Homes for the discreet rich in a Moscow Eden Oct 3, 2008
"I can imagine this picture very well," said Leonid Makaron, a classified-advertising magnate. "It's a beautiful June morning, the birds are singing - the birds sing beautifully there - cool air is blowing from the water, the dew is still on the grass, you take your cart and roll out onto the course. Golf in your bedroom slippers.". (International Herald Tribune)
Karsh exhibit stresses greatness over spirit Sep 24, 2008
The ridiculousness of that ugly old bear Leonid looking like the lovely sylph Audrey ... Leonid, Audrey, Yousuf, whoever: Hail, hail, the gang's all here. (Boston Globe)
Changing times Aug 27, 2008
"I've visited North Korea in 1999, 2004, 2005 and then the last time in October 2007 - so I can see the dynamic of this change," Leonid Petrov, a North Korea historian at the Australian National University, told the BBC.. Emblems of market capitalism, such as this Nike "swoosh", are increasingly common. (BBC News)
* The prophet and the commissars team up to underpin power Aug 11, 2008
But, with Khrushchevs overthrow in 1964, Leonid Brezhnev lost no time in restoring orthodoxy and purging books that threatened the Partys reputation. Solzhenitsyn was banned, driven first underground and then into exile. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Solzhenitsyn, chronicler of the gulag, dies Aug 4, 2008
At various times he wrote very public letters of complaint to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, KGB chief Yuri Andropov, and the Fourth Congress of Soviet Writers. Winning the Nobel Prize in 1970 lent him further stature outside the Soviet Union, an important check on Kremlin action in the days of detente. (Boston Globe)
August 21, 1968; Soviet Invasion of... Aug 4, 2008
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, on his way to Dacha #1 in Yalta on August 13th 1968, hesitated for a long time before finally ordering in troops. said Uwe Klussmann of German magazine Spiegel. (Suite101.com)
Moscow Diary Jul 13, 2008
Posters on the wall recall the significant dates in the USSR's military campaign - beginning with the day when Leonid Brezhnev decided the troops should go in. "The General Staff was against this action," notes a reference to the tension between the military and their political masters. (BBC News -- Europe)
Soprano family values Jun 27, 2008
Tatyana and Leonid Timoshenko took seats in the second row unflinchingly ready to see thei. This is all about Obama vs. McCain now, the main event, what will be one of the great deba. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Moscow Hangover Jun 24, 2008
The traditional Russian response to despair is to get drunk, and alcoholism is now worse even than in the days of Leonid Brezhnev, who used a previous oil boom to ensure that his haggard people at least had enough sausage, medals, and vodka to keep them placid. But there is one huge, important difference. (The American Conservative)
The Sum of Many Hopes and Fears About the Energy Resources of the Middle East May 22, 2008
According to Leonid Fedun, vice-president of the largest independent company in the Russian oil sector, it is unlikely that output will ever exceed that amount. He could be slightly wrong of course, but it would hardly increase by enough to result in Professor Becker being nominated for another Nobel. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Volga road tripOur correspondent predicts the demise of Russia's car industry Jan 31, 2008
It was very clear the last thing Leonid wanted to talk about was Volgas ... "Toyota is our model," Leonid told me, with not even the slightest hint of irony ... Leonid and his PR team proudly showed me the attractive new model their robotic production line is about to start building. (BBC News -- Europe)
Fibs becoming an art form on campaign trail Dec 30, 2007
Joe Biden boasts about his experience negotiating an arms-control treaty with Leonid Brezhnev. All those claims, made over the last four months as part of the presidential campaign, are demonstrably false. (AZCentral -- News)
Russian revolution Dec 15, 2007
Switch the joke around to one about Leonid Brezhnev and current President Vladimir Putin and, according to many Russia watchers, you get an accurate read of what is going on in Russia now. Backsliding into authoritarian rule, picking off bothersome journalists like they're empty pop cans on a fence, Putin is increasingly looking like one of his hard-line predecessors, if not a modern czar. (Globe and Mail)
Stocks Widen Losses Oct 17, 2007
BusinessWeek on the Nobel Prize for economics: This year, the award went to three Americans, including Leonid Hurwicz, a 90-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. The group won for establishing a set of guidelines by which to judge the success or failure of an economic system. (SmartMoney)
Sputnik at 50 Oct 1, 2007
