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Your Itinerary
Discover the Baltics and Russia Your itinerary Start Location Visited Location Plane End Location Cruise Train Over night Ferry Day 1 Bohemian Quarter with its colourful wooden buildings. Arrive Warsaw (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Tucked away, but not forgotten, the Baltics stand at the edge of Europe revived and Day 9 reinvigorated after years of Nazi and Soviet occupation. Storybook capitals and stunning natural landscapes lie ahead, but first Poland's capital gets the nod as your Tallinn – St. Petersburg (4 Nights) launchpad to a region that has emerged vibrant despite its tragic history. Meet your Head east to the town of Narva, dominated by the mighty Hermannsburg Fortress, Travel Director and fellow travellers, then enjoy dinner together. where we cross the River Narva, which forms the Russian border. Then, it's on to St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great. This port city is Russia's cultural centre Holiday Inn Express Hub Hotel - and with its worldfamous opera, ballet and art museums, it offers a fascinating look into Russia's past. Included Meals - Dinner Day 2 Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya Warsaw sightseeing and free time Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner A lesson in courage and perseverance awaits this morning as you join a Local Day 10 Specialist to visit Warsaw's Old Town. Its façades are more modern than medieval and a testament to the resilience of the Poles who have lovingly restored their St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time capital city after it was razed to the ground in retaliation for the 1944 Warsaw The tales of Romanov royalty come to life as you join a Local Specialist for an Uprising. -
Connecticut Student Writers
Connecticut Student Writers Excerpt from “The Seven Deadly Sins” Anne Whitehead, Grade 11 Rockville High School i Volume XXI May 2009 ii Connecticut Student Writers A publication sponsored by the iii Selection Committee Evangeline Abbott Donna Ozga Brina Abrahams Joanne Peluso Kelly Andrews‐Babcock Kim Roberts Fran Cohen Alex Rode Tulani Gant Marcia Rudge Lisa Higgins Jenny Shaff Jepsen Cathy Holdridge Kathy Uschmann Nadine Keane This publication was produced by the Connecticut Writing Project‐Storrs. Director Jason Courtmanche, Ph.D. Program Assistant Graduate Assistant/Layout Sharlene Smith Amanda Friedman Department of English 215 Glenbrook Road Unit 4025A University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269‐4025 (860) 486‐2328 (860) 486‐9360 fax [email protected] http://www.cwp.uconn.edu 1 FOREWORD As is implied by the cover of this year’s Connecticut Student Writers, pride in excess can be sinful, but pride in moderation is nothing more than the pleasure and satisfaction that come from diligent and superior work. The teachers of the Connecticut Writing Project are exceedingly proud to present the 21st volume of Connecticut Student Writers. The pages of this year’s magazine emanate pride. Over 1,000 Connecticut students, grades kindergarten through twelve, took such pride in their writing that they submitted hundreds of stories, poems, essays, and plays for publication. The 78 pieces selected for publication reflect our students’ strong sense of pride in their imaginations, their writing, and themselves. The Connecticut Writing Project‐Storrs congratulates the young writers whose work is published in the 2009 Connecticut Student Writers. Furthermore, we would like to thank the writers’ parents and teachers for their proud support and encouragement. -
5. Calling for International Solidarity: Hanns Eisler’S Mass Songs in the Soviet Union
From Massenlieder to Massovaia Pesnia: Musical Exchanges between Communists and Socialists of Weimar Germany and the Early Soviet Union by Yana Alexandrovna Lowry Department of Music Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Bryan Gilliam, Supervisor ___________________________ Edna Andrews ___________________________ John Supko ___________________________ Jacqueline Waeber Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Music in the Graduate School of Duke University 2014 i v ABSTRACT From Massenlieder to Massovaia Pesnia: Musical Exchanges between Communists and Socialists of Weimar Germany and the Early Soviet Union by Yana Alexandrovna Lowry Department of Music Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Bryan Gilliam, Supervisor ___________________________ Edna Andrews ___________________________ John Supko ___________________________ Jacqueline Waeber An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Music in the Graduate School of Duke University 2014 Copyright by Yana Alexandrovna Lowry 2014 Abstract Group songs with direct political messages rose to enormous popularity during the interwar period (1918-1939), particularly in recently-defeated Germany and in the newly- established Soviet Union. This dissertation explores the musical relationship between these two troubled countries and aims to explain the similarities and differences in their approaches to collective singing. The discussion of the very complex and problematic relationship between the German left and the Soviet government sets the framework for the analysis of music. Beginning in late 1920s, as a result of Stalin’s abandonment of the international revolutionary cause, the divergences between the policies of the Soviet government and utopian aims of the German communist party can be traced in the musical propaganda of both countries. -
