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"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.

Japanese culture festival – what to expect on September 25?

08.09.2022

Japanese culture festival – what to expect on September 25?

On August 30, the "Japanese Cupboard" School Alternative Festival closed its call for applications. For 10 years, the event has been uniting in Volgograd all those who love reading manga, watching anime, skimming through the pages of Japanese chronicles and legends, but also – creating, making new friends, competing and winning!

Lady Godiva festival in Coventry

02.09.2022

Lady Godiva festival in Coventry

This weekend, the city of Coventry will be celebrating its annual festival dedicated to Lady Godiva – the city's medieval patroness. Her husband Earl Leofric made place for himself in the historic accounts by founding the Coventry Cathedral, thus turning the city into a center of culture and trade, and the Lady herself – by persuading her husband to abolish some heavy city taxes, which she did by winning a very peculiar bet…

Day of the State Flag of Russia

22.08.2022

Day of the State Flag of Russia

Today we celebrate the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation - and you will be surprised how long it accompanies our country!

Recommended reading about Hiroshima bombing

21.08.2022

Recommended reading about Hiroshima bombing

Today, our "Recommended reading and watching" section will be about the books and magazines displayed at "The Warning Bell of Hiroshima" exhibition, currently held on the top floor of the Gorky Library.

Tskhinval – home to one the first USSR rock bands

19.08.2022

Tskhinval – home to one the first USSR rock bands

It was in Tskhinval, the South Ossetian partner-city of Volgograd, that the "Bonvarnon" song and music ensemble was founded, the third one in the USSR to be promoted to the rock group status (the first one being the Georgian "Orer" and the second one – the Belarusian "Pesnyary").

Best Chinese Animated Movies

12.08.2022

Best Chinese Animated Movies

It's time for traditional Sunday recommendations! As always, they will be dedicated to the main topics of the week: our Chinese sister-cities.

Trademark landscapes of Yunnan province – rapeseed fields

10.08.2022

Trademark landscapes of Yunnan province – rapeseed fields

Yunnan Province, where our third Chinese sister-city Qujing lies, is often referred to as a "biological museum". The topographical and climatic differences between its different parts have made its territory a home to all natural areas at once, starting with the tropics and ending with permafrost.

Po sekretu vsemu vsetu, 1976

29.07.2022

Po sekretu vsemu vsetu, 1976

On July 30, we celebrate the International Day of Friendship, established by the UN General Assembly's resolution in 2011.

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