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Frustrating this plan was the Russians' lack of a quality railroad network. Additionally, the Russian trains operated on a different gauge than the Germans, meaning that unless the Russians acquired German railroad cars, most of their armies could only be brought as far as the German border. The presence of the armies of Austria-Hungary to the south as well as initially those of Japan to the east limited Russia's involvement in the beginning (Japan did however declare war on Germany on 23 August 1914). Nevertheless, the Russians considered the Germans to be their primary threat, and had organized a plan to use limited forces quickly to seize East Prussia.
Russians Enter Berlin: Final Months of World War II (1945) | British Pathé
During the final months of World War II, Russia raced to capture Berlin. This archive footage captures Stalin's Soviet troops fighting to enter the city to marching German POWs through the streets.
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Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! The X marks the spot, so get your shovel ready and start digging. Money, gold and jewelry stashed away on some mysterious island usually means trouble. From the mists of time, when mythical gods and legendary heroes roamed the Earth, though the Middle Ages and even the last couple of centuries, we have records of great treasures that seem to have vanished, leaving behind only pies in the sky. Fascinating examples of opulence and decadence, the world knelt to their power and wept at their disappearance. They witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations, and now they are gone. Or are they?
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The tidal wave of the German advance had lost momentum when it broke against the outskirts of Moscow; the cold Russian winter had saved the city.
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Iago Aspas scored a stoppage-time equaliser - with the aid of VAR - as Spain scraped an unconvincing draw with Morocco to top Group B and secure a World Cup last-16 tie against hosts Russia.
Youssef En Nesyri - who plays in Spain for Malaga - looked to have won it for Herve Renard's side when he powered in a superb header from fellow substitute Faycal Fajr's corner.
But Aspas flicked in Dani Carvajal's low cross to make it 2-2, with referee Ravshan Irmatov initially disallowing the goal before overturning the decision.
Spain won the group on goals scored as Portugal were held to a 1-1 draw by Iran - but had a tough night as they extended their unbeaten run to 23 games.
A dreadful mix-up between Andres Iniesta and Sergio Ramos had allowed Khalid Boutaib to stride through and give Morocco a surprise 14th-minute lead.
Iniesta made amends five minutes later by helping create a sublime equaliser, exchanging passes with Diego Costa and getting to the byeline before cutting back for Isco to steer high into the net.
But Spain looked wobbly in defence when pressed by a committed, aggressive Morocco side, with Boutaib denied by the legs of David de Gea after Hakim Ziyech's quick throw sent him clear.
Nordin Amrabat was desperately unlucky not to score in the second half as his searing shot came back off the angle of post and bar with De Gea motionless.
Isco was denied a second goal when his header was diverted wide by Romain Saiss - playing instead of dropped captain Medhi Benatia - before the late drama.
Spain wobble at the back
Spain have been hit and miss at this World Cup - perhaps unsurprisingly, given the turbulence surrounding the pre-tournament sacking of coach Julen Lopetegui.
They were excellent in their opening game against Portugal - but had to settle for a 3-3 draw - and poor in their second match against Iran - but won 1-0.
In Kaliningrad, they dominated possession - having more than 75% of the ball - and had 18 shots to Morocco's six. However, they produced a performance that must still have concerned new coach Fernando Hierro.
The game's first two goals were the clearest demonstration of Spain's strange display. Iniesta's loose return pass to Ramos was down to a lapse in concentration, allowing Morocco to take the lead, but his setting up of Isco's equaliser was beautifully done.
Spain were defensively off-key whenever under pressure, with Gerard Pique lucky to escape punishment early on for a two-footed lunge towards Boutaib - saved by the fact that he did make contact with the ball - before he avoided sanction for a clear second-half handball on the edge of his own penalty area.
In Pique's defence, he nearly made amends with a header that veered just wide, from an Isco corner, but they were grateful to Aspas for securing them first place in the group - and ensuring they avoided the dangerous Uruguay in the next round.
