#russian front

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"CLOTHING APPEAL FOR RUSSIA "SNOWED UNDER" BY DONATIONS," Toronto Star. June 3, 1943. Page 37. ---- This load of clothing and shoes under which 14-year-old Jack Swartz is laboring is just a small part of the "proceeds" collected for Russia's homeless by canvassers of the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew association. In 10 city blocks, Toronto citizens donated so much clothing that 75 depots were used to hold it. Every article will reach Russia through the clothing section of the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund.

#toronto #young men's and women's hebrew association #aid to russia #mutual benefit society #jewish canadians #allied powers #eastern front #russian front #red army #canada during world war 2 #charitable philanthropy

[ce-ayr-blog]

30th May 1944 - Unicorn Challenge

Copyright Ayr/Gray The Unicorn Challenge. A magical new weekly writing opportunity from her – Jenne Gray – and me.Visit her blog every Friday to see the photo prompt, and post your amazing story in her comments section.Or on your own blog, and stick the link down in her comments.The rules are:Maximum of 250 words.Based on photo prompt.That’s it.To hear me read my story, just click here: 30th…

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#250 words #Amiens #Berlin #D-day #flash fiction #gestapo #leonard cohen #paris #Russian front #short story #sound bite fiction #the partisan #train #unicorn challenge #wehrmacht

[majianguo]

First time trying real Russian syrniki (curd cheese pancakes) at Usha café located in Uluwatu.  The first time I had ever heard of of syrniki was at Just Kitchen Georgian Restaurant where my wife and tried it for the first time, however I have come to believe that it was rather of the Georgian variety.  This was real syrniki. 

#syrniki #Russian syrniki #russian front #Usha cafe

[andromeddog]

a total solar eclipse occurred on august 21st, 1914

#my art #ww1 art #solar eclipse #oc stuff #the totality passed over a lot of countries including the western parts of the russian empire #these three are observing from outside of minsk on their way to the eastern front #don’t worry they have eye protection i promise #this must have been an insane thing to witness on your way to war

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 09

PREVIOUS

Thanksgiving dinner really wasn’t that bad. It’d been years since FF had been to one as lively as this.

Kevin is loud and demanding when it comes to what needs to be on the TV and the exact perfect schedule to catch all of the Exy games being played. Wymack brought bourbon and has put it on the highest shelf in Abby’s kitchen right next to where Abby put the second pie for the exact same reason: Keep Andrew out of it. The Monsters and FF all get roped into helping Abby prep the meal.

He’s told that usually there are more people staying over Thanksgiving but this year more had gone home or gone to friend’s homes to celebrate. The only ones there are the Monsters, FF, and Jack.

Jack sits sullenly on the couch no matter what task Abby tries to give him.

Eventually, potatoes are mashed, turkeys are carved with appropriate knives, corn is creamed, macaroni is cheesed, canned cranberries have been de-canned, and the stuffing is…there on the table.

“Dig in!” Abby says not bothering with grace.

It’s good.

FF still misses his grandma’s cooking. It’s nice to have this loud Thanksgiving like he used to get but there’s something special about helping his grandma in the kitchen and the two of them sitting down to eat.

He definitely misses his grandma’s company when Jack starts to loudly complain about every last food item that Abby has so graciously laid out for them.

Wymack & Captain Neill both tell him to knock it off and threaten grueling exercises when practice starts back up while Andrew just threatens him with a knife multiple times to shut him up but FF can see Jack looking in the kitchen as he sits in silence after Andrew not so stealthily held a knife to his ribs.

Jack is looking at his grandma’s pie up on the top shelf.

Jack is going to complain about his grandma’s pie.

He looks at the Monsters and knows that there is only one person at this table who can POSSIBLY stop him is the person that FF fears the most.

Still….

He figures Andrew owes him a final request before he’s murdered in a basement, secondary location or (a new option he thought of on the way over to Abby’s in Andrew’s absurdly nice car), a secondary location’s basement.

“I want you to stop Jack from having any of my grandma’s pie.” He says in German drawing the attention of Aaron, Nicky, and Neil. Andrew blinks at him but says nothing so he continues. “If he says something mean about it then I’ll lose it.” He says.

