{About the book “Marina Tsvetaeva” (The Woman, Her World, and Her Poetry) by Simon Karlinsky, Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature, Cambridge University Press, 2009}
Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941), Watch the video :Marina Tsvetaeva
Citing  from the above mentioned book: ” On November 25, 1917, Tsvetaeva went to Moscow to get her children. By the time she arrived the [...]

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First. The First All Provincial Get Together of the Russian Business and Cultural Centre of Alberta took place in Red Deer last Saturday. It gave a big impulse for the further development of the organization, as noted in his message Yulian Korataev.
Second. Air Canada introduces new Student passes available in packages of 6 one-way flight [...]

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For such a special occasion I have prepared to the golden couple Vadim-Natasha my peculiar gift: two dolls dressed up in those costumes which Natasha and Vadim wore 50 years ago. Look at the photo expose of that pair and here in the post.
1.Natasha, do you remember that day of the 17th of September of [...]

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Beautiful Mediterranean sunsets are unforgettable! It is a certain glow of it which makes remarkable, the pink-and-grey colors as if were dipping slowly into the aquamarine sea. The gigantic lush green palms, growing just close to the sandy shores, stand proudly for centuries there.
Thr noise of rolling waves brought up by the tides: we never [...]

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Aljoz  picked up the wonderful mushrooms growing near the house. Look at them, are they not beautiful?
Peter brought them home. Gennadiy and Janko helped me to make a nice mushroom cream soup. See the recipe #144 on page 61 of the book “A Firebird Cornucopia of Russian Delights (Russian Cookbook)”  by Valentina Filina-Pattison.
All of a [...]

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First my verse and a photo show about horses
“A Horse was born as an animal of Beauty,
Of brown brand with light colored mane,
With long, flowing tail. A trainer’s duty,                                                                                                                               
Is to cheer her up, challenging again and again”…
p.77 from “Sinning Genie” ( a Book of Poetry ) by Valentina Filina-Pattison.
To the right is the photo [...]

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Look at the photo of an old good water pump attracting attention of the whole Holla family. More than hundred years ago He was the only water supply source for the life. Janko is now pumping water for the household needs as it was done before by his great-and-grandparents and his own father Viktor. A [...]

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In Russia there are so many Memorial Hills dedicated to the honored people who had died during WWII sacrificing their own lives for the sake of peace of the next generations. Such as Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd, Piskarevo Cemetery in  Leningrad, the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Moscow etc.
And now, in the centre of [...]

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On the 15th of August, 2010 there were biennial festivities in the village of Male Levare celebrating the ancient anniversary of the foundation of the village. And as Professor Anton Guth put it in writing in his book “Levarky” on page 37: ” The first record of the existence of Male Levare was in May [...]

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We talked about wonder children. To-day’s my guests are Vadim and Natasha Kazmins residing in Calgary just for 5 years. To the left one can see a picture of them at the English class.
Natasha: In Ljvov such a wonder boy lives, Vanja Cherevko by name. By the way, he is my relative from my mother’s [...]

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