Leonid Sedov, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences with no connection to space program, was erroneously touted in the West as the Father of Sputnik ... Khrushchev wasn't interested in getting there, his son says, and the effort made under his successor, Leonid Brezhnev, was underfunded and badly hampered by rifts between Korolyov and other designers. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Famed Russian chorus to appear in Sioux City Sep 28, 2007
"It's difficult to bring a complete chorus to an American audience, both financially and logistically," said Leonid Fleishaker, a producer with World Touring Productions in New York City, the company which is coordinating the group's visit to the U.S. "That's why having the Capella perform in Sioux City is such a coup.". The State Symphony Capella of Russia was founded in 1991 as a result of a merger of the USSR State Chamber Choir under Valeri Polyansky and the State Symphony Orchestra of the... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
A new London underground Sep 17, 2007
Not to be outdone, one of his close neighbours, the oil-rich Russian Leonid Blavatnik has commissioned David Cameron's favourite architects, Michaelis Boyd, to design an equally ambitious sports centre beneath his modest 41m home. All very green and eco-friendly, of course. (Guardian Unlimited)
Ukrainian Man Named World's Tallest Person Aug 11, 2007
Leonid Stadnyk stands an impressive 8 feet 5 inches tall. He stole the record form a Chinese man who is 8 inches shorter. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Germany struggles to save Berlin Wall remnants Aug 10, 2007
However, car emissions, rain, ice and aging have turned famous images such as the fraternal communist kiss between East German leader Erich Honecker and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, or the East German Trabant car that appears to be bursting through the wall, into a sad sight. There are long cracks in the concrete and big chunks of paint are flaking off. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Masterpieces of Soviet architecture: An endangered heritage Jul 24, 2007
Among Pare's most telling discoveries is Leonid Vesnin's 1929 Palace of Culture in Baku, Azerbaijan, a decrepit white concrete box framed by tall cylindrical stairway towers, that seems closer in spirit to a medieval monastery than to the streamlined functionalism of early Constructivism. Vesnin fitted the facade with big doors that could be opened to reveal an internal stage for performances viewed by mass audiences outdoors. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Elton John rocks for charity in Kiev Jun 17, 2007
"I am here to support you all against AIDS," the singer told his 200,000-strong audience, which included President Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's former leader Leonid Kuchma, Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and top government officials. Volunteers handed out condoms and leaflets detailing contacts for HIV testing and counselling centres before the concert, which was broadcast live on Ukrainian television. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Arts)
Thousands gather at farewell to Russian icon Apr 30, 2007
Under Leonid Brezhnev's regime, in the early 1970s, Rostropovich and his wife sheltered Solzhenitsyn in their dacha. After Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970, Rostropovich wrote an open letter to the Soviet media protesting the official vilification of the author. (Globe and Mail)
Russian market for old art sees new life Apr 29, 2007
Leonid Shishkin, 60, director of an art gallery bearing his name, is among the pioneers in turning Soviet-era art into a commercial business. He began selling art to Western dealers in 1988, launched a gallery for private sales a few years later and opened his gallery to the public in 1995. (Boston Globe)
Renowned cellist Rostropovich dead at 80 Apr 29, 2007
Under Leonid Brezhnevs regime, Rostropovich and his wife, the Bolshoi Opera soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, allowed Solzhenitsyn to live in their dacha when Soviet authorities were pressuring the author over his dissident writing ... When Leonid Brezhnev stripped us of our citizenship in 1978, we were obliterated, Rostropovich recalled in a 1997 interview in Strad magazine. (MSNBC -- Music)
Arts Scene: 03/01/07 Mar 2, 2007
Leonid Andreyev's "He Who Gets Slapped," written right before the Russian Revolution, is a Symbolist play about a scientist who is cheated out of his rights to an invention. He rejects society and runs off to become a clown at the circus. (Anchorage Daily News)
The Bard springs across D.C. stage (Jayne Blanchard) Jan 20, 2007
Last week, American Ballet Theatre presented Lar Lubovitch's "Othello"; this week the Kirov Ballet is dancing Leonid Lavrovsky's 1940 "Romeo and Juliet"; the New York City Ballet will perform George Balanchine's 1962 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Feb. 28 through March 4; and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet will bring an excerpt from Maurice Bejart's "Romeo and Juliet" June 6 through 10. The Washington Ballet also is joining in with 26 performances of seven commissioned short works, "7 x 7:... (Washington Times)
