Monatsarchive: April 2018

Each monument is a symbolic home burnt to the ground leaving only a foundation and chimney. Each has the name of a village destroyed by the Germans. The bells toll every thirty seconds, symbolizing the rate at which Belarusians were … Weiterlesen →

These four young people stand absolutely motionless around the eternal flame. I stood and watched them for several minutes. They are pretty incredible. The ruins of the White Palace. I am standing at the fulcrum of the Twentieth Century.

Guardian: Gary Aitkenhead, the chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Wiltshire, said it had not proved it was created in Russia. Aitkenhead confirmed the substance required “extremely sophisticated methods to create something probably only … Weiterlesen →

Which pre-war life? When did this pre-war life start? Was it the life of the Russian Empire? The Belarusian People’s Republic? Did the pre-war life include the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921? Do those wide steady steps at the bottom include … Weiterlesen →