Showing posts with label Moscow Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moscow Russia. Show all posts
Monday, August 24, 2020

Between the Clock and the Bed.

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Since the contested election in Belarus, I've been riveted, as perpetually fascinated by these European locales. In watching coverage...
Sunday, April 05, 2020

HISTORY: Yuri Slezkine's The House of Government and the making of the Soviet ruling class.

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It's been a year and a half since I read The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution , by Yuri Slezkine, described by its...
Wednesday, May 01, 2019

Our annual May Daze observance puts the workers back into Hauss Square -- I mean, no labor union donations for Gahan eh?

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This essay is reprinted or linked yearly, attesting to my eagerness to remind you that on May Day, while the Louisville area eschews pr...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

I suppose we'll have to settle for ... bottom left.

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Time does not fly when you're reading cornerstone-sized tomes, but in the middle of Week Seven, there's light at the end of a hum...
Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Our annual May Daze observance puts the workers back into Walpurgis.

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This essay is reprinted or linked yearly, attesting to my eagerness to remind you that on May Day, while the Louisville area eschews wo...
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

30 years ago today: Queuing for kvass (an aside).

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A glass of water at Leningrad's airport, bound for Riga. Previously: 30 years ago today: Can someone please explain how the stars a...
Sunday, July 02, 2017

30 years ago today: A fine meal at the Hotel Moskva.

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Hotel Moskva, 1930s. (Previously: 30 years ago today: A taste of Moscow, with occasional beers for sustenance . Portions of the follow...
Saturday, July 01, 2017

30 years ago today: A taste of Moscow, with occasional beers for sustenance.

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Previously: Back in the USSR, with my old friend Barr. 30 June 1987 (Tuesday). Monday had been Black Market Ruble Transaction Day, an...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

ON THE AVENUES: Back in the USSR, with my old friend Barr.

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ON THE AVENUES: Back in the USSR, with my old friend Barr. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Today's column is one in a linked ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

30 years ago today: Good morning, Moscow.

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Mr. Ottersbach, I presume? Previously:  ON THE AVENUES: Train Whistle Reds, or my journey from Budapest to Moscow by rail in June, 198...