My maternal grandmother -Winnifred Gibson (1918-1999) – worked as the Manager of the NAAFI in RAMC Holton Park [Wheatley] Military Hospital in post-WWII East Oxfordshire.
Tag: soviet union
Grunya Sukhareva (Груня Сухарева) [1891-1981] – Forgotten Soviet Pioneer of ‘Autism’ Research (1925)
During her lifetime, Sukhareva opened such schools all over the country. However, its influence and authority did not go beyond Soviet borders, which was the result of political and language barriers. Only a small part of the Soviet research of that time was translated into other languages, very often it was German rather than English. Although her work of 1925 was translated into German the following year, the translation was unsuccessful, even the name of the author of the work was distorted as “Ssuchareva”. The work was translated into English only in 1996, 15 years after Sukhareva’s death, when Sula Wolff, a British psychiatrist, stumbled upon it.
Declassified: Official Soviet Losses During the Great Patriotic War Amount to Nearly 42 million (1941-1945)
As a result, partial statistics were given-out which were ‘correct’ from a particular context. As no one had access to the total number except a trusted few – the onus was all about a rapid reconstruction of the Soviet infrastructure (including the building of houses and the caring for the millions of people missing limbs and who had been made disabled etc), and a military preparation for an unprovoked attack from the US and their allies! All this was going on whilst the Soviet Space Programme was developing the technology which would soon shock the world – all under the guidance of the ‘elected’ General Secretary – Joseph Stalin – the last great leader the USSR would have!
Remembrance Sunday: Soviet War Memorial – London (14.11.2021)
For us – as a multicultural British family – the Soviet War Memorial in London if far more than theoretical stone monument to the heroic
Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rocky VI’ Director’s Cut Unleashes Unexpected Surprises!
Sylvester Stallone is set to shock his Hollywood playmates with a totally unexpected re-editing of his now Cult-Classic (1985) sports film entitled ‘Rocky VI’! Gone
The Proletariat Genius of the AK47!
Translator’s Note: My personal experience has been with the use of the ‘AK74’. The version I used fired 5.45 ammunition – but could also fire
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 