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01 de Agosto de 1915

Batalla de Kara Killisse

El 26 de Julio de 1915, las unidades del IIIº Ejército Otomano, bajo las órdenes de Abdul Kerim Pasha habían logrado derrotar en los alrededores de la histórica aldea de Manzikert en la Armenia Occidental, a la vanguardia del Ejército Ruso del Cáucaso, que bajo el imprudente mando del General Petr Organovsky había intentado avanzar hacia la región de Anatolia.

Este éxito…

Maybe, maybe it’s better not to leave, Maybe, maybe it’s better not to love, Maybe, maybe it’s better not to know each other And now, and now is time to forget each other.

Olivia Kroth: Literary Moscow – State Pushkin Museum

Literary Moscow: State Pushkin Museum

by Olivia Kroth

“Pushkin in his time” is a permanent exhibition in the State Pushkin Museum of Moscow, located in a beautiful Empire style building erected for the noble Khrushchev family, in 1816. Alexander P. Khrushchev bought the site, in 1814. It took him two years to renovate the house with park and pavilion. Today, the State Pushkin Museum lies in the…

Olivia Kroth: Mikhail Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Don” as document of First World War and Cossack life

Mikhail Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Don” as document of First World War and Cossack life

by Olivia Kroth

Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov (1905-1984)

On the 1st of August 1914, the German Empire declared war on the Russian Empire, an action of far-reaching consequences. The Germans lost World War I and II. No foreign power should ever wage war against Russia. None is strong enough for such a…