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…was modernized. Under these same policies, Stalin moved Russian war industries further east. Altogether, between July and November 1941 no fewer than 1,523 industrial enterprises, including 1,360 large war plants had been moved to the east. The 'evacuation cargoes…

…long and hard over the reasons for Russia's great defeat. Looking to Western models and contrasting Russian society one element remained outstanding: the continued existence in Russia of serfdom.. Whether out of genuine progressive beliefs or merely a need…

…declaring war on Russia. August 3 Germany declared war on France. The next day Germany invaded Belgium. Great Britain declared war on Germany. August 26-31 the Germans crushed the Russian second army at Tannenberg. September 1-October the Russians defeated…

…. But the Russians, both soldiers and residents, fought for every bit of their land. In February 1943, the Germans surrendered after 260 000 were killed and 110 000 taken prisoner. This battle, with the battle of Kursk, gave the Russians power and initiative…

…grown up during the 1890s and early 1900s. Stalin's parents were poor peasants. His father worked as a cobbler and his mother as a washer woman. They lived in a two-roomed shack and were usually short of money. They were Georgians, not Russians…

…, Stravinsky met Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who advised him to study music instead. Stravinsky began studying with the famous Russian composer in 1903, and after Rimsky's death in 1908, never had another teacher. Stravinsky’s early works caught the imagination Sergei…

…by the women dancers. Lincoln Kirstein, a very wealth man, founded the New York City Ballet in 1933 as the American Ballet. He imported George Balanchine to New York that year for the purpose of having an American school company in the best Russian tradition…

…account of the Great War and explain that it was the result of Germany’s preventative motivation to halt the Russian Empire's invariable rise and bid for hegemony. Germany looked to obtain the hegemonic status before it was too late and they would…

…to the reader how a seemingly good thing can easily turn bad before the public realizes what is happening. Most events in the book are clearly taken from the Russian experience. The animals all address themselves as “comrade”, for example. The fight between…

…by the Italian Giorgio de Chirico, the Russian Marc Chagall, the Swiss Paul Klee, the French artists Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, and the Spaniard Pablo Picasso, none of whom was ever a member of the surrealist group. From 1924 the German Max Ernst…