FF means that if Jack insults his grandma’s pie that she had managed to get to him through some sort of grandmotherly wizardry then FF will burst into tears. He’s got what doctor’s call leaky eyes and there is no cure for these bad boys. He knows he’ll try to defend his grandma’s pie from whatever issue Jack will take with it but he also knows that he will be sobbing during that defense.

Andrew hears that and thinks that he might finally get to witness what FF looks like when he’s angry. From Kevin’s screaming, to Jack’s taunts, to Andrew’s own barbs, he has yet to see FF get mad. FF’s ability to stay in his own lane and regulate his emotions is one of the reasons that Andrew considers him a friend. He thinks about the bags under FF’s eyes and how desolate he had looked staring down at the ‘CANCELLED’ notification on his phone.

Andrew is getting into the art of doing something nice. For a friend.

He gives FF a singular nod and pulls one of his knives out of his arm bands and makes his way over to the pie. He ignores some various questions from the other, irrelevant.

“I want a slice at least!” Nicky demands and he nods as he cuts up the pie into seven normal sized slices. He puts each on a plate and Neil, every understanding of Andrew’s intentions, hands them out to the Monsters, FF, Wymack, and Abby.

“Good, finally get to try this stupid pie.” Jack says and Andrew levels a knife that has an apple slice slowly sliding off of it at Jack’s face.

“People who can’t appreciate the free dinner don’t get to have dessert.” He says and watches as Jack’s face goes through an entire range of emotions, “You saw what I could do to a turkey. I have no problem doing it to you if you try anything.” He says and Jack goes white before he trudges out of the dining area entirely.

Andrew watches him go before picking up the remainder of the pie (nearly a quarter) and making his way over to the fridge.

FF pipes up, “Try it without the ice cream first.” He says because even if he likes his pie à la mode the first bite has to be pure pie.

Andrew shrugs and eats the apple pie filling off of the knife.

It’s immaculate.

It’s the best pie that Andrew has ever tasted in his life and he has tasted some pies.

He has no idea what Jack would have complained about other than the fact that FF had an entire one of these all to himself. This pie had travelled across the continental United States and tasted like this. Andrew can only imagine what it is like when it is coming fresh out of the oven.

He grabs the ice cream from the fridge and watches everyone else try the first bite of FF’s grandma’s pie.

“I want to meet your grandma and shake her hand.” Wymack says eyes closed even as his hand reaches for some bourbon.

“I want to your grandma to adopt me.” Nicky says.

“She can adopt both of us if it means pies like this.” Aaron agrees.

“This is good.” Kevin says as he continues to eat it.

“Really good.” Neil agrees.

“Maybe she could share the recipe with me. I’d love to make this.” Abby says as she drinks a glass of milk.

“Thanks, she’ll be happy to hear it.” FF’s shoulders loosen as he puts away his own slice quickly.

There is some grumbling as Andrew hoards the rest of the pie himself and only gives bites to Neil. “I wonder if we should get the whipped cream out for it?” Neil asks him in Russian.

Andrew frowns and considers it for a long moment, “We have plans for that whipped cream tonight and the stores will be closed.” He says back in the same language. FF has paused in eating the last of his slice. “Problem?” He asks.

“Last bite.” FF responds back immediately and Andrew lets it go unaware that FF had spent 2 seconds wondering how whipped cream would play into whatever torture device Andrew was going to shove him into the second they arrived in Columbia before realizing that it was a sex thing.

He lets his hand go into his pocket and rub the paper of his grandma’s note to him.

It’s not a bad last meal.

NEXT

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#Fluent Freshman AU #Before Columbia is 2 ungodly hours in the car where Andrew and Neil do not know that FF knows russian #But Nicky does #Buckle up (literally) #The pie was good enough that even Kevin couldn't bitch about it #Does Kevin do squats in front of the TV for 20 minutes while the rest of the Foxes help clean up #Yes #It was good but his body is a machine and he just put sugar in the engine #AFTG #AFTG AU #AFTG OC #AFTG shitpost #Andreil #FF - Pt. 09

[captain-price-unofficially]

GAZ-64 jeep with a 37mm antitank gun intended for Soviet paratroopers. One prototype only.

