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Nicolas Werth’s Russian Odyssey. In Search of a Father Gone Missing
Christophe Solioz [Translation into Russian language we put below the English text] May 1943. Some five hundred kilometres from Moscow, in Voronezh, which had just been liberated by the Red Army, several questions arise: ‘Will the Soviet Union be a European state like...
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From Professor to Delegate. The Post-war Life of Professor Marian Heitzman [part II]
Dmitriy Panto Following his release from the Soviet Union, a new, no less intense and demanding phase of life began for Marian Heitzman. In Tehran, where he most likely remained until the end of 1942, mentally broken and physically exhausted, he was recovering and...
“As 500 years ago, truth and justice stand with us”. Belarusian Dissent Between Memory and Mobilization
Tatsiana Astrouskaya “As 500 years ago, truth and justice stand with us”. The quotation I use in the title of this essay comes from the Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanoŭskaya. She delivered this speech on Belarusian Military Glory Day, September 8,...