Monday, May 30, 2005

IT'S QUITE A DAY IN RUSSIAN HISTORY

From left to right:

"I shall continue to be an impossible person so long as those who are possible remain possible." Mikhail Badunin, the Russian anarchist, born on this day in 1814

On this day in 1960, Boris Pasternak died at the age of 70.

Maxim Gorky, arrested on charges of printing revolutionary literature, was released from prison in 1901.

4 comments:

DementedPhotographer said...

Hmmmm ... Think anyone over there is celebrating? ;)

-G

zydeco fish said...

I have a grad degree in Russian history, and I would have let this day pass without even thinking about any of that. But, now I can reflect...OK, I'm done.

Trudging said...

Yep, love that history

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