Rem Koolhaas and Dasha Zhukova Build a Moscow Museum
Rem Koolhaas and Dasha Zhukova Build a Moscow Museum Art collector and philanthropist Dasha Zhukova is launching an ambitious campaign to connect Moscow to the international art world, and she’s tapped architect Rem Koolhaas to execute her vision BY TONY PERROTTET ON THE COVER | Dasha Zhukova and Rem Koolhaas photographed by David Bailey. Zhukova wears Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane wool gabardine jacket, $3,790, pants, $990, and silk georgette shirt, $1,290, all 212-980- 2970 PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID BAILEY FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE IT’S A RADIANT DAY in Moscow, and two of the city’s most creative collaborators, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Russian-born art impresario Dasha Zhukova, have donned white construction helmets as they stride excitedly through Gorky Park, the 300-acre riverside expanse that was, until recently, a symbol of Russia’s urban blight. Created in the 1920s as a Soviet recreational paradise, the once-verdant park fell into decay after the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991, its barren fields scattered with broken carnival rides and roamed by drug dealers. The $2 billion renovation, which began in 2011, has transformed Gorky Park overnight into an Oz-like retreat, amid Moscow’s economic tumult, that would not seem out of place in Seattle or Barcelona. We pass manicured lawns adorned with flower gardens; chic cafes serving gyoza and wood-fired pizza; and yoga and capoeira classes by the Moscow River. There are jogging trails and a state-of-the-art bicycle-sharing program. Wi-Fi is available in every leafy nook. -
Death of an African Student in Moscow Race, Politics, and the Cold War
Cahiers du monde russe Russie - Empire russe - Union soviétique et États indépendants 47/1-2 | 2006 Repenser le Dégel Death of an African Student in Moscow Race, politics, and the Cold War Julie HESSLER Édition électronique URL : http://journals.openedition.org/monderusse/9591 DOI : 10.4000/monderusse.9591 ISSN : 1777-5388 Éditeur Éditions de l’EHESS Édition imprimée Date de publication : 1 juin 2006 Pagination : 33-63 ISBN : 2-7132-2096-3 ISSN : 1252-6576 Référence électronique Julie HESSLER, « Death of an African Student in Moscow », Cahiers du monde russe [En ligne], 47/1-2 | 2006, mis en ligne le 01 janvier 2006, Consulté le 30 avril 2019. URL : http:// journals.openedition.org/monderusse/9591 ; DOI : 10.4000/monderusse.9591 2011 JULIE HESSLER DEATH OF AN AFRICAN STUDENT IN MOSCOW Race, politics, and the Cold War On December 19, 1963, newspapers around the world carried a story about an unusual political demonstration that had taken place the day before. The number of participants, estimated at 500-700, was not large by international standards, but this was the first recorded political protest in Moscow’s Red Square since the late 1920s, and as such, automatically newsworthy. It was also an incident with international ramifications. Demonstrators comprised African students enrolled in Soviet universities and institutes, and if this fact disallowed an interpretation of the protest as evidence of any “awakening” of Soviet “civil society,” it did provide an embarrassing commentary on the Soviet courtship of the Third World. Student protesters carried placards with such inflammatory slogans as “Moscow — center of discrimination,” “Stop killing Africans!” and “Moscow, a second Alabama,” all the while shouting protests in English, Russian, and French.1 What had incited the students’ outrage? Most immediately, the protest was triggered by the death of a Ghanaian medical student, Edmund Assare-Addo, whose corpse was discovered in a stretch of wasteland along a country road leading to the Moscow outer ring highway. -
Residents Embrace Volunteerism
www.fallsrun.org Fredericksburg, Va. SEPTEMBER 2015 Residents embrace volunteerism Looking ahead to by Donna Natemeier FRCA election Many residents generously by Norm Kolb, chair, FRCA Election Committee volunteer their time and energy This fall’s election for the Falls Run for the betterment of Falls Run Community Association Board of and the surrounding communi- Directors will fill four positions ties. Here are some examples: created by the term expirations of Don Horan, Don McCreary, The Greater Falls Run Stephanie Mounts and Wilma Lions Club, which counts Murphy. The nomination period 82 residents among its 84 (L-R): Kurt Martz, Kate Martz, Bill York, Beth Kelley and Joanne is Oct.1-15. However, the election members, participated in York help “stuff the truck” with donated groceries for S.E.R.V.E. committee urges residents to think S.E.R.V.E.’s “Stuff the Photo by Jim Purton about suitable nominees early in Truck” food drive on July 25 at the Bill and Joanne York helped collect the process. Giant on Warrenton Road. Lions 1,409 pounds of food and $263 An insert in the October Gazette Jackie Carter, Art Gabler, Garry in cash. “The groceries mean two will include the official nomination and Jessie Haun, Beth Kelley, Kurt weeks of food for 42 families,” says form. We are again making the and Kate Martz, Carol Murcek, Roberta Schreiber, first vice presi- nomination forms available begin- Wilma Murphy, Donna Natemeier, dent, S.E.R.V.E. “And the money ning Sept.1. You may request a form by contacting Norm Kolb, Karen Pierce, Jim and Michele will help up to three families avoid committee chair (540-373-5005 Purton, Harry and Louise Ravert, eviction or having their utilities or [email protected]). -
