Ed_Haynes Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 As I feared, too easy, too predictable, but your answer is very good Christophe! A well-deserved victory to you.What can be added?3- Actually March 19224c- Order of Literacy Valor and Order of Polar Star6a- Suvorov 1st class and two orders of LeninBONUS: Kutuzov, 1st class, two Orders of Lenin, October Revolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 I also wanted to add this fantastic thread from you, Ed :http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10329about the Mongolian leaders awards. Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 As I feared, too easy, too predictable, but your answer is very good Christophe! A well-deserved victory to you.What can be added?3- Actually March 19224c- Order of Literacy Valor and Order of Polar Star6a- Suvorov 1st class and two orders of LeninBONUS: Kutuzov, 1st class, two Orders of Lenin, October RevolutionEd,It was not easy (at least for me.... ). I just tried to guess what you could have in mind when asking this challenge !!!! Happy of this I somehow feared the ridiculous : "out of subject"...Ed, Superb challenge that allowed me to know more bout Mongolian history and the leaders of this not so well known (by me) country.Thanks again.Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Oh, and:7- Sukhbaatar 23 Sep 1922; Magsarjav 24 April 1924; Choibalsan 10 July 1941 and 20 September 1945 (and Tsedenbal 16 September 1966)Your turn, Christophe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 Again, a few stats :This small game has now been launched 17 months ago now (on 1 Nov. 2005), and since :* 106 questions asked,* with 1,255 answers,* This quiz has been viewed more than 12,065 times.* 32 Members of the Forum played, and 25 correctly answered at least 1 question :Nb of good answers :* 17 : Christian (Zulus) * 14 : Christophe* 9 : Bryan (Soviet)* 8 : Simon (Red Threat)* 6 : Jim (JimZ)* 5 : Belaruski, Carol I and Ed (Haynes).* 4 : Franck (Knarf) and Wild Card.* 3 : Andreas (Alfred), Auke (Ferdinand) and Kim (Kimj).* 2 : Chuck (in Oregon), Gerd (Becker), Ivan (Piramida), Jan (vatjan) and Order of Victory.* 1 : Dan (Hauptman), Darrell, Daredevil, Dave (Navy FCO), Dudeman, Rick (Stogieman) and Steen (Ammentorp). This is a great achievement. Thanks to all for your participation. Now, let's continue to have fun with the 107th question... Mine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Dear Christophe,congratulations to your great achievement to answer our professor so difficult questions .And Mongolia is also a great topic .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Oh, and:7- Sukhbaatar 23 Sep 1922; Magsarjav 24 April 1924; Choibalsan 10 July 1941 and 20 September 1945 (and Tsedenbal 16 September 1966)Your turn, Christophe!Hi Ed,Again, tanks for this superb challenge!!! I' have to say I'm quite proud of this "victory" .About the references you posted (awards and dates), are they published in any book (and which ones ?), or are they from your own researches ? (or both ? ).Many thanks in advance.Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 References from Battushig's book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Ed,Many thanks . I think I will have to buy this book ...Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 SummaryTomorrow, we will celebrate the 18 months of this little Quiz. I thought it could be helpful to display in a clear manner all the topics dealt through our questions and answers.This post will help us (and all the other visitors of the Quiz) to view or read again some interesting subjects that could end lost in the "jungle" of so many pages. I also hope it will attract new "players" for the Quiz.I will try to position this post at the beginning of the Quiz, so that it can easily be seen by newcomers.Are shown below :* Subject / question dealt - Number of the post where has been asked the question.Enjoy discovering / reading again some interesting trivia!!!Cheers.Ch.Awards / Orders & Medals* GDR - Title Hero fo the GDR - #153* GDR - Order of Karl Marx - #359* India - Ashoka Chakra awarded to Soviet citizens - #131* Mongolia - Medal Cosmonaut of the MPR - #110 & #601* Russia - Order of Merit for the Country - #441* SSR Georgia - Order of Red Banner of Labour - #222* USSR - Honorary Revolutionary Weapons - #874* USSR - Order of Lenin - #88* USSR - Order of Stalin - #243 & #1228* USSR - Medal for Bravery - #170 * USSR - Medals for Defense / Capture / Liberation - #25* USSR - Krupskaya Medal of Merit in Teaching and Education - #625Personalities (Awards)* France - Marcel Lef?vre's awards - #186* Mongolia - S?khbaatar, Dandzan & Choibalsan - #1242* USSR - Marshal Georgi Zhukov's awards - #2* USSR - Recipients #1 of some of the USSR major orders - #585Personalities (Identification)* Austria - Commander Alexander L?hr - #1131* Egypt - Hakim Abdel Amer - #278* Germany - Klara Zetkin - #30* India - Subadar Birta Sing Gurung - #290* Romania - Henri Coanda - #1119* Romania - Maj-General Mihail Lascar - #928* Romania - Hermann Oberth - #1059* Russia - Valery Gergiev - #352* Russia - Pyotr Nesterov - #854* Russia - Admiral Fedor Ushakov - #81* UK - Winston Churchill - #780* UK - Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill - #329* USA - Henry Morgenthau Jr - #932* USSR - Sultan Amet-Khan - #574* USSR - Commander Vasili Arkhipow - #1065 * USSR - Georgiy Baidukov - #1004* USSR - Snr-Lieutenant Vicktor Belenko - #1095* USSR - Lavrentyi Beria - #944* USSR - Alexander Buchin - #426* USSR - Marshal Semyon Budyonny - #743* USSR - General Vassily Chuikov - #20* USSR - Lt-General Kuzma Gurov - #718* USSR - Lt-General Ignatii Karpezo - #236* USSR - Alexandr Kollontai - #376* USSR - Marshal Ivan Konev - #66* USSR - Nikita Khrushchev & friends - #623* USSR - General Yakov Kreiser - #695* USSR - Nadezhda Krupskaya - #1128* USSR - Igor Kurchatov - #979* USSR - Lenin, Trosky and Stalin - #920* USSR - Nikolay Masalov - #504* USSR - Pyotr Masherov - #752* USSR - Vsevolod Merkulov - #252* USSR - Sergey Mikhalkov & family - #878* USSR - Maria Oktiabrskaia - #1141* USSR - Lieutenant Os'kin - #1196* USSR - Lyudmila Pavlichenko - #1050* USSR - Zina Portnova - #490* USSR - Nina Potsova - #302* USSR - Alla Pugachova - #267* USSR - General Aleksandr Rodimtsev - #735* USSR - General Isaac Salzmann - #533* USSR - Svetlana Savitskaya - #1046* USSR - Professor Otto Schmidt - #564* USSR - Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov - #772* USSR - Georgi Shpagin - #249* USSR - Maj-General Nikolai Stakhanov - #986* USSR - Marshal Joseph Stalin - #732 & #1200* USSR - General Matvei Vainrub - #708* Yugoslavia - General Konstantin Popovic - #671* Yugoslavia - Marshal Josip Tito - #364, #603 & #1226Historical events* 1942 - Last defender of Brest Fortress - #847* 1942 - Operation Uranus - #955* 1969 - Czechoslovakia Hockey Riots - #515* 1979 - Visit of French President in Berlin - #891Architecture / sites* Baku - Monument to Kirov - #386* Berlin - Check Point Charlie - #164* Minsk - Monument to Victory - #618* Moscow - Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War - #518 & #648* Moscow - Fountain of the Friendship of Nations - #1233* Moscow - State Kremlin Palace - #522* New York - USSR Pavilion at the 1939 International Exhibition - #205* Prag - Monument to Stalin - #537* St Petersburg - Statue of Lenin - #46* Stalingrad - Fountain "Playing Kids" - #230* Stalingrad - Great Patriotic War Memorial - #60 & #995* Sutjeska - Tjeniste Monument to Battle of Sutjeska - #665* Vienna - Monument to the Red Army - #553Aircraft, weapons, military equiment...* IAR-95 "Spey" fighter - #955* KV-1 tank - #826* Mig 15 - #896* Obyekt 279 tank - #940* Sergei Mironovich Kirov tank - #1105* TB-3 & I-16 aircraft - #1035 * Tupolev 144 - #1204Other topics* Dogs & Military Leaders of WW2 - #648* Gagarin's car - #460* Iran, Serbia, Venezuela & International Community - #915* Operation Solo - #804* Psychotronic weapons - #1082 * Red Army's ranks (Senior Marshal of Communications Troops &Senior Marshal of Engineering Troops) - #581* Soviet defectors - #1165* SOXMIS (Soviet Mission in West-Germany) - #902* "The Watch That Went To Moscow" - #309 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 That posting pinned at the top of the sub-section Dear Christophe,you have done a great, useful & scientific work - many thanks .Please could you ask Gerd Becker, our club host, to get a copy of your posting pinned at the top of the sub-section, so that it would be easy for anybody to find the informations.Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) That posting pinned at the top of the sub-section Dear Christophe,you have done a great, useful & scientific work - many thanks .Please could you ask Gerd Becker, our club host, to get a copy of your posting pinned at the top of the sub-section, so that it would be easy for anybody to find the informations.Best regards ChristianHi Christian,Many thanks. In fact, I have also included this new post in the post #1 of the Quiz, just after the "rules of the game", so that everyone discovering the Quiz can search a subject. I will, of course, update regularly this Summary.Long Life to the Quiz!!!! Cheers.Ch. Edited April 30, 2007 by Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Hi Christian,Many thanks. In fact, I have also included this new post in the post #1 of the Quiz, just after the "rules of the game", so that everyone discovering the Quiz can search a subject. I will, of course, update regularly this Summary.Long Life to the Quiz!!!! Cheers.Ch.Dear Christophe,but it would be excellent propaganda for the quiz to have the summary also pinned .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) That's true, but not only the Summary, but the whole Quiz!!!! Cheers.Ch. Edited April 30, 2007 by Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Back to the Quiz...Question #107 :Who am I ?I'm born in 1905, in Ukraine, from an emancipated Jewish family. As a writer, I began with short stories, while being an engineer in the Donbass. One of my first short stories has been remarked by Gorky and Bulgakov.During GPW, I volunteered for the front, and became a war reporter for a newspaper bearing the name of a famous Soviet Order. I covered many battles, and I reported many horrors of the war.But, later, in conflict with the Soviet regime, I died without seeing my most famous book published in the USSR.Who am I ?This one shouldn't be too difficult... Good luck and good hunt!!!! Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) VASILY GROSSMAN Dear Christophe,that's Vasily Grossman (1905 - 1964) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grossman and "Life and Fate" had been published 1980 (Switzerland) and 1988 (CCCP).He worked during the GPW for the "Red Star", still the offical daily of the Russian Forces: http://www.redstar.ru/ .Best regards ChristianBTW: That had been really an easy one . Edited April 30, 2007 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) Grossman & world's most famous poem of the 20th century:Paul Celan: DIE TODESFUGEGentlemen,Wasily Grossman and Konstantin Simonov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Simonov worked both for the "Red Star" in 1944 and both reported about the Nazi-KZ Majdanek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majdanek after the liberation by the Red Army. It had been the first time, that the world saw the ultimate horror of a German Concentration Camp.Grossman & Simonov wrote their impression in several articles in the "Red Star".In a study about the origins of Paul Celan's - Jewish-Austrian poet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Celan - poems I found evidence, that Celan had access in the Romanian labour camp to the "Red Star" and got from there informations about the now liberated Majdanek (1944) and how that "Symbol of German Culture" worked.He wrote his most famous poem "DIE TODESFUGE".So there is an exact 50:50 chance, that Grossman (or Simonov) had been THE source of the world's most famous poem of the 20th century .That's Paul Celan's poem (first German, then the English translation and the Serbian one):Schwarze Milch der Fr?he wir trinken sie abends wir trinken sie mittags und morgens wir trinken sie nachts wir trinken und trinken wir schaufeln ein Grab in den L?ften da liegt man nicht eng Ein Mann wohnt im Haus der spielt mit den Schlangen der schreibt der schreibt wenn es dunkelt nach Deutschland dein goldenes Haar Margarete er schreibt es und tritt vor das Haus und es blitzen die Sterne er pfeift seine R?den herbei er pfeift seine Juden hervor l??t schaufeln ein Grab in der Erde er befiehlt uns spielt auf nun zum Tanz Schwarze Milch der Fr?he wir trinken dich nachts wir trinken dich morgens und mittags wir trinken dich abends wir trinken und trinken Ein Mann wohnt im Haus der spielt mit den Schlangen der schreibt der schreibt wenn es dunkelt nach Deutschland dein goldenes Haar Margarete Dein aschenes Haar Sulamith wir schaufeln ein Grab in den L?ften