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Sergei Korolev | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:34 1 Early life
00:05:22 2 Education
00:08:18 3 Early career
00:11:55 4 Imprisonment
00:15:44 5 Ballistic missiles
00:21:45 6 Space program
00:25:05 6.1 The Moon
00:29:16 6.2 Human spaceflight
00:37:07 6.2.1 Criticism
00:38:35 7 Death
00:42:58 8 Personal life
00:44:59 9 Awards and honours
00:46:02 9.1 Namesakes
00:47:44 10 Portrayals in fiction
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Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (Russian: Серге́й Па́влович Королёв, IPA: [sʲɪrˈgʲej ˈpavɫəvʲɪtɕ kərɐˈlʲɵf] (listen), also transliterated as Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, Ukrainian: Сергій Павлович Корольов / Serhiy Pavlovych Korolyov; 12 January 1907 (OS 30 December 1906) – 14 January 1966, was a lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He is regarded by many as the father of practical astronautics. He was involved in the development of the R-7 Rocket, Sputnik 1, and launching Laika and the first human being, Yuri Gagarin, into space.Although Korolev trained as an aircraft designer, his greatest strengths proved to be in design integration, organization and strategic planning. Arrested on a false official charge as a member of an anti-Soviet counter-revolutionary organization (which would later be reduced to saboteur of military technology), he was imprisoned in 1938 for almost six years, including some months in a Kolyma labour camp. Following his release he became a recognized rocket designer and a key figure in the development of the Soviet Intercontinental ballistic missile program. He later directed the Soviet space program and was made a Member of Soviet Academy of Sciences, overseeing the early successes of the Sputnik and Vostok projects including the first human Earth orbit mission by Yuri Alexeyvich Gagarin on 12 April 1961. Korolev's unexpected death in 1966 interrupted implementation of his plans for a Soviet manned Moon landing before the United States 1969 mission.
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S1E03 - L'énigme de la chambre d'ambre - Chasseurs de légendes
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Résumé: Considérée comme la huitième merveille du monde, la «chambre d'ambre», une pièce entièrement recouverte de panneaux de chêne incrustés d'ambre, avait été offerte en 1716 au tsar de Russie Pierre le Grand par le roi de Prusse Frédéric-Guillaume Ier. Lorsque l'Allemagne nazie envahit l'URSS en juin 1941, les soviétiques tentent de la dissimuler en recouvrant ses murs de draps et de tapisseries. Cependant, les nazis trouvent les panneaux, qui sont démontés et envoyés à Königsberg - aujourd'hui Kaliningrad -, en Prusse-Orientale, où la chambre est reconstituée. Lorsque l'armée Rouge prend la ville quatre ans plus tard, la pièce est alors introuvable. Où a-t-elle été transportée ? Une question à laquelle la Stasi et le KGB, tenteront de répondre durant plusieurs décennies, sans succès.
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La Chambre d'ambre (en russe : Янтарная комната, Iantarnaïa komnata ; en allemand : Bernsteinzimmer), une pièce aux murs recouverts d’éléments sculptés dans de l'ambre authentique, fut offerte par le roi de Prusse Frédéric-Guillaume Ier au tsar de Russie Pierre le Grand en 1716. Pendant presque deux siècles, elle fut installée au palais Catherine à Tsarskoïe Selo près de Saint-Pétersbourg. Plusieurs fois rénovée, elle avait une surface de 55 mètres carrés et contenait plus de six tonnes d'ambre. Volée par les Allemands en 1941, elle est considérée comme perdue depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Une reconstitution à l'identique de la Chambre d'ambre a été inaugurée en 2003 après presque trente années de travaux.
La Chambre a été réalisée à Dantzig et Königsberg en Prusse par trois maîtres de la marqueterie d'ambre, Gottfried Wolffram, Ernst Schacht et Gottfried Turau, et était initialement destinée au château de Charlottenburg. Elle a été conçue par l'architecte et sculpteur Andreas Schlüter. Il s'agissait d'une pièce totalement recouverte de lambris d'ambre, également connue sous l'appellation de « huitième merveille du monde ». Le Danois Gottfried Wolffram, tourneur d'ambre, était sans doute depuis 1701 au service de Frédéric Ier, qui l'avait engagé sur la recommandation de Frédéric IV de Danemark. En 1706, la réalisation de la Chambre lui fut retirée et confiée à deux artisans de Dantzig, Schacht et Turau : le prix demandé par Wolffram fut en effet ressenti comme excessif. Une source datant de 1712 mentionne encore l'œuvre, qui n'a vraisemblablement été installée qu'après la mort de Frédéric Ier dans un cabinet de la « Salle Blanche » (Weißer Saal) du Château de Berlin.
