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This has for many years been a very touching Russian folk song close to my heart so I thought I would share with you all.
This is a beautiful choral performance of “Song of the Volga Boatmen”:
Below is a famous rousing performance by Leonid Kharitonov & The Red Army Choir:
Here is an English version of “Song of the Volga Boatmen” by the great Paul Robeson.
And since it is Victory today I thought it fitting to share a performance by the Red Army Chorus singing “The Sacred War” which is about the fight against the “rotten fascists”, “the scum of humanity.” Let us all remember today and give thanks to Russia’s noble sacrifice. ура с днем победы!
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April 30th is an important date in American politics. This is the day 100 for the American President in the White House, and all attention will be on the reports of his achievements and failures. But nothing can be more critical than Peace…
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Russia’s invasion has made ordinarily outspoken critics of antisemitism wary of criticizing Ukrainian Nazi collaborators
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Richard Sakwa has for many years been one of the most distinguished and insightful observers of relations between the West and Russia, and one of the leading critics of Western policy. In this talk with Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute, Sakwa discusses his book, The Culture of the Second Cold War (Anthem 2025). The book examines the cultural-political trends and inheritances that underlie the new version of a struggle that we thought we had put behind us in 1989. Sakwa describes both the continuities from the first Cold War and the ways in which new technologies have reshaped strategies and attitudes.
