with his wife in the Russian-speaking area of Brooklyn. His apartment looks more like a museum or library. Here are the owner’s books and the most precious thing for any artist - his paintings. “There are hands, there are eyes, the heart is beating. Even now I every...
Cedric Belfrage, a well-known Hollywood journalist and film critic in the thirties, was born in London in 1904 into a physicist's family and studied at the University of Cambridge, who left because of his hobby for theater and cinema. After working on critical reviews for the Daily and Sunday Express, Belfrage left for the United States. Following his passions, he ...
More than 50 Jewish veterans from New York who fought with the Soviet Red Army in World War II gathered in Times Square today to celebrate the Jewish Victory Day. The veterans were joined by local rabbis and leaders of the New York Jewish community. The celebrations were organized by the American Forum ...
Maya Plisetskaya, a former absolute prima ballerina (prima ballerina assoluta) of the Bolshoi Theater, passed away on Saturday at the age of 89. She first appeared from behind the Iron Curtain and entered the Western scene in 1959, and with her magnificence she hit New York then in a double ...