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Ambassador of the Soviet Union (1969)

12.03.2023

Ambassador of the Soviet Union (1969)

Today in our recommendations section we have a film with the main character heavily inspired by Alexandra Kollontai, the first female diplomat in the USSR.

Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

05.03.2023

Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

A few days before Women's Day, we felt the urge to mention one of the favorite childhood role models - Mary Poppins aka Lady Perfection.

Three beautiful films about delicious food

26.02.2023

Three beautiful films about delicious food

On the final day of Pancake Week, we thought it a good idea to talk about the films with a mouth-watering display of versatile food.

"Soldiers Are Not Born": the central part of the trilogy by Konstantin Simonov

19.02.2023

"Soldiers Are Not Born": the central part of the trilogy by Konstantin Simonov

This is the book into which an outstanding Soviet writer and poet Konstantin Simonov had literally poured his soul – as well as one half of his life. The characters of his epic trilogy "The Living and the Dead" are inspired by the living and breathing people whom he, a former war correspondent, met and thought along during the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War.

"War and Memory", written and compiled by Natalia Romanova

20.01.2023

"War and Memory", written and compiled by Natalia Romanova

Between the day when the Siege of Leningrad was breached and the day when the Battle of Stalingrad ended, we would like to dedicate a post to the book "War and Memory".

"Women of India. Traditions and Modern Times", by Evgenia Yurlova

25.12.2022

"Women of India. Traditions and Modern Times", by Evgenia Yurlova

"This country is living in several centuries at once," said M. Venkatachalaya, ex-Head of the Supreme Court of India, in 2013, and this quote could become an epigraph to our today's book.

Four movies where the top star is our partner-city Vitebsk

17.12.2022

Four movies where the top star is our partner-city Vitebsk

On December 17, we celebrate the Day of Belarus cinema! On such an occasion, we would like to share with you a selection of movies united by the town where they take place – which is our partner-city of Vitebsk.

"Learning the language of international political documents: the UN Charter", Natalia Rodoman

04.12.2022

"Learning the language of international political documents: the UN Charter", Natalia Rodoman

Today our column features a reading material meant for educational rather than entertaining purposes and highly recommended to those who:

- want to understand and interpret UN resolutions without the help of Internet publics and translation services,

- write and translate socio-political documents at work.

"How much does the life of an ambassador cost in TNT equivalent?", Vasily Kolotusha

01.12.2022

"How much does the life of an ambassador cost in TNT equivalent?", Vasily Kolotusha

Today, we are bringing you a set of memoirs by Mr. Vasily Kolotushi, a Soviet and Russian diplomat who represented the USSR in Lebanon during one of the most tragic and dangerous periods of its history: the end of the 1980s. The country was being torn apart by a bloody internal conflict further aggravated by foreign intervention. Shootings, shelling and terrorist attacks had become a regular occurrence for the Lebanese.

"When There is No Wisdom in Silence" ("Yazyk moi – drug moi"), Viktor Sukhodrev

20.11.2022

"When There is No Wisdom in Silence" ("Yazyk moi – drug moi"), Viktor Sukhodrev

Today, our recommended reading is a book of memoirs by Mr. Viktor Sukhodrev, a man who had spent almost forty years of his life working as a personal translator for such prominent political figures of the USSR as Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Anastas Mikoyan, Alexei Kosygin, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

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