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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... attracted many a talented resident. The opera singers Feodor Chaliapin and Enrico Caruso, the poet Alexander Pushkin, the actress Sarah Bernhardt and the ballet dancer Anna Pavlova have all counted the Ukrainian port as home. For us there was one particularly happy connection: most of the ship's cabin crew hailed from Odessa and from the deck we were able to witness many a joyful...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
... ‘Fire bird’ tells a Russian folk tale, the painting ‘Winter evening’ is based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin. Another painting ‘Reef’ is on a poem by Linda Weischedel. Though she featured Russian characters in her painting initially, she switched over to colours and moods of Kerala later. Mayan Civilization, Egyptian History and Warli folk paintings also became subjects for Dr. Alyona’s...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
... 24 at 6.15 p.m. is directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Lev Milchin. It is based on a classic poem by Alexander Pushkin. When Tsar Saltan is away at war, the scheming members of his court exile his young wife and newborn heir. The Tsarina and the young prince Guidon survive and reach a remote island. Guidon saves the beautiful Princess Swan from an evil sorcerer and through a series of...
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A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
1. Alexander Nevsky (2,011,766 votes) 2. Alexander Pushkin (1,781,863) 3. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1,678,083) 4. Peter the Great (1,511,367) 5. Vladimir Lenin (1,356,281) 6. Alexander Suvorov (1,271,345) 7. Catherine the Great (1,265,784) 8. Ivan the Terrible (1,216,812) 9. Peter Stolypin (1,165,377) 10. Alexander II (1,066,896) 11. Dmitry Mendeleev (1,044,897) 12. Josef...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... of the daily she worked for, Novaya Gazeta, on a square named after the emblemic Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. "Anna Politkovskaya was a hero of our time," said Sophia, an 84-year-old retired teacher. "She wasn't afraid of anything." Politkovskaya's death sparked outrage among Western governments and calls for Russia to address the issue of attacks on journalists. Many suspect...
