Sunday, April 19, 2015

Dmitry Kabalevsky

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Well Dr. Denner, you asked and here it is! Kabalevsky (1904-1987) was a prominent Soviet composer. He was on faculty at the Moscow Conser...
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Friday, April 17, 2015

*repost* The Battle of Stalingrad

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By far the most pivotal and important battle of WW2 was the battle of Stalingrad. Here, the Soviet forces held off and eventually defeated t...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Putin answers all life's questions

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Recently on April 16 th Putin answered questions live on a four hour live television show. This allows the President to portray himself as...

Russian Voting

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         So get this. According to various sources, there isn't a great disparity in voting by income in Russia. Whaaaaa? That doesn...

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Caucasian Shepherd Also known as Caucasian Ovcharka, this dog is native and popular in Russia. Caucasian shepherd dogs are strongly-...

Russian Economy

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We all know the monetary system in Russian has bottomed out. Their ruble is worth a fraction of what it once was, and it doesn't seem to...

Russian Ballerinas

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Russian ballet is probably the place to be for ballet. In almost no country, there are more theatres, ballet academies and more talent...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Red October

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The Hunt for Red October  is a 1984 novel written by the late Tom Clancy, a famed author specializing in realistic military fiction. The rea...

Unit 9: Kozinaki

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Ingredients: 1 pound total of shelled sunflower seeds, shelled walnuts, shelled almonds or shelled peanuts, all together or singularl...

Kazimir Malevich's Suprematism

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Suprematism is an art movement and style that was founded by the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich in 1913. The basis behind this particular s...