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Soldiers inside a bunker during wartime, wearing numbered uniforms.

Memories from the time of Stalin

I am reading interviews about Soviet repression that the Russia Memorial...
Numerous pink flamingo lawn ornaments scattered on green grass near a building.

History 419, 42 years later

September 7, 2010 A clap of thunder ricochets down Park...
A man in a coat stands near bodies on a wet city street during wartime.

for whom I write

Siege of Leningrad In the winter of 2008-2009, Patrice and...
A serene field with autumn-colored trees under a clear blue sky.

On the Edge of Things

To grow up in the northwoods was to grow up...