The Historic White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal, RUSSIA
These two cities are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Vladimir was founded in 1108 and includes the Cathedral of the Assumption (1158) and the Golden Gate (1164). Suzdal, 25 km north of Vladimir was settled in the 9th and 10th centuries and became a fortress (Kremlin) in the 11th cenutry.
Religion in Russia
Religion in Russia is diverse, with a 1997 law naming Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism as important in Russian history. Orthodox Christianity (Russian: Православие Pravoslaviye) is Russia's traditional and largest religion, deemed a part of Russia's historical heritage in a law passed in 1997. Russian Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Russia. About 95% of the registered Orthodox parishes belong to the Russian Orthodox Church while there are a number of smaller Orthodox Churches. However, the vast majority of Orthodox believers do not attend church on a regular basis.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Russia face legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT persons. Although same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults in private was decriminalized in 1993, homosexuals are viewed with contempt by most Russians, and same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are ineligible for the legal protections available to opposite-sex couples. There are currently no laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in Russia. Transgender people are allowed to change their legal gender following sex reassignment surgery, however, there are currently no laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity or expression and recent laws could discriminate against transgender residents. Homosexuality has been declassified as a mental illness since 1999 and although gays and lesbians are legally allowed to serve openly in the military, there is a de facto Don't ask, don't tell policy.
Russia has been viewed as being socially conservative regarding homosexuality, with recent polls indicating that a majority of Russians are against the acceptance of homosexuality and have shown support for laws discriminating against homosexuals. About 40% support either isolation or mandatory commitment for them, while 5% support liquidation. Despite receiving international criticism for the recent increase in social discrimination, crimes, and violence against homosexuals, larger cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg have been said to have a thriving LGBT community. However, there has been a historic resistance to gay pride parades by local governments; despite being fined by the European Court of Human Rights in 2010 for interpreting it as discrimination, the city of Moscow denied 100 individual requests for permission to hold Moscow Pride through 2012, citing a risk of violence against participants.
Since 2006, numerous regions in Russia have enacted varying laws restricting the distribution of materials promoting LGBT relationships to minors; in June 2013, a federal law criminalizing the distribution of materials among minors in support of non-traditional sexual relationships, was enacted as an amendment to an existing child protection law. The law has resulted in the numerous arrests of Russian LGBT citizens publicly opposing the law and there has reportedly been a surge of homophobic propaganda, violence, and even hate crimes, many of whom use the law as justification. It has received international criticism from human rights observers, LGBT activists, and media outlets and has been viewed as de facto means of criminalizing LGBT culture. Russian historian and human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva has called it a step toward the Middle Ages. In January 2016, the State Duma rejected a proposal by the Communist Party to punish people who publicly express their homosexuality with fines and arrests.In a report issued on April 13, 2017, a panel of five expert advisors to the United Nations Human Rights Council—Vitit Muntarbhorn, Sètondji Roland Adjovi; Agnès Callamard; Nils Melzer; and David Kaye—condemned the wave of torture and killings of gay men in Chechnya.
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От белых ночей до песчаных барханов. Выпуск 4.
На 4 день своей полуторамесячной поездки путешественники отправились в приграничный Ивангород, заехав по пути в Кингисепп, и познакомились с мощной крепостью, основанной Иваном III. После этого, перейдя по мосту через реку Нарва и попав в одноимённый эстонский город, посетили стоящий напротив Ивангородского укрепления замок Германа.
Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:59 1 Background
00:02:15 1.1 Pre-war relations with Britain
00:05:08 2 German invasion
00:11:56 3 Occupation
00:12:06 3.1 German political and military powers
00:17:17 3.2 Economic consequences
00:18:43 3.3 Holocaust and deportation of Jews
00:19:36 3.4 Acceptance and collaboration
00:20:50 3.5 Resistance movement
00:22:33 3.6 Exiled Norwegian forces
00:23:17 3.6.1 Navy
00:23:59 3.6.2 Air Force
00:25:34 3.6.3 Army
00:26:29 3.7 Allied raids in Norway
00:27:31 4 Liberation
00:27:41 4.1 Lapland War, Soviet advance, and retreat of the German army
00:32:08 4.2 Exiled Norwegian troops liberate Finnmark
00:35:17 4.3 German capitulation and end of occupation
00:39:51 5 Aftermath
00:40:01 5.1 Lebensborn and war children
00:41:14 5.2 Refugees
00:43:59 5.3 Treason trials
00:45:20 5.4 German prisoners of war
00:46:13 5.5 Legacy of the occupation
00:46:55 5.5.1 Social and cultural transformation
00:47:57 5.5.2 Surviving Luftwaffe aircraft
00:49:28 6 See also
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The German occupation of Norway during World War II began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940 and the Germans controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8/9 May 1945. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht. Civil rule was effectively assumed by the Reichskommissariat Norwegen (Reich Commissariat of Norway), which acted in collaboration with a pro-German puppet government, the Quisling regime, while the Norwegian King Haakon VII and the prewar government escaped to London, where they acted as a government in exile. This period of military occupation is in Norway referred to as the war years or occupation period.