Postcard from Bishkek

The “Krasnaya Gvozdika”, (“Red Carnation”), choir of Second World War and Labour Veterans as established in 1987 in Frunze Officers’ House by members of the veterans’ concert group, “Go time!”, which consisted of10 people and was headed by the honoured artist of Kyrgyz Republic, veteran of Baltic front, Valerii Shakhov.

When I was young I learned that the Second World War started on September 1st, 1939 as the result of the German invasion of Poland.  (For the record, it was a joint invasion by both Germany and the Slovak Republic, a small “puppet” state created in March that year.  The Slovak Republic contributed 50,000 to [...]