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  • OCA [Orthodox Church in America] Archbishop of Alaska Defends Statue of First Russian Governor of Alaska

    07/20/2020 6:25:38 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 3 replies
    Pravoslavie ^ | 7/20/20
    Among the latest targets in the mob movement to remove historical monuments throughout America that has gained steam since the tragic death of George Floyd is the statue of Alexander Baranov, the first Russian governor of Alaska, that sits outside the Sitka City Hall. Nearly 100 people rallied in front of City Hall on June 23, calling for the statue to be removed, and the Sitka Assembly voted 6-1 last Tuesday to move the statue from its prominent spot in the town. Baranov was the first chief manager of the Russian-American Company and directed the expansion of Russian authority in...
  • Grozny, Chechnya - Explosion in stadium at music concert

    05/09/2004 12:09:19 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 47 replies · 940+ views
    RIA Novosti ^ | May 9, 2004
    In Groznyy, on the stadium of "dynamo", thundered the explosion there is those be killeden and injured, transmits the correspondent OF RIA of "news" from the place of events. Explosion thundered into 10.35 on the central platform of the stadium, where at this time was passed concert on occasion of Day of Victory. According to the evidence of the correspondent OF RIA of "news", to the stadium today arrived many people - all platforms were filled.     10:45