tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post8564736211633796952..comments2024-03-14T23:43:31.195+01:00Comments on AFRO-EUROPE: Video: Documentary "Black Russians - The Red Experience"Afro-Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-9523315009749766642013-02-15T10:18:15.951+01:002013-02-15T10:18:15.951+01:00Really enjoyed viewing that documentary trailer. L...Really enjoyed viewing that documentary trailer. Looking to see more of this somewhere soon. Afro-Europe, please update us on its development and distribution. Thanks! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-71060393186502333722013-01-21T23:59:05.369+01:002013-01-21T23:59:05.369+01:00I really would like to have access to this materia...I really would like to have access to this material.Daniela Gomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249609954827375106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-55765034882753069172013-01-19T20:53:22.840+01:002013-01-19T20:53:22.840+01:00THANKS for sharing this! I'll see if I can get...THANKS for sharing this! I'll see if I can get a biography of Alexander Pushkin this afternoon.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896531632878621005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-55385735125348081202013-01-19T16:32:47.202+01:002013-01-19T16:32:47.202+01:00Pushkin...his mother was the grandchild of Abram P...Pushkin...his mother was the grandchild of Abram Petrovich Ganibal….Peter the Great’s adoptive son….and a gift from Africa<br /><br />“Pushkin is an extraordinary and, perhaps, unique manifestation of the Russian spirit,” Gogol<br /><br />In his speech at the unveiling of the Pushkin’s statue in Moscow in 1880….30years after the poets death…<br /><br />Dostoyevsky used following words to describe Pushkin’s artistic importance to Russia….<br /><br />He taught us that ……‘to become a real Russian, to become completely Russian, perhaps ,means just to become a brother to all people ,a panhuman ,if you like.’....for more see.....Pushkin...his mother was the grandchild of Abram Petrovich Ganibal….Peter the Great’s adoptive son….and a gift from Africa<br /><br />“Pushkin is an extraordinary and, perhaps, unique manifestation of the Russian spirit,” Gogol<br /><br />In his speech at the unveiling of the Pushkin’s statue in Moscow in 1880….30years after the poets death…<br /><br />Dostoyevsky used following words to describe Pushkin’s artistic importance to Russia….<br /><br />He taught us that ……‘to become a real Russian, to become completely Russian, perhaps ,means just to become a brother to all people ,a panhuman ,if you like.’....Pushkin...his mother was the grandchild of Abram Petrovich Ganibal….Peter the Great’s adoptive son….and a gift from Africa<br /><br />“Pushkin is an extraordinary and, perhaps, unique manifestation of the Russian spirit,” Gogol<br /><br />In his speech at the unveiling of the Pushkin’s statue in Moscow in 1880….30years after the poets death…<br /><br />Dostoyevsky used following words to describe Pushkin’s artistic importance to Russia….<br /><br />He taught us that ……‘to become a real Russian, to become completely Russian, perhaps ,means just to become a brother to all people ,a panhuman ,if you like.’....http://lizjohnson-artur.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/normal-0-false-false-false-en-gb-x-none.htmlliz johnson-arturhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973894370173988878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-53365462875965854982013-01-18T21:17:49.888+01:002013-01-18T21:17:49.888+01:00I've read Afro-Russian journalist, Yelena Khan...I've read Afro-Russian journalist, Yelena Khanga's huge autobiography, "Soul to Soul", three times. And those who have also read it can understand my fascination with her story.<br /><br />Now with this new documentary, "Black Russians, we are given even more of a look into the world of Black Russians in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specifically Black American expatriates and their descendants, and the fascination starts all over again! :-)<br /><br />I just hope that other African-Americans (and Black people everywhere) who are following this blog series about the ancient and modern histories of Blacks in Europe are really taking advantage of the mental, psychic and emotional healing that takes place if we really "process" all of this valuable information!<br /><br />Food for thought: <br />In the You Tube video posted here it was stated that practically all present day Russians KNOW and RECOGNIZE Alexander Pushkin (sp?) as one of the greatest writers in Russian history-----a BLACK Russian..... Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896531632878621005noreply@blogger.com