Who were the Red Army soldiers?

Alla Kalinina, rector of the Russian university, expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to install this piece in the Cuban capital on the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army, through a letter read by Sergei Oboznov, adviser to the Russian Embassy in Cuba. Kalinina in her letter also highlighted Cuba’s efforts in support of the Soviet Union during the “Great Patriotic War” (1941-1945), including the sinking of a Nazi submarine, t…

The sight of blooming lilacs has a special connotation for a person of my age. It evokes the image of a tank. I have seen that image so many times that it has become etched in my mind, probably indelibly. Every year at the beginning of May they could be seen in shop windows, in schools and public buildings, and in art classes the pupils obediently reproduced them. Tanks and lilacs to celebrate the “glorious May days” in memory of the Red Army – …