Delusion is the West’s friend…

Western analysts like to delude themselves with the false idea that Russia and China are rivals – but they have been driven together strategically by a common foe – the U.S. and NATO… Discounting Russia or China in the equation is very dangerous and very stupid. Russia can deliver insurmountable harm to Western interests in […]

Optina Monastery near Kozelsk in Russia (8)

The Optina Hermitage (Russian: Оптина пустынь, Optina Pustyn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. While much about the founding of this monastery is unknown and or not allowed public. The monastery is an extremely important spiritual center of the Orthodox Church… Most of the monastery buildings were erected at the […]

Stories form Soviet Childhood: Laddy! (1)

Hello, Today we continue reading a Stories from my Soviet Childhood what seemed so funny for me. That will be one more story by Nikolay Nosov. This story is pretty long so we divide it on two parts. Hope you’ll enjoy this story also. (You can read the story in Russian in Moshkov library.) Laddy […]

Stories form Soviet Childhood: Laddy! (2)

Hello, Today we finish reading a story “Laddy” by Nikolai Nosov, what we started to read look Stories from Soviet Childhood: Laddy (1). Laddy (Part 2) I noticed that the teacher was staring at him. Her forehead was puckered as if she were trying to remember something. Suddenly she stopped him and said: “Just a […]