Monday, March 04, 2019
Adventures and Misadventures: My 24 Hours in Minsk
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Last Tuesday morning, after Natasha and I had fed the chickens ~ actually, Natasha did the work and I trotted along behind, navigating pil...
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Spotted in Canada: A Yuri Gagarin
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On this day in 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Still in his 20's, Gagarin (pronounced YOUR-ee Guh-GAR-in) shot up f...
Monday, February 02, 2015
McDonald's Celebrates 25 years in Russia
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McDonald's of Russia celebrated its 25th anniversary in recent days. Oh sure, we remember that red letter day in 1999 when the bigges...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Auschwitz: A Look at the Russian Exposition
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Soviet troops fought their way into Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. They first learned about the death camp weeks earlier when liberating K...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
The Resurrection of a Moscow Cathedral
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On a recent trip to Moscow, a visit to Cathedral of Christ the Savior topped my list of new experiences. Having stumbled across the drama...
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