Fabergé Eggs and the Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Of the 50 Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs, 44 have survived. On our trip to Russia, we saw nineteen of the forty-four. We saw ten of them when in the Kremlin Armory in Moscow (where...
Category: History
White Clueless
Though my heritage is a good portion Native American, no one would take me for anything other than white. Both of my parents grew up close to dirt poor in Oklahoma (formerly known as...
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Map Translation – the Central Museum of the Patriotic War (ЦЕНТРАЛЬНЫЙ МУЗЕЙ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ)
The previous article on our series about Russia contains the translation from Russian to English of the main guide I got from our visit to the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in...
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Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War (ЦЕНТРАЛЬНЫЙ МУЗЕЙ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ) Map-Guide Translation from Russian to English
In July 2019 I had the privilege to visit Victory Park and the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia. Like many of the places in Russia there was little English translation;...
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Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, Saint Petersburg and other monuments to the Siege of Leningrad
During the Siege of Leningrad September 1941 through January 1944, more that 600,000 people died, most from starvation. For comparison, the total casualties for the United States in World War II were approximately 419,000....
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World War I Roster Book – my Grandfather’s from the 132nd Machine Gun Battalion
My grandfather was in Company B of the 132nd Machine Gun Battalion in World War I. I wrote an article about letters he sent back previously. I also had a roster book for his...
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Volga River Cruise – Moscow to St. Petersburg
After five nights and the better part of six days in Moscow, we took a tour of Moscow subway stations on our way to board our home for the next six days, the Volga...
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War Remains presented by Dan Carlin – World War I VR experience
My grandfather was in World War I. Luckily as an American, trench warfare was mostly complete by the time he got into action. I’ve listened to Dan Carlin’s riveting podcast on World War I,...
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Novodevichy Cemetery (Новоде́вичье кла́дбище), Moscow
Novodevichy Cemetery was the second most prominent place to be buried during the Soviet era, the first being the Kremlin Necropolis. It was opened in 1898 adjacent to the Novodevichy Convent off the Third...
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Lenin’s Mausoleum – Moscow, Russia
On the 4th of July, 2019, we joined the line to go into Lenin’s Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow. The line was long but moved along at a good pace. The area one can...
