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2016 A Great Year for Russophiles

6 January 2016

On the TV, BBC2’s showing of ‘Leningrad and the Orchestra that Defied Hitler’ examines Dmitry Shostakovich’s 7th (Leningrad) Symphony, performed in 1942 when the city was under siege and credited with helping to break the blockade. Amanda Vickery (not sure…

14 February 2015

The Bolshevik Revolution of 25 October 1917 had a profound impact not only on the Western world but also on the global history of the twentieth century. During the Soviet period, the revolution was celebrated on 7 November following the…

2016 A Great Year for Russophiles

Dates That Changed The Western World: 1917 and the Russian Revolution