History & Persons

Yuri Chekalin23.06.2022

The romantic love story of a Russian prisoner of war and a Japanese nurse served as the plot for the musical Oath on a Coin (Chikai no Koin) by the Japanese Botchan Theater (坊っちゃん劇場, Botchan Theater) from Ehime Prefecture (愛媛県, Ehime-ken). For almost 30 years, every second Saturday of the month, about a hundred students […]

Yuri Chekalin15.12.2021

In Shinto, the term jinja is used for a shrine, or more literally the dwelling place of Kami. Many people probably have a mental picture of a building whenever they think of a Shinto shrine. It is said that we now have 80,000 such buildings in Japan, of which 6,000 have resident kannushi (Shinto masters).Out […]

Mikhail Yemelyanov18.06.2020

It’s Time to Move Stones. What Makes the Chinese Game of Go So Popular Among Russian Politicians and Businessmen. The Chinese game of Go that is widely played by the Asian elites is now becoming popular among Russian officials and businessmen. Not only does it help establish a connection between East and West, but it […]

Igor Koroteev26.05.2020

Today, in the era of synergetics, the theory of complex systems, controlled chaos, the second advent of the Go game, born more than 4000 years ago, took place. The Pentagon began studying Go from the time of World War II. Japanese and Korean corporations today create strategic management departments, in which the masters of this […]

Tsurutani Hisashi20.05.2020

One of the most significant events in the history of the American West was the discovery of gold in the state of California in 1848. In the ensuing excitement people came to California, delirious with gold fever, not only from the East Coast of the United States but from all parts of the world. Gold […]

Yuri Chekalin07.05.2020

Today we’re talking with a historian Yuri Bahurin, the author of “Front and Rear of the Great War”. 1) Why did you decide to deal with the First World War? Having entered the history department, I really didn’t immediately understand for myself and decided what kind of historical epoch most attracted to me: here you […]

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Love Oath on Gold Coin

No need for a “building”

Game of Go: Russian Strategic Philosophy

“Go” Game — a Complex World of Simple Details

The Chinese and the Development of the West

Interview with Yuri Bakhurin

Rasputin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Maria Rasputin

Priestesses of Love

August 17

Japanese Communism: A Century of Revolution, Underground Struggle, and Parliamentary Politics