Grand Re-Opening of the MUCHA Salon

The new picture of the Mucha’s series of the Slav Epic (all in all: twenty paintings, ten – on Czech subjects, ten – on broader Slavic themes, a free gift from Mucha to the newly independent Czech nation, on September 01, 1928) has arrived to our home. The picture’s name is “The Singing Teachers’ Choir…

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“It’s Unbelievable, a Beautiful Girl like You a Fighter Pilot”, P. 124 from the Book “Night Witches” by Bruce Myles (the Amazing Story of Russia’s Women Pilots in World War II) 1997, Academy Chicago Publishers.

It was said about Lily Litvak, the legendary woman fighter-pilot, known as the “Free Hunter” and the “White Rose of Stalingrad”, her photo is to the right. The cover of the book “Night Witches” by Bruce Myles on the photo is to the left. Three entire regiments of women fought in combat: 586-th  Fighter Regiment,…

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