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The administration increased the number of orphanages. The hard life in post-war orphanages is a fairly popular topic of the so-called "perestroika films" (films from the time of Gorbachev's perestroika with their schizophrenic fixation on negative propaganda).
4 days ago · 1882–1917. The Greater Arms of the Russian Empire (1882–1917) The Lesser Arms of the Russian Empire (1883–1917) 1917–1923. Coat of arms of the Russian Republic (1917), later readopted by the Bank of Russia. Emblem of Russian SFSR (1918–1920) Coat of arms of the Russian State (1918–1920) 1923–1993.
4 days ago · Currently, an estimated 2 million children live in Russian orphanages, with another 4 million children on the streets. According to a 1998 Human Rights Watch report, "Russian children are abandoned to the state at a rate of 113,000 a year for the past two years, up dramatically from 67,286 in 1992.
2 days ago · Kashin was beaten with a rebar in the courtyard of his house, and his jaw, shin and fingers were broken after he called the then-governor of the Pskov region, Andrei Turchak, “shitty” in one of his comments. Turchak, the son of Putin’s old acquaintance Anatoly Turchak, demanded an apology from the journalist and gave him 24 hours to do so.
4 days ago · The idea for the opera, an adaptation of a play by Lev Mey, was suggested to Rimsky-Korsakov by Balakirev and Mussorgsky, “who were better read in Russian literature”. 1 The censors objected to republican elements (democratic terms used by the people of Pskov, once the capital of the Pskov Republic, until Moscow annexed it in 1510) and to ...
1 day ago · Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev [b] [c] (15 April [ O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of his predecessor ...
1 day ago · Moscow, city, capital of Russia, located in the far western part of the country. Since it was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1147, Moscow has played a vital role in Russian history. It became the capital of Muscovy ( the Grand Principality of Moscow) in the late 13th century; hence, the people of Moscow are known as Muscovites.
