Word: leningraders
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Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 266-1492. Symphony Open House on Sat., March 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Performs Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad" on Thurs., March 16 at 8 p.m.; Fri., March 17 at 1:30 p.m. and Sat., March...
...Boris A. Gontarev was a post-graduate chemistry student in Leningrad when he was chosen to participate in the first student exchange program between the Soviet Union and the United States...
...Leningrad State University, Gontarev was known for his imitations of French singer Yves Montand. One night, Gontarev was asked to perform before an audience of administrators and faculty, and it changed his life...
After a stint working at the United Nations in New York, Gontarev returned to the Soviet Union and assisted the president of Leningrad Technical Institute in an attempt to reorganize the school according to an American model...
This is a place where electricity is available only a few hours a day, telephones work intermittently if at all, and two gallons of gasoline costs more than the average monthly salary. The daily ration of nine ounces of bread is less than the amount allotted workers in Leningrad during the German siege in World War II. Food -- what little is available -- sells for double the exorbitant prices charged in Moscow. Schools have closed. Many hospitals have no hot water, electricity or heat and are turning the sick away...