Word: lepeshinskaya
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...with young soldiers whose tunics were splashed with large and brilliant enameled medals. In the Park of Culture and Rest, a mélange of uplift, Coney Island and sylvan charm, family groups sat quietly under the lime trees on rest days. At the ballet Mmes. Lepeshinskaya and Cherkasova fluttered back on their points time after time for encores. Reciters read Pushkin's poetry to the crowded halls. The Red Army chorus sang to packed theaters. Factory girls and soldiers held parties and waltzed swiftly to the tootlings of brass bands. A new play, Russian People...
...Moscow Author Reynolds went to the circus, watched a Russian soccer game, talked with his Russian barber ("the only barber in Moscow who spoke any English"), flirted with Ballet Dancer Lepeshinskaya, fell in love with the Russians...