Everything You Need to Know About the New Head of School When Asked About His Vision for EVA SCHILLER( V), VICKY Pingry, Mr
THE NATION’S OLDEST ON THE WEB: COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL students.pingry.org/ NEWSPAPER record Volume CXLV, Number I October 25, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About the New Head of School When asked about his vision for EVA SCHILLER( V), VICKY Pingry, Mr. Levinson left his response GU (VI), MEGHAN DURKIN open-ended. Rather than only him (V) deciding where Pingry should go in Though the Pingry community has the upcoming years, he thinks that known his name for almost a year now, everyone should have input and “that Mr. Matt Levinson has just begun his the vision question is something we all first academic year as our new Head need to invest in and work on together.” of School. Following a five-month However, he does have a “strategic search and a unanimous vote from the plan focusing on global education, Board of Trustees, Pingry officially student wellbeing, interdisciplinary welcomed its sixteenth Head of School learning… and also to promote teacher on July 1, 2019, succeeding Mr. growth and development.” Nathaniel Conard’s 14-year tenure as His first step is to address student Headmaster. wellbeing with the hopes of helping The role of the Head of School has the community “improve and be long been ambiguous to many Pingry attentive.” So far, he has met with students. Mr. Levinson explains his job peer leaders and teachers, and plans as keeping “everybody focused on the to do some staff training in November. student experience… from myself, to Speaking on the Pingry community, all administration, staff, and teachers,” Mr. -
Gorky Park (1983), Directed by Michael Apted
Secret Police Procedural Gorky Park (1983), Directed by Michael Apted By Fearless Young Orphan Back in 1983 they had us pretty convinced that the Soviet Union was coming to get us! That is why it is interesting to see a 1983 film that is set in Moscow that features Russians as our main characters. The movie was not really filmed in Moscow; they would not have been allowed. Instead, Gorky Park was filmed in Finland and thereabouts. This kind of goes to show you how tense things were between us and them at the time: no cameras inside the USSR. So I think you have to respect Gorky Park for showing us a movie about workaday Russians without beating us over the head with ideology. Most particularly we can admire the character of Arkady Renko (William Hurt), a Russian policeman who is a devoted citizen of his country and who does not spend the whole movie wishing he were in America. He is a good, smart man who has learned to work around the bureaucracy of his country to get results. The best part of this movie is watching Arkady methodically work his investigation, even while knowing that doing so will give him nothing but trouble. Arkady begins the story in the middle of the night, as he and his team of police are called to a murder scene. Three people are found shot in the snow by the skating pond of Gorky Park, with their faces expertly removed, thus ensuring that identifying the victims will be nearly impossible. The KGB also shows up and Arkady all but begs them to take the case off his hands: investigating murder is a good way to get in big trouble with the KGB, because it seems fairly common that murders are committed by the KGB. -
Inventory to Archival Boxes in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress
INVENTORY TO ARCHIVAL BOXES IN THE MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING, AND RECORDED SOUND DIVISION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Compiled by MBRS Staff (Last Update December 2017) Introduction The following is an inventory of film and television related paper and manuscript materials held by the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress. Our collection of paper materials includes continuities, scripts, tie-in-books, scrapbooks, press releases, newsreel summaries, publicity notebooks, press books, lobby cards, theater programs, production notes, and much more. These items have been acquired through copyright deposit, purchased, or gifted to the division. How to Use this Inventory The inventory is organized by box number with each letter representing a specific box type. The majority of the boxes listed include content information. Please note that over the years, the content of the boxes has been described in different ways and are not consistent. The “card” column used to refer to a set of card catalogs that documented our holdings of particular paper materials: press book, posters, continuity, reviews, and other. The majority of this information has been entered into our Merged Audiovisual Information System (MAVIS) database. Boxes indicating “MAVIS” in the last column have catalog records within the new database. To locate material, use the CTRL-F function to search the document by keyword, title, or format. Paper and manuscript materials are also listed in the MAVIS database. This database is only accessible on-site in the Moving Image Research Center. If you are unable to locate a specific item in this inventory, please contact the reading room. -
