Sofia Gubaidulina, composer whose intensity was spurred by the tyranny of the Soviet regime
Sofia Gubaidulina, who has died aged 93, believed that it was Soviet repression which made her so powerful and distinctive a ...
Legendary Russian composer Gubaidulina dies in Germany
Legendary avant-garde composer Sofia Gubaidulina has died in Germany, where she spent more than 30 years of her life after ...
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Book excerpt: "A Different Russia" by Marvin Kalb
In "A Different Russia: Khrushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course" (BookBaby), veteran journalist Marvin Kalb writes about the 1963 Cold War summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet ...
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Life-size Lenin among Soviet art up for auction
A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction. Described as "monumental", they will be up for sale at Wotton ...