MOSCOW UNIVERSITY
FOUNDED BY
EMPRESS ELIZABETH
(TSARINA ELIZAVETA)
January 25, 1755
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY (MGU), 1984
One of Stalin's Skyscrapers
The Seven высотки (vysotkyi)
Official website here
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
ST. PETERSBURG BECOMES LENINGRAD, January 24, 1924
ST. PETERSBURG
IS RE-NAMED IN HONOR OF
VLADIMIR LENIN
January 24, 1924
(Three days after the Soviet leader's death)
KAZAN CATHEDRAL
LENINGRAD, RUSSIA, USSR, 1984
Sixty years after the former capital's name was changed from St. Petersburg
&
seven years before it was changed back to St. Petersburg
Monday, January 23, 2012
A RAINY DAY IN LENINGRAD (1984)
DOM KNIGI
THE HOUSE OF BOOKS
THE FORMER SINGER BUILDING
LENINGRAD (ST. PETERSBURG)
RUSSIA, USSR, 1984
Sunday, January 22, 2012
JAMES CARROLL, BORN THREE DAYS AFTER JANIS JOPLIN, TURNS SIXTY-NINE
JAMES CARROLL
b. January 22, 1943
JAMES CARROLL
WINNER, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION (1996)
for
AMERICAN REQUIEM: GOD, MY FATHER,
AND THE WAR THAT CAME BETWEEN US
HIS MOST RECENT BOOK
is
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM:
HOW THE ANCIENT CITY IGNITED OUR WORLD
OTHERS INCLUDE
HOUSE OF WAR: THE PENTAGON AND
THE DISASTROUS RISE OF AMERICAN POWER
&
SECRET FATHER
CARROLL'S OWN WEBSITE is here
Saturday, January 21, 2012
VLADIMIR LENIN dies, January 21, 1924
VLADIMIR LENIN
April 22, 1870-January 21, 1924
THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
AT THE LENIN MAUSOLEUM
MOSCOW, 1984
Another view of the Mausoleum, here
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
JANIS JOPLIN b. January 19, 1943
JANIS JOPLIN
January 19, 1943-October 4, 1970
"SIXTY-NINE!
NO WAY!"
LOTS more Joplin: here and via the "JANIS JOPLIN" label below.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
LIMA, PERU, FOUNDED BY FRANCISCO PIZARRO 477 YEARS AGO
LIMA, PERU
FOUNDED
January 18, 1535
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
FOUNDER OF LIMA, PERU
AS DEPICTED IN THE
LIMA CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF
ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE & EVANGELIST
An account of this year's celebration of the anniversary, the FIESTA de LIMA (The Lima Fest) can be found here.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
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