Le tsar de Russie Pierre le Grand admira la Chambre lors de sa visite à la résidence des rois de Prusse et, après qu'elle lui fut offerte, la fit transporter à Saint-Pétersbourg. Sa fille, l'impératrice Élisabeth Petrovna, fit tout d'abord installer la Chambre au palais d'Hiver, puis au palais Catherine. L'architecte italien Bartolomeo Rastrelli agrandit la Chambre et lui donna sa taille définitive par l'adjonction de pilastres à miroir et de sculptures dorées.
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Druschba – Freundschaft: Mit einem Russen im Leichenhaus
Druschba ist das russische Wort für Freundschaft und auch der Name der neuen Reportage-Reihe auf RT Deutsch. Isabel Reising hat sich auf die Suche gemacht, nach Menschen, die in Russland geboren wurden und sich für ein Leben in Deutschland entschieden haben. Ob Musiker, Künstler oder Jungunternehmer, alle vereint der Spagat zwischen den Kulturen - und alle haben spannende Geschichten zu erzählen. In der ersten Folge geht es ins Leichenhaus.
Der Russlanddeutsche Evgeny Falkenstern und seine Frau Evgenia betreiben in der Nähe des S-Bahnhofs Rummelsburg in Berlin ein Leichenhaus. Doch kein echtes. Der Raum ist Teil einer kreativen Geschäftsgründung des Ehepaares. In Russland sind so genannte Escape Rooms schon lange sehr beliebt. Wer mitspielen will, lässt sich eine Stunde in einem schaurigen Raum einsperren, aus dem nur entflohen werden kann, wenn man knifflige Rätsel löst. Evegeny und Evgenia haben sich mit dieser Idee erfolgreich ihre Selbständigkeit in Deutschland aufgebaut, viele begeisterte Spieler verlangen nach immer neuen Escape Rooms.
RT-Reporterin Isabel Reising hat die beiden im Escape Room getroffen und besuchte mit ihnen das Sowjetische Ehrenmal im Treptower Park. Was heißt es für gebürtige Russen in Deutschland zu leben?
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Uniting Church & AIS Inaugural Iftar Dinner
Written by: Larry Marshall
‘For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me’: Matthew 25:35
The beautiful Islamic call to prayer echoed through the hall of St Thomas Uniting Church in Craigieburn, in the north of Melbourne, as Muslims from the Australian Intercultural Society (AIS) at sunset on 8 June to break their fast for Ramadan joined by their Christian brothers and sisters.
Rev Peter Weeks and members of his congregation hosted the evening of food and fellowship with support from the assembly of the Uniting Church and the synod’s ‘Uniting through Faiths’ project. Associate general secretary of the Vic/Tas Synod, Isabel Thomas Dobson attended the evening.
Bringing two ‘peoples of the book’ together in a holy place at this auspicious time in Ramadan is meaningful in many ways. It is about the faithful building of personal relationships which can work to transcend the noise and violence of our modern world which often tears us apart.
Omer Atilla Ergi from AIS called for a respectful minute’s silence to pay respect to all who have died in the continuing violence in the Middle East, in England, Europe and elsewhere. Mr Weeks echoed these sentiments and called for deeper listening and learning about each other to help break down the walls between us.
Prayer rooms were set up for the guests with water and the traditional dates were set on each table. As the first food was consumed, the discussions started in earnest.
The meal opened with the words of UCA president Stuart McMillan who had written to support this Iftar as well as others being held in Sydney and Brisbane. He said:
“The sharing of the Iftar meal between Muslims and Christians has become a powerful symbol of love for neighbour.”
Omer explained that Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar and a time of fasting for all Muslims to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). During this month of Ramadan Muslims will fast from dawn until dusk – complete abstention from food and drink and intimate intercourse.
It is also a time when Muslims focus inwardly and on their relation to God. It is a particularly prayerful time, with prayers five times each day meticulously observed. Ramadan is a time of moral cleansing and spiritual growth.
Fasting is also a means of creating empathy with poorer members of society by experiencing what it feels like to go hungry each day. During Ramadan there is an expectation that Muslims should share their wealth with the poor through alms-giving called zakat.
Mr Weeks and the St Thomas church community provided a warm welcome to their Muslim guests, even as AIS friends continued to arrive through the evening, near doubling the expected numbers. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre catered for the dinner and the apple pies were home made by St Thomas parishioners.
There were many calls from those gathered for more of these interfaith opportunities for deepening our dialogue and our friendship. St Thomas church council chairperson Ray Benson was ebullient: “What a positive night, with loads of smiles and goodwill. We certainly are a vibrant community in today’s society with some important stories to tell.”
Larry Marshall is a project manager with Uniting Through Faiths.
Syria war map || Breaking News, 25th of September, 2018
Russian Ministry of Defense rejected the statements of the Israeli military about their non-involvement in the crash of the Russian reconnaissance aircraft Il-20 near the coast of Syria during 17th of September, Interfax reported. The official representative of Russian Ministry of Defense, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, presented data from the indicators of the combat control center of the Russian S-400 system, which recorded the actions of Israeli fighters and the flight of the Syrian S-200 missile. I would like to underline once again that the provocative actions of the Israeli Air Force fighters during the evening of 17th of September were carried out near the approaching air routes to the Khmeimim airfield that are being used not only by the military, but also by civilian passenger aircraft - the general said.
James Mattis, the head of the Pentagon, announced that the US military department started thinking about the details of placing a permanent military base of the United States on the territory of Poland, while assessing the proposal made by Warsaw. According to James Mattis - no decision on this matter has been taken yet. The experts have just begun studying this matter, TASS reports. Right now we are assessing the offer from Poland - the potential of what was offered to us - the chief of Pentagon said and added that the consideration of the issue is at an early stage. The US minister assured that the United States appreciate the offer of Poland.
The US Army is sending additional troops to Syria. According to local sources - the reinforcements of the US Army's landing troops are located on the outskirts of Marashida, in the east of the province of Deir ez Zor. The US military will support the Kurdish formations in the battles with the Islamists.
The United States haven't destroyed their stockpiles of chemical weapons yet, and at the moment they have about 3,000 tons of components for chemical weapons, said Vladimir Yermakov, director of the Department of Non-proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to him, the OPCW must deal with the chemical weapons in the US which, for some reason, haven't done so on their own. Meanwhile, the United States are one of the initiators of the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons, which involves the elimination of the existing chemical weapons and the prohibition of its production from now on.
Russian neighbors have planned some cardinal reorganization of bodies of water on their territories. Recently, Ukraine presented the idea of a bypassing sea channel around the Crimea. Now Poland announced their plan of making a channel through the Baltic Spit - they plan to start during the next month. This was announced by the chairman of the ruling Polish party Law and Justice Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The goal of the project is to ''overcome the dependence on Russia. At the moment, the incoming ships, heading to the Polish city-port of Elblag, must pass through the Russian territorial waters. The experts have repeatedly expressed their concerns that this construction could worsen the environmental situation in the Kaliningrad Gulf, but Warsaw ignores such arguments.
ISIS are trying to create a stronghold in the countries of Central Asia, and to activate the sleeping terrorists cells. This was stated by the head of the CIS Antiterrorist Center, colonel-general of the police, Andrei Novikov, at the international exercises Issyk-Kul - Antiterror 2018, conducted to develop the ways of fighting the extremists. According to him, in the Central Asian region, weapons are being spread because of the insufficient protection of borders. The deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Zhenish Razakov, added that the members of terrorist organizations infiltrate the countries around Afghanistan. Earlier, the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that in order to prevent the spread of terrorism from Afghanistan - Russia is enhancing their military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan with the latest weapons. Constantine Reztsov, specially for ANNA NEWS.
University Challenge S47E09 Fitzwilliam - Cambridge vs Leicester
Our luck is not quite here yet: Today's fixture between Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Leicester University is a relaxed back-and-forth between two teams who don't take it too seriously (in a positive way). While I like the chummy atmosphere, it makes a relatively quiet match today. Some good buzz, though.
Original air date 18.9.2017
University Challenge S45E16 Southhampton vs Queen Mary - London
Original air date 26.10.2015