Work on the home front seemed routine, nothing out of the ordinary. No blood, no deaths. But daily heroism became part of everyday life. Peaceful life was a thing of the past. Special courage was required to preserve marks of peacetime in the trials and tribulations of war. In the autumn of 1941, when the [...]
Lidia Ruslanova
‘Heavenly angel is singing’, – the nuns would say of little Lida Ruslanova, performing the solo part in the church choir. The ‘angel’ had no special musical education.
Born into a poor peasant family in a small village near Saratov town on the banks of Volga River, she went into an orphanage after the death of her [...]
Soviet Art during the GPW
Red Army Serviceman, Save!
V. Koretsky
Motherland Calls! I. Toidze
The Sons of Russia Are Pushing Forward!
A. Kokorekin
