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The Chronicles of a Collapse
A physicist with a world name
He couldn’t figure out the math.
The university had not paid scientist salaries for months.
Of the research assistants that he had
three left, one wound up dead.
There are riots on the streets each day. There are four hour lines for bread.
Equations blooming in his mind
are so precise and so right,
but he cannot afford to pay his bills. His wife cries every night. Continue reading
A WWII poem by a Soviet Soldier
This is a poem written by a Russian (Soviet) soldier during World War II, right before Soviet Union launched a defensive counter attack against Hitler’s army. It had such an impact on me that I had to translate it. *** … Continue reading
Private Borisov by Vladimir Vysotsky, English translation
Private Borisov by Vladimir Vysotsky, English translation (Рядовой Борисов, Владимир Высоцкий, английский перевод) “Private Borisov!”- “Here!”- “Tell me how this went down!” “It was cold. I barely hung on. Then it rained, then it got dark, and I was getting … Continue reading
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The Price of Greateness
When the Unknown appears before you in the form of an unexplained phenomenon – that is more or less normal. However, when it manifests as a living person, do not be ashamed to express your awe. And do something nice … Continue reading
The White Guard Cycle (Russian Civil War)
He lived to forty. His life was cut short. There is no grain of truth in those words. He had lived through two wars, one government’s fall, Three different famines, four opposing factions, Six foreign countries and two real passions. … Continue reading
i dreamt…
i dreamt of the russian civil war yesterday. enough to wake me right up a 9 am on the New Year’s Eve morning… shades of gray and browns. no deaths. no horses. just the distant sound of mortar and endless … Continue reading
The White Guard (Russian Civil War) Series: The sunrise disappeared…
The White Guard (Russian Civil War) Series: The sunrise disappeared… The sunrise disappeared behind the tall trees, as if perished there, And a frozen sapphire rolled into the sky overhead. Perhaps Abel did beg Cain for mercy once, But we … Continue reading
The White Guard (Russian Civil War) Series: The tale of the fallen (The last attack)
The tale of the fallen (The last attack) I rushed into the final attack, But this time fate turned against the veteran, And besides that, the missile that fell By hillside was too much to withstand. And besides that, … Continue reading
The Romance of Naval Officers (Unona and Avos)
Engagement RUSSIAN PRIEST: I betrother Lord’s slave Nicolai with Lord’s slave Konchita. Is Lord’s slave Nicolai willing? TOASTS AND SHOUTING EVERYONE: You will wake me up in early morning, And, still barefoot, will see me out. You will never,you will … Continue reading
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