To the "Eastern Front" via two Russian movies, a brief tour of culture under Putin & flashbacks triggered by the siege of Mariupol...and my own displacements.
To the "Eastern Front" via two Russian movies, a brief tour of culture under Putin & flashbacks triggered by the siege of Mariupol...and my own displacements.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHaSQU-4wss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3mDJ0qdp0&t=659s Dear Citizens and Elected Officials: I thought it was time to break the pattern of coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and share some personal stories with you, stories which led, in a roundabout way, to the two movies I have highlighted above. These are Russian movies both coming from what I judge to be the best of Russian historical memory and cinematic skill: the monumental struggle on the "Eastern Front" as it is known in the West, and the "Great Patriotic War" as it known in Russia: June 22, 1941- May 8, 1945. It was a compound, complex route to these films, which strangely had its origin in American domestic politics, and my own downsizing and move to - shall I put it politely? - tighter quarters, a smaller library, and no garden.
To the "Eastern Front" via two Russian movies, a brief tour of culture under Putin & flashbacks triggered by the siege of Mariupol...and my own displacements.
To the "Eastern Front" via two Russian…
To the "Eastern Front" via two Russian movies, a brief tour of culture under Putin & flashbacks triggered by the siege of Mariupol...and my own displacements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHaSQU-4wss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3mDJ0qdp0&t=659s Dear Citizens and Elected Officials: I thought it was time to break the pattern of coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and share some personal stories with you, stories which led, in a roundabout way, to the two movies I have highlighted above. These are Russian movies both coming from what I judge to be the best of Russian historical memory and cinematic skill: the monumental struggle on the "Eastern Front" as it is known in the West, and the "Great Patriotic War" as it known in Russia: June 22, 1941- May 8, 1945. It was a compound, complex route to these films, which strangely had its origin in American domestic politics, and my own downsizing and move to - shall I put it politely? - tighter quarters, a smaller library, and no garden.