Zoo therapy for Beslan orphans
... in the school siege nearly a year ago. The Russian Children's Fund - a nationwide charity - organised the two-week ... I like reading poetry, and books about dinosaurs ...

The Friendship Train, travelling across Russia, arrived on Thursday in Birobidzhan. The Chechen delegati
... between the two Russian regions in economy ... poetry of the 19th-20th centuries. It consists of 20 ballads and 15 lyric songs translated by renowned Russian poets ...

Admired poet, dissident passes away
... her nature poetry received praise from distinguished poets. It was widely translated into Russian, Ukrainian and other ...

Our lady of sorrows
Anna of All The Russians: The Life of Anna Akhmatovaby Elaine FeinsteinWeidenfeld & Nicolson 20, pp322When people remember Anna Akhmatova, they do so extravagantly. ... her 'one of the greatest poets of Russian literature ... she became the voice of a whole ... become part of Russian history, from the quality of that poetry?Anna Akhmatova was ...

Rock, pop artifacts on display (08-17-2005)
Rock, pop artifacts on display 2005-08-17 Love ''firsts''? Head for Seattle's Experience Music Project this weekend. ... Bob Dylan artifact -- a book of handwritten poetry the troubadour wrote in college, before working in ... to bring supplies and care to Russian orphans. Then, Kirkland's Chuck Morgan ...

Letters to the editor for Aug. 14, 2005
Light beyond the shadowsThe first page of the Aug. 7 News-Journal was a classic and poignant portrait of contrasts. ... the report of the dramatic rescue of seven Russian sailors trapped three days 600 feet under the Pacific ... the mind where music and poetry are born and the sentiments of ...

The singing festival
Finalnd's Savonlinna Opera Festival, one of the oldest in Europe, running until Aug. 7, opened earlier this month with an opera set in the ancient Russian capital Veliky Novgorod, 300 kilometers south of St. ... reality, historical truth and fictitious events interweave in music, poetry and emotion ...

classical poetry