da liegt man nicht eng Er ruft stecht tiefer ins Erdreich ihr einen ihr andern singet und spielt er greift nach dem Eisen im Gurt er schwingts seine Augen sind blau stecht tiefer die Spaten ihr einen ihr andern spielt weiter zum Tanz auf Schwarze Milch der Fr?he wir trinken dich nachts wir trinken dich mittags und morgens wir trinken dich abends wir trinken und trinken ein Mann wohnt im Haus dein goldenes Haar Margarete dein aschenes Haar Sulamith er spielt mit den Schlangen Er ruft spielt s??er den Tod der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland er ruft streicht dunkler die Geigen dann steigt ihr als Rauch in die Luft dann habt ihr ein Grab in den Wolken da liegt man nicht eng Schwarze Milch der Fr?he wir trinken dich nachts wir trinken dich mittags der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland wir trinken dich abends und morgens wir trinken und trinken der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland sein Auge ist blau er trifft dich mit bleierner Kugel er trifft dich genau ein Mann wohnt im Haus dein goldenes Haar Margarete er hetzt seine R?den auf uns er schenkt uns ein Grab in der Luft er spielt mit den Schlangen und tr?umet der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland dein goldenes Haar Margarete dein aschenes Haar Sulamith ENGLISH:Black milk of daybreak we drink it at evening we drink it at midday and morning we drink it at night we drink and we drink we shovel a grave in the air there you won't lie too cramped A man lives in the house he plays with his vipers he writes he writes when it grows dark to Deutschland your golden hair Margareta he writes it and steps out of doors and the stars are all sparkling, he whistles his hounds to come close he whistles his Jews into rows has them shovel a grave in the ground he commands us to play up for the dance.Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night we drink you at morning and midday we drink you at evening we drink and we drink A man lives in the house he plays with his vipers he writes he writes when it grows dark to Deutschland your golden hair Margareta Your ashen hair Shulamith we shovel a grave in the air there you won't lie too cramped He shouts jab the earth deeper you lot there you others sing up and play he grabs for the rod in his belt he swings it his eyes are so blue jab your spades deeper you lot there you others play on for the dancing Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night we drink you at midday and morning we drink you at evening we drink and we drink a man lives in the house your goldenes Haar Margareta your aschenes Haar Shulamith he plays his vipers He shouts play death more sweetly this Death is a master from Deutschland he shouts scrape your strings darker you'll rise then as smoke to the sky you'll have a grave then in the clouds there you won't lie too cramped Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night we drink you at midday Death is a master aus Deutschland we drink you at evening and morning we drink and we drink this Death is ein Meister aus Deutschland his eye it is blue he shoots you with shot made of lead shoots you level and true a man lives in the house your goldenes Haar Margarete he looses his hounds on us grants us a grave in the air he plays with his vipers and daydreams der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland dein goldenes Haar Margarete dein aschenes Haar Shulamith SRPSKI:Fuga smrtiCrno mleko zore pijemo ga uvečepijemo ga u podne i izjutra pijemo ga noćupijemo i pijemokopamo grob u vazduhu tu nije tesno.U kući ?ivi čovek sa zmijama se igra pi?eon pi?e kad se smrači u Nemačkutvoja kosa od zlata Margaretoto pi?e i izlazi pred kuću i svetlucaju zvezdezvi?di svojim psima da priđuon zvi?di Jevrejima da izađu hajde kopajte grob u zemljinaređuje nam a sad muziku za plesCrno mleko zore pijemo te noćupijemo te izjutra i u podne pijemo te uvečepijemo i pijemoU kući ?ivi čovek sa zmijama se igra pi?eon pi?e kad se smrači u Nemačkutvoja kosa od zlata MargaretoTvoja kosa od pepela Sulamko kopamo grob u vazduhu tu nije tesnoOn viče zabodite dublje u zemlju a vi drugi pevajte i svirajtehvata se za gvo?