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“When I go, you must try to bury me beside him,” Nadezhda says. Marina nods. It would be pointless to argue that neither of them is going to die. Already they move through their days li…
The Soviet Union lasted nearly 70 years, so it’s no surprise it’s legacy lives on - often in some very peculiar (and sometimes unwanted) ways. Some Russians just can’t break certain habits. Below are six of them.
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Among the first villages settled on the Wiesenseite (meadow side) of the Volga River was Mariental. The name translates to "Mary's Valley." There were 20 German villages in Russia with the name Mariental listed in German-Russian Handbook: A Reference Book for Russian German and German Russian History and Culture, and this was the very first founded. Most sources agree that Mariental, a Roman Catholic colony, was founded on this day, 16 June 1766. Others indicate that may have been settled earlier, 29 June 1764. Plat map of Mariental as remembered from about 1941. Map courtesy of American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. A larger version is also available from Volga Germans Germans from Russia. Location of Mariental on Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Wolgagebiet (Map of German settlements in the Volga region, AHSGR map #6) Location of the Volga colony Mariental. Today it's known as Sovetskoye, Saratov, Russia. For more information, visit the following sites: Center for Volga German Studies - Mariental Volga German Institute - Mariental Volga Germans Germans from Russia - Mariental, Mariental plat map 2017 marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Mother colonies along the Volga River. There are many events throughout the year to commemorate the anniversary, and the Germans from Russia Settlement Locations project joins in the celebration of this rich Volga German heritage. The German immigrants that came to the Volga region were among first colonists to take up Catherine the Great on her manifesto. They came from Hesse, the Rhineland, the Palatinate and Württemberg. They are also among the most well researched and documented groups of German colonists in Russia. Thus far, the Volga Mother colonies settled between 1764 and 1767 are the only colonies that have precise dates they were settled. For more historical and current events related to Germans from Russia, see our calendar page or link to our public Google calendar. # # #
Knights, princesses and other magical creatures appear in the minds of Russians exactly like the interpretations of this extremely popular early 20th century artist.
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I was recently thinking about how I love to find out about, and dig up little-known books. I get a rush from it, sorta like I’m discovering a treasure; which they are; treasures of forgotten and/or…
Darrell Kastin, an American writer of Azorean heritage, launches his new novel, “The Conjurer and Other Azorean Tales”, in Angra do Heroísmo today. Kastin mother’s was originally from Faial Island and his father from Russia. The writer belongs to the generation of literary creators with Azorean heritage that are conquering...
This is a 25 multiple-choice question test on the novel The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. This test will not assess the ELA core standards, but it will tell you which of your students read and comprehended the book. This novel is full of adventure and teaches many jungle survival-skills. After read...
Your extensive library is all vanity: Henry James’s novel The Portrait of a Lady warns against associating our books with status and considering them a marker of “the supposed growth of our intellect advertised in terms of shelf space.” Do you collect books, or do you actually read them? What happened to midrange film dramas? Maybe they […]
