A 1945 children's book, "Five Stamps", by the Soviet poet Vladimir Lifshits: a tale in verse about how a boy's father led his rifle battalion through five different countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland and Germany

It may be noted that in 1945 the expression "Russian soldier" was not yet taboo.

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

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A 1945 children's book, "Five Stamps", by the Soviet poet Vladimir Lifshits: a tale in verse about how a boy's father led his rifle battalion through five different countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland and Germany

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s