Word: russian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sunday, January 22, renowned Russian cellist Natalia Gutman will begin her five-month American tour by playing a concert at Sanders Theatre. Gutman’s performances in the United States have been rare, as her travel was once strictly limited by the Soviet government. Gutman will be accompanied by her son, violinist Slava Moroz and pianist Dmitri Shteinberg in a program of four pieces: Brahms’ “Sonata N.1 E Minor,” Arensky’s “Trio in D Minor, Op. 32,” Schumann?...
...them. One part of Soderbergh's brain makes can't-miss caper films and weepie dramas (Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich) with the town's priciest talent. Another part is indelibly indie: he will shoot an ad-lib HBO series about lobbyists (K Street), or remake a mystical Russian sci-fi art film (Solaris). Not everything works, but it's more than cool that he tries...
...apply for Gilman scholarships, which offer grants of up to $5,000 for study abroad, according to the Harvard funding website.President Bush also announced a plan at the summit last Thursday to allot $114 million to the National Security Language Initiative, which would promote the study of Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, and Farsi, among other languages.A related proposal, which would also emphasize the study of languages critical to national security, is part of a bill currently awaiting Congressional approval. The Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant would give some college students majoring in selected languages an additional...
...Countess” is a fitting end to their legendary partnership. Fiennes plays Todd Jackson, a blind former diplomat who starts his own nightclub after losing both his wife and daughter in a tragic act of terrorism (which caused his blindness). When Jackson crosses paths with a comely Russian Countess (Natasha Richardson), he finds his muse and the film finds its title. The Russian Countess Sofia Belinsky, booted from her woe-begotten homeland, is a high-society call girl, who reluctantly assumes the profession to prevent her young daughter Katya from succumbing to the same fate. Sofia is a tragic...
Catherine the Great once said that because of the size of the country, “the sovereign must be autocratic,” crystallizing the perennial Russian dilemma between authoritarian regimes and revolutions. Putin once deemed the fall of the Soviet Union the greatest political catastrophe of the century; the world hopes he won’t try to emulate what was lost under Mikhail Gorbachev. Gazprom’s New Year surprise, however, shows a future as dark as oil, and as volatile as natural...