IN the FOOTSTEPS of MARCO POLO Biographies Denis Belliveau and Francis O'donnell Met on an Archeology Dig in France in 1984
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO Biographies Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell met on an archeology dig in France in 1984. After leaving the School of Visual Arts, where they both studied, they traveled together to a variety of countries, including Mexico, most of Latin America, Europe and Nepal, before deciding to follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo. Denis Belliveau Born in 1964 in Whitestone, Queens, Denis attended the New York City High School of Art & Design. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York where he earned an Associates Degree in painting, sculpture and fine arts. In 1987, when his father became ill, Denis joined his parent’s wedding photography studio and became an accomplished portraitist. In the wedding “off-season,” Denis would travel. It was during this time he started joining various professional photography organizations, including Kodak, which would later award him the prestigious Gallery Award and helped sponsor the Marco Polo trip by providing film. In 1991, Denis decided to leave the family business and was packing for a trip to Nepal when Francis suggested following Marco Polo’s route from Venice to China and back. In 1999, Denis met Lisa Taylor and the two of them later moved to London, where Denis came up with the idea to use the video shot on their journey and make a film. Denis and Lisa now have two sons and reside in Douglas Manor, Queens. Denis is the Director of Photography and Senior Cameraman for the national public television series Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy. -
Nova Law Review
Nova Law Review Volume 16, Issue 3 1992 Article 2 American Popular Culture’s View of the Soviet Militia: The End of the Police State? Sharon F. Carton∗ ∗ Copyright c 1992 by the authors. Nova Law Review is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress). https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nlr American Popular Culture’s View of the Soviet Militia: The End of the Police State? Sharon F. Carton Abstract The now-defunct Soviet Union and the term “police state” have been synonymous for many years, at least from the Stalinist era until, possibly, the Gorbachev era. KEYWORDS: American, Soviet, police Carton: American Popular Culture's View of the Soviet Militia: The End of Articles American Popular Culture's View of the Soviet Militia: The End of the Police State? Sharon F. Carton* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................... 1024 II. THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IN THE SOVIET CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM .................................. 1025 A. Recent Changes in the Soviet Union ......... 1025 B. Nature and Origin of the Soviet Militia ..... 1029 C. Role of the Militia in Criminal Investigations 1031 D. Role of the Procuracy in Police Supervision .. 1035 E. Role of the KGB in the Criminal Justice System .................................. 1036 F. Police and the Criminal Code .............. 1037 III. PORTRAYAL OF SOVIET POLICE IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE ............................... 1039 A. Soviet Police in American Detective Fiction... 1040 1. Introduction ......................... 1040 2. The Inspector Rostnikov Series ......... 1041 a. Kaminsky's Characters........... 1041 b. The Role of Police Procedurals in Humanizing Police .............. 1048 c. Rostnikov's Police and Perestroika 1052 3. Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko N ovels ............................. -
Model Exhibition*
Model Exhibition* MARIA GOUGH Despite the fact that it was never realized at full scale, Vladimir Tatlin’s long-lost model for his Monument to the Third International (1920) remains to this day the most widely known work of the Soviet avant-garde. A visionary proposal for a four-hundred-meter tower in iron and glass conceived at the height of the Russian Civil War, the monument was to house the headquarters of the Third International, or Comintern, the international organization of Communist, socialist, and other left-wing parties and workers’ organizations founded in Moscow in the wake of the October Revolution with the objective of fomenting revolutionary agitation abroad. Constructed in his spacious Petrograd studio, which was once the mosaics workshop of the imperial Academy of Art, Tatlin’s approximately 1:80 scale model comprises a skeletal wooden armature of two upward-moving spirals and a massive diagonal girder, within which are stacked four revolving geometrical volumes made out of paper, these last set in motion by means of a rotary crank located underneath the display platform. In the pro - posed monument-building, these volumes were to contain the Comintern’s legislature, executive branch, press bureau, and radio station. According to the later recollection of Tevel’ Schapiro, who assisted Tatlin in his construction of the model, two large arch spans at ground level were designed so that the tower could straddle the banks of the river Neva in Petrograd, the birthplace of the 1917 revolutions. Lost since the mid-1920s, Tatlin’s original model has been reconstructed sev - eral times at the behest of exhibition curators.