#wwii #home front #tank destroyers #russian armor

[natelia-aldelliz]

Soap : I can't believe they did something like that in front of innocent eyes !

Ghost : I'm sure you're both GREATLY exaggerating what happened

Soap : You don't understand, he had the lighter in his hand! He didn't have to be a slut!

#cod mw2 #cod nikolai #captain john price #nikprice #john soap mactavish #kyle gaz garrick #simon ghost riley #gaz is having war flashbacks because of his real dad flirting with women in front of him #they're like ew old people flirting #ghost is tired with them #wouldn't it be hilarious if price and nik were constantly denying every accusation of them flirting for real #in a 'come on we're friends can't friends flirt as a joke anymore? you kids are taking it too seriously' way #but they're just trying to gaslight them and they've been married for almost ten years and only ghost and laswell know #& as soon as the kids begin to believe that they're in fact maybe just friends they flirt harder and soap and gaz are just confused forever #anyway funny story (or at least it is for me) : i was on pinterest trying to find inspiration on what clothes to give to nik (i gave up) #and i looked for 'middle aged russian men clothes' and pinterest gave me medieval russian men clothes instead of 40 yo russian men clothes

[zeeckz]

#i dreamed i was out at night in my countryside-village-next-to-a-forest where a bear'd always appear at a certain place very occasionally #it sat right in front of me and was as tall as me and i just. decided the smartest thing would be to pet it. so i did. #even put my arm around its neck n everything. i also had the urge to get my phone to videocall my russian friend and show her the situation #when i heard either her or whoever she was with say медведь (bear) i started explaining what was going on w my broken russian #and then it went away and as i was heading home i realized i had put my dog's collar on it (somehow????) #and was baffled bc i woudn't have it back in god knows how long #+yesterday someone req me funny vkaz. i was gonna make venom meet a bear but then. a revelation. idk if this is funny anymore but here it i #metal gear #metal gear solid #mgs #kazuhira miller #venom snake #vkaz

[blueiskewl]

Bakhmut, Ukraine

Two years ago, this was a well-to-do city of 70,000, a Ukrainian regional center.

It was well known for the Hotel Atlantic many people use to stay at. Many also loved a very good sushi bar called Izumi at Bakhmut's central square.

It was a city of coffee shops, soccer stadiums, flower beds, fountains, and a famous local sparkling wine brand.

Now see what Russia has turned it into.

It's now a giant grave that will never see any life again.

#ukraine #bakhmut #russia #russian war on ukraine #russian war crimes #russian terrorism #the front line #war #world at war #cities in dust #peace #peace for all #peace for ukraine #sad

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Budkin Philipp Osipovich (Russian, 1806-1850) Girl In Front of a Mirror, 1848 Belarusian National Arts Museum

#Budkin Philipp Osipovich #Filipp Budkin #russian art #female portrait #female #portrait #art #oil painting #traditional art #girl in front of a mirror #russia #russian #woman #brunette #caucasian #lady #girl #black hair #dark brown hair #cat #cottage core #folk #traditional wear #traditional #braid #european

[arospecsyourblockdudes]

more historical fiction needs to be set in ww1. bonus points if you fag it up

#every time i check historical fiction books its like the year: 1943 and like OK geez #either ww2 era or like the 60s or 20s or some shit #can i PLEASE get a story set in the goddamn trenches of verdun thats mean and nasty about killing characters #sorry theres no easy “bad side” in that war ?? make the bad side the governments cuz thats what it was #my god. can i read about our protag watching some guy die horrifically from a gas attack #and then fuck one of the other soldiers to find any form of intimacy+comfort #read one book set in ww1 but it focused mainly on the russian revolution. still a good one i love u martha hall kelly #but they made this one random dude enlist in the air force and i was SURE he was dead walking corpse u know #but he SURVIVED i was mad. kill this bitch #pilots at a certain point in the war i wanna say 15-16 had such short life expectancies KILL HIM !!!!! #anyway if u have recommendations of queer ass ww1 books i will take them please and thank u #dont even have to be queer just want some all quiet on the western front type shit

