In the very center of Moscow, on a picturesque hill above the Moskva River, the Kremlin rises – the historical and compositional center of the city. Here, on Borovitsky Hill, the history of the capital of Russia began. Excavations carried out during the construction of the Palace of Congresses and during the restoration of cathedrals, […]
On December 8, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a subject of international law and as a geopolitical reality. The presidents of the three Slavic republics, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, which had contributed almost seventy years before to its foundation, declared its dissolution at the Minsk meeting. At the time of its constitution, […]
Musician Michael Wieck (born 1928), German violinist and author Michael Wieck was born on July 19th in what was then Köngsberg. After the Second World War, Wieck first emigrated to Berlin, where, after studying music, he played the first violin in the RIAS Symphony Orchestra from 1952 and was the second concertmaster of the Berlin […]
