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11. Letters from the Front

The packet of 11 letters and 12 postcards reached me from Kharkov, through a combination of fate, serendipity and sheer luck. They were written by my father, Alexander Suchovy, from the front during World War II, and were addressed to his first wife, Varvara, and their son Vasily.

Tags: ukraine, kharkov, soldiers, world war ii
12. Centenarian Ship Weathers Every Storm

One of the world's largest and most famous sailing training ships celebrates 100 years in the water.

Tags: ships, Kaliningrad, kronstadt, anniversaries, world war ii, sailing
13. Lesser-Known Art of the Siege of Leningrad On Display

Some little-known art from a civilian eyewitness to the Siege of Leningrad is public both at one of the blockade museums in St. Petersburg and in a new book.

Tags: world war ii, yelena marttila, leningrad, siege of leningrad
14. The Zoo Animals Who Outlasted the Hermitage Cats

The Leningrad Zoo kept its animals alive during the siege – the 77th anniversary of which was commemorated this week.

Tags: world war ii, hermitage cats, leningrad zoo, siege of leningrad, leningrad, siege
15. Putting the "Fun" in "Prison Camp"

A Russian non-profit prepares to open a mock prison camp as a place to make fun memories with your family.

Tags: camps, NGOs, memory, world war ii, history
16. Alligator Tears

The Moscow Zoo laments the loss of an 84-year-old, WW2-veteran alligator.

Tags: history, Victory Day, zoo, Moscow, animals, world war ii
17. "Victory Day" Sung from Balconies

Despite a quarantine, Russians still managed to join together to celebrate Victory Day (from their balconies).

Tags: Moscow, world war ii, coronavirus, Victory Day
18. Well, Well, Well...

A Siberian village names a well after a Soviet hero.

Tags: monuments, Siberia, world war ii, history, Victory Day
19. An Understandable Mistake?

A grassroots campaign to remember the WWII fallen goes south.

Tags: Internet, history, world war ii, Victory Day
20. In the Trenches of Stalingrad

On the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, we offer two excerpts from a new translation of Viktor Nekrasov’s In the Trenches of Stalingrad.

Tags: fiction, Nekrasov, Stalingrad, world war ii, War

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