Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
History of VE-Day: End of WWII in Europe 81 Years Ago
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF VE-DAY ighty-one years ago today, World War II ended in Europe with the Allies accepting the unconditional surrender from Germany on VE-Day. Or did it? May 7, 1945, VE-Day Adolf Hitler had committed suicide in his Berlin bunker a week earlier on April 30, 1945, as I describe in my article on…
Read MoreHistory of The Nutcracker: the Ballet That’s a Christmas Tradition
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF THE NUTCRACKER: THE BALLET THAT’S A CHRISTMAS TRADITION n December 18, 1892, The Nutcracker premiered at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, a week before Christmas. How did a ballet that doesn’t mention the Nativity become a Christmas favorite?
Read MoreHistory of Ukraine: What You Want to Know, part 2
Reading Time: 6 minutesHISTORY OF UKRAINE: WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW, part 2 We have looked at the recent history of Ukraine in our first article; now we turn to these questions: What is the history of Ukraine over the last two centuries that got us here? What has been Ukraine’s relationship with other great powers…
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