Word: spiridonov
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...armored only in innocence and determination and those qualities blinker him. He has nothing to compare Russian life to; as far as he knows, the whole world is as gray and unpromising as the territory he traverses. There is nothing sentimental in the way little Kolya Spiridonov plays him. Like almost all the other players in The Italian, he is not a professional actor and so he seems not to be acting at all; every encounter, whether cruel or kindly, is naturalistically (and neutrally) accepted and processed by him, after which he proceeds along...
...hours passed, Spiridonov urged Lamb to lower the tail gates, to have his men stand up in the trucks, to do anything that would even hint of a backdown. Lieut. Lamb refused. Finally, 41 hours after it began, the blockade was lifted. "We will clear you on your terms," said a Russian officer...
...drawing up a memorandum that went to the Russians two weeks ago. For six days the Russians did not even acknowledge the memo. But when the U.S. sent a twelve-vehicle convoy across the East German border, Moscow gave its reply. As the convoy reached Marienborn, Lieut. Colonel Viktor Spiridonov ordered passengers to get out. Since there were only 20 passengers in the convoy (along with 24 drivers and assistant drivers), 1st Lieut. John C. Lamb, 25, refused...
...once, word of the blockade was flashed to U.S. headquarters in Berlin. U.S. Commander Major General James H. Polk, immediately fired off a message advising the Russians that "it is the allies who determine under what circumstances they will order troop passengers to dismount." Snapped Spiridonov: "It is the Soviets and not the allied authorities who determine convoy processing procedures...
| 1 |