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Filming geography. Moscow, rostov, on don, pushkin mountains, snowy st. Petersburg. The filmmakers were rebuilding a city that no longer exists, brick by brick. It seems to everyone that st. Isaacs cathedral has always stood, which at this moment was under construction. We even slightly sinned against the truth; at the time of the events, st. Isaacs cathedral was lower than the one we showed, but we simply could not resist, and the contour of the iisalkevsky cathedral was inflated in order to si...

Once the centrepiece of an empire, Warsaw suffered occupation by Russia and terrible repression under Nazi Germany before being rebuilt as a vibrant capital

The Battle of Stalingrad marked the beginning of a critical turning point in the war and this pivotal change of fortune was subsequently conso

The Battle of Stalingrad marked the beginning of a critical turning point in the war and this pivotal change of fortune was subsequently consolidated in the Battle of Kursk. Soviet forces firmly took the strategic initiative into their hands and didn’t let go until the final victory.

The Battle of Stalingrad marked the beginning of a critical turning point in the war and this pivotal change of fortune was subsequently conso

German forces had broken through to the Caucasus, threatening to seize the Soviet Union’s largest oil fields. The loss of the “black blood” so vital for the war effort could have completely paralyzed the Red Army.

German forces had broken through to the Caucasus, threatening to seize the Soviet Union’s largest oil fields. The loss of the “black blood

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel