Event was (and still is) celebrated in USSR (Russia) since 1962 as "Day of Cosmonautics", from 2001 to 2022 as "Yuri's Night" in US (https://futurism.com/space-conference-censors-yuri-gagarin) and since 2017 as "International Day of Human Space Flight" by the UN.
Pictured: Yuri Gagarin with daughters Galya & Lena, and Ira Komarova. 1965, New Year's Eve.
Well, Chekhov fits well between Dostoyevsky and Saltykov-Shchedrin.
Thank you, once again.
Thank you for sharing. Do you happen to know what particular events lyrics refer to? Something around 1964? Edit: found after cursory search https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/MALVINA/mr073.htm
Also happens in other locales (i.e. Moscow), to similiar effect.
This is funny, because it is true. But also sad, for exact same reason.
An important and often overlooked part of the tragedies of WWII period.
Comrades, please be nice to each other, and argue in good faith. Also please do not randomly downvote.
To be fair, the video was posted before 24th June.
A bit of a nitpick, but was it not in the 3rd part?
Allegedly the root of the issue is a conflict over catering for the Army, and related income.
Edit: Then there is a fairly informative 29+ min video by the man himself, giving his reasons. It is available only in Russian as far as I am aware.
This really is gold, thank you for sharing. "Not only would indiscriminate attacks on civilians be arguably immoral, she points out, theyβd potentially invite other countries to do the same, or worse."