Two decades later, repainted murals on Berlin Wall celebrate freedom Nov 7, 2009
A popular tourist attraction, it boasts famous images such as a boxy East German Trabant car that appears to burst through the wall and a fraternal kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and his East German counterpart, Erich Honecker. The painted wall is a document that allows future generations to picture for themselves. (Boston Globe)
Bulgaria Not Celebrating Berlin Wall Anniversary Nov 6, 2009
A visitor walks in front of a painting with portraits of Bulgarian communist ruler Todor Zhivkov (right) and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, part of the "Totalitarian art" exhibition at the National Art Gallery in Sofia, July 9, 2009. The exhibition displays over 65 paintings and sculptures of Bulgarian and Soviet communist rulers created by Bulgarian artists before the collapse of the Communist rule in the country in 1989. (Newsmax)
LOOKING UP: Meteors raining down this week Aug 15, 2009
This artist illustration depicts the unusually strong display of meteors seen in 1833, from the Leonid Meteor Shower. Great amounts of meteors are seen on rare occasions from this shower, which peaks in November. (Medfield Press, MA)
Lyudmila Zykina, Russian singer Jul 2, 2009
MOSCOW - Russian folk singer Lyudmila Zykina, a favorite performer of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, died in Moscow yesterday. She was 80. (Boston Globe)
Iconic Berlin Wall kiss to smack again: gallery Jun 5, 2009
A 2004 picture shows a cyclist driving past remainings of the Berlin wall, where former USSR communist party central committee secretary general Leonid Brezhnev (L) kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker is pictured ... BERLIN (AFP) - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's passionate kiss with East Germany's Eric Honecker is to be repainted on the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall later this month, organisers told AFP on Thursday. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Selected Portraits by Ilya Repin May 31, 2009
Also in the literary vein were Repin s portraits of Russian short story writer and dramatist Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919). Andreyev first came to fame in 1901 with a collection of stories that was critically praised and sold many copies, and he also authored significant plays such as The Life of Man and He Who Gets Slapped. (Suite101.com)
A reality check for Obama in Afghanistan Feb 18, 2009
He flatly first told then-Defense Minister Dimitri Ustinov and later party leader Leonid Brezhnev that Afghanistan would be a huge mistake. So controversial was the decision to commit Russian forces that only a handful of senior members of the ruling Politburo participated. (Yahoo News)