đe u opasaču vitla njime njegove oči su plavezabodite dublje a?ove vi drugi dalje muziku za plesCrno mleko zore pijemo te noćupijemo te u podne i izjutra pijemo te uvečepijemo i pijemou kući ?ivi čovek tvoja kosa od zlata Margaretotvoja kosa od pepela Sulamko sa zmijama se igraOn viče svirajte umilnije tu smrt smrt je majstor iz Nemačkeon viče zagudite dublje na violinama pa ćete se vinuti u vazduh kao dimpa ćete imati grob u oblacima tamo vam neće biti tesnoCrno mleko zore pijemo te noćupijemo te u podne smrt je majstor iz Nemačkepijemo te uveče i izjutra pijemo i pijemosmrt je majstor iz Nemačke njegovo oko je plavoolovnim zrnom te pogađa zanavek te pogađau kući ?ivi čovek tvoja kosa od zlata Margaretohu?ka svoje pse na nas poklanja nam u vazduhu grobsa zmijama se igra i snatri smrt je majstor iz Nemačketvoja kosa od zlata Margaretotvoja kosa od pepela SulamkoHere you can listen to Paul Celan reading the poem by himself - don't miss to listen to his extraordinary voice, even if your German is very bad :http://www.lyrikline.org/index.php?id=162&...Hash=1a525fc7cbGentlemen, what's your opinon about that poem?Best regards Christian Edited April 30, 2007 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 You are fast Christian Have you read Antony Beevor's book about Grossman? It's quite interesting. By the way, Grossman and the other reporters wore a Lieutenant-Colonels uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 You are fast Christian Have you read Antony Beevor's book about Grossman? It's quite interesting. By the way, Grossman and the other reporters wore a Lieutenant-Colonels uniform.Dear Auke,I am trying to work faster, due to fact I already lost some points by working so slowly .No, I still haven't read Beevor's book, because I am waiting for the German edition. Beevor is a bestseller author and all his recent books had been translated into German. That's the link to Beevor/Grossman: http://www.amazon.com/Writer-War-Vasily-Gr...5/dp/0375424075Some of the reporters had only Majors uniform, as you will see at my coming question .Photographers ranked lower. They usually got uniforms around Lieutenant.But both type of reporters had been authentic officers of the Red Army, but did not receive many orders or medals for their service at the front . O.K., in the run of their careers most of them got their HSL, Stalin-Prize, etc. .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) Question #108:Gentlemen,another easy question and rather similar to Christophe's #107 .1) Who am I?I did a rather similar job like comrade Grossman.2) Where (exact location!) and when (exact date!) had this photograph been shot?3) Who had been the photographer (a rather famous one )?4) At the time, when the photograph had been shot, I had been together with a really famous Soviet General - who?5) I also met an important German General for a talk (during the war and he had not been a POW!) and what did that German General offer to us?6) With which famous Soviet composer did I work together (writing lyrics)?O.K., 6 easy pieces. Two extra hints: The comrade in question is also mentioned in the memoirs of that famous Soviet General and our talk with that German General had been a scene in many movies.The winner is, who answers ALL the six questions in a comprehensive way!BTW: I am the happy owner of that famous photograph . I got in the 1990s via Berlin an original gelatin silver print (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in or 20,9 x 16,5 cm) with the signature of the artist at the rv. Had been a bargain and sells now at auctions for around USD 800,- .Best regards Christian Edited April 30, 2007 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 I will try some of the questions. 2) Exact location: near the Berlin Brandenburger Tor (Platz des 18. M?rz). I will go for May 1st 1945, but it may be laterhttp://www.alt-berlin.info/cgi/stp/lana.pl...avigator=?96,633) Yevgeny Khaldei (Евгений Халдей)4) Zhukov ?6) Soviet composer : Shostakovich ???Here are some nice pictures from Yevgeny Khaldei :http://fotosoyuz.ru/ru/catalog/&vqFrne...ntvat_pheCntr=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Bryan, paved the way , I will try to complete.1) Who am I?I am the poet Yevgeni Dolmatovski.2) Where (exact location!) and when (exact date!) had this photograph been shot?Taken in Berlin close to the Brandenburg Gate, at what was called at that time the Hindenburg Platz (today Platz des 18. M?rz). The Reichstag is in the background.The pic has been taken on 2 May 1945.3) Who had