Alexander Solzhenitsyn was born on December 11th 1918 in the Caucasus Mountains in Russia. His father was an artillery officer on the frontline with Germany in WWI, he died before the writer was born. The young boy was raised by his mother and he began writing as a child. In college there was no suitable literature program in the town where they lived so he studied mathematics. They were too poor to go to Moscow for a better education, although he was able to learn through a correspondence course in literature.
Continue ReadingA look into what has happened on this day in the past, historical events of note, famous birthdays or any other points of interest that have occurred on this day.
Continue ReadingLeft alone, "Samovar", rocking, with only the torso muscles, to achieve the desired goal – could fly out the window and fell to his death. It was the only chance for the soldier of Red Army to commit suicide. Endure life "samovar" – had not the strength. To take their lives differently – it was impossible……
Continue ReadingOnly the Finns in the Russian imperial capital were cleaners of public toilets.
Nothing prodigy, Finn stuffed nose.
They Lived as a Negroes in Alabama, the days of segregation.
Coveted by high salary, I went to work in the office of one american company in Moscow,. It was hard to resist – about five thousand salary of $ 90 per day per diem free housing. Arrived. The work was simply not beat lying – as we say, a sinecure. And yet worked less than a year, I gathered, canceled the contract and returned to the U.S. (as well as about eight other employees).
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Continue ReadingA story about how refuseniks suffered from the Soviet Union.
Continue ReadingA true story about one of the wisest men I know.
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