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"-THAT PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING," Vancouver Sun. October 23, 1943. Page 4. --- [Hitler, being eaten by the Russian bear, yells:] - I SHALL NOW CONCLUDE A PEACE WITH RUSSIA! A gaggle of figures, Lavall, Franco, Tiso, Bogdan Filov, Horthy, and Antonescu, the leaders of Nazi Germany's allies and collaborators, flee in terror.

#the russian bear #soviet union #eastern front #world war ii #russian front #great patriotic war #axis powers #axis vs allies #political cartoons #editorial cartoons

[fury176]

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#oh the feeling when you come back from your neighbor's funeral #who was killed by russians on the front line with a phosphorus bomb which are prohibited to be used in the whole world #and then you go on the internet and see westerners saying how PRIVILEGED you are #that what is happening in Ukraine isn't a genocide #apparently because slavs are mostly white huh? #even though russians said countless times they're ready to kill millions of ukrainians #westerners' commentary about how the mass graves and torture chambers on photos aren't real #that russian soldiers don't rape ukrainian women #that oRdinArY rUssiAnS that laugh at photos of ukrainian children's corpses are not guilty #because it's just “putin's war” #and that Ukraine should just blow up so the west could enjoy Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in peace #i always try to be strong and rational #but more and more often i feel like i can't do this anymore

[ohsalome]

russians spending their lifetime treating central asians as subhuman and only refering to them with a ch slur complaining about "russophobia" in europe

#literal ethnonationalist navalny getting an oscar #wagner soldiers getting refugee staus and book deals #russian mistresses having front seats on every chanel\dior\etc fashion show #russians speaking over ukrainians on every platform imaginable #russians capitalizing on ukrainian genocide and getting awards\grants for it #and westerners are somehow buying the ''russophobia'' bullshit and that those poor uwu blorbos are unjustly bullied by evil ukrainian nazis #as a russian proverb says ''a loch is no mammoth‚ he will not go extinct''

[wehaveagathering]

PHL @ EDM 1.2.24 || mattias ekholm you will not see heaven

#the way he forces him down im physically ill #travis konecny #flyers #philadelphia flyers #flyers lb #my stuff #anyway the fact that he did this when tk was already injured #and then tk got up #skated away #and then SCORED #hockey players are A. built different #and B. fucking stupid #i need them to get an enforcer for tk and michkov when he comes #michkov is only 5'10“ 170 lbs and tk is 5'10”/5'11“ #and he is getting fucking BULLIED #kaprizov is built like a tank n look what they fucking did to HIM! #find a big dude built for the penalty box #and give him a few years protecting ur mad little russian #and you have a cup! #hire me in your front office motherfuckers

[shattered-pieces]

I have nothing but contempt for people who are in free countries yet support a dictatorship, support the war on a free country. I suppose russian propaganda has gotten to them here, but that's no excuse. They should know better. It's so obvious to anyone with half a brain who looks at the russian invasion that it's wrong and must be stopped. Russia is a huge country who attacked its smaller neighbor. No justification. Any "justification" is propaganda. It is merely a war of expansion.

Fighting against it is as morally right as fighting the nazis in world war II. Because russia is also doing nazi like things to pieple, not "just" bombing peaceful cities and killing civilians on purpose. It's committing grotesque war crimes. Just because Ukrainians dared to be free. Just because they dared to resist the russian machine that wanted to spread darkness and tyranny over Ukraine, not satisfied with keeping it in their own country.

#revenge for not wanting to be russians #:( #ukraine #russian invasion #appeasers need to shut up #america needs to wake up #supposedly free country #some ppl dont know what freedom is #cant see a threat if it were in front of their face #i wish i could slap them w the truth #how can i make them see the obvious if they dont see it? #perhaps they also want slavery #strongman rule #trump is a threat to democracy #his followers are facilitators of the evil russia does. #i despise all of them.