been the photographer (a rather famous one )?Yevgeny Khaldei, the author of the famous pic of the red flag on the top of the Reichstag.4) At the time, when the photograph had been shot, I had been together with a really famous Soviet General - who?General Vassili Chuikov.5) I also met an important German General for a talk (during the war and he had not been a POW!) and what did that German General offer to us?On 1st May 1945, we met with the German Chief of Staff Hans Krebs. He offered to negotiate the conditions of a surrender between Goebbels and the Red Army. Refused.6) With which famous Soviet composer did I work together (writing lyrics)?Dimitri Shostakovich.We can mention : Shostakovich - Quatre chants sur des paroles de Evgueni Dolmatovski, opus 86, pour voix et piano(1950-1951).Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Dear Christophe,congratulations to your more than convincing victory .The photograph shows Dolmatovski (1915 - 1994) as a 30 years young Major of the Red Army. I think, that I bought his photograph just one year after his death. The Jewish photographer Yevgeny Khaldei http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Khaldei had just done a small series of some extra-fine photos by himself in Moscow. That's also the reason, why the quality of Khaldei prints of the 1990s is superiour to the same of the 1940s, which are usually used as illustration in the books.The composition of Khaldei's photograph is exceptionel:- the trophy in the arm of Dolmatovski (reminds me to some scenes in the course of the French Revolution )- the Reichstag, ruined Berlin and military equipment in the background- and Dolmatovski's smiling face: "Nashe delo pravoe - my pobedili".So, the answering of the question had been partly a transatlantic French-French cooperation ..... It is a great scene in the movies, when Chuikov, Sokolov and Dolmatovski where sitting together and drinking. Suddendly General Krebs was announced. The generals said to our poet: "Stay, you belong to our general staff". And the official Nazi-Germany offered surrender also towards one of Russia's great poets: Auschwitz vs. poetry . It's an irony of history, that just Germany had been THE nation in world for poetry - but: "Der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland".BTW: Did you already know Celan's "Die Todesfuge" and the connex to the "Red Star" covering about Majdanek? Paul Celan lived also for a rather long time in Paris. Listen to Celan's voice - it really goes under your skin.Question #109 is your question .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Dear Bryan,many thanks for showing the French Khaldei-book .Please could you sent me via e-mail a good scan of the cover .It's always fine to have photographs of one's collection at book covers .I have the German Khaldei-book (1st editon), which you can buy now as a special editon for a bargain-price:http://www.parthasverlag.de/berlin/?bid=83Best regards ChristianI will try some of the questions. 2) Exact location: near the Berlin Brandenburger Tor (Platz des 18. M?rz). I will go for May 1st 1945, but it may be laterhttp://www.alt-berlin.info/cgi/stp/lana.pl...avigator=?96,633) Yevgeny Khaldei (Евгений Халдей)4) Zhukov ?6) Soviet composer : Shostakovich ???Here are some nice pictures from Yevgeny Khaldei :http://fotosoyuz.ru/ru/catalog/&vqFrne...ntvat_pheCntr=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hi Christian,Many thanks. I could difficultly let this victory escape, on the birthday (18 months) of our Quiz... Thanks also for the Celan poem, that I did not know. About this famous puc of Khaldei, I have seen it in an exhibition that was displayed in Berlin in 1998-99, I believe, in the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst. It was displayed with several of the Red flag on the top of the Reichstag.It has been used several times as a cover for books. You will find attached the cover of a book called "Berlin 1945. A documentation" (in English, but exists in German), which is based on the famous permanent exhibition in Berlin : "Topographie des Terrors".Last, you will find attached a link where to buy Khaldei pics signed by the author :http://www.schicklerart.com/exh/khaldei/kh...hotographs.htmlCheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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