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Holocaust Remembrance Day
Memory, Dignity and Justice International Holocaust Remembrance Day marked the 77th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz...
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Archangel Committee
Jan 18, 20221 min read
Arctic Convoy Memorial Display in Moscow
A large photographic display has been placed in a prominent location at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport honoring the cooperation among...
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Archangel Committee
Dec 27, 20211 min read
2021 Winter Solstice in Archangel (2 p.m.)
Photo by Yevgenia Tanaseychuk International Relations Specialist Archangel City Administration
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Archangel Committee
Dec 22, 20211 min read
Sister Cities in Archangel News
Recently, the official newspaper of the Archangel City Administration printed a lengthy article celebrating the 33rd Anniversary of the...
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Archangel Committee
Nov 18, 20212 min read
33 Years as Sister Cities - in birch trees
On November 18, 2021, we observed the 33rd Anniversary of the signing of The Treaty of Friendship in Archangel. On that date in 1988,...
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Archangel Committee
Sep 11, 20212 min read
Archangel Remembers the Arctic Convoys:1941 - 1945
Archangel recently completed several days of remembrances and studies of the Arctic Convoys of World War Two. The Commemorations focused...
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Archangel Committee
Sep 2, 20211 min read
Photography Exhibition Opens at Gorham Public Library
The "Bridges of Friendship" photographic cultural Exhibition sponsored by the Portland Camera Club and the Spolokhi Camera Club in...
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Archangel Committee
Aug 26, 20211 min read
Sophia Steparova: Young Archangel Musical Prodigy
Sophia Steparova is a young Archangel student who has been studying music for 12 years, and who specializes in singing and playing the...
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Archangel Committee
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Archangel Honors Maine War Veteran
In May 2021, World War Two U.S. Army Veteran Elmer T. Graffam sent a letter of greetings to Archangel Veterans of the Great Patriotic War...
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Archangel Committee
Aug 15, 20213 min read
Casco Bay (Greater Portland) Maine Naval Operations1941 – 1945
With Arctic Convoy Commemorations in Archangel scheduled for late August 2021, we are all familiar with the story of the Liberty Ships in...
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Archangel Committee
Aug 11, 20211 min read
Archangel's Forum to the Glory of the Navy and the Fatherland
DERVISH 80 AUGUST 28 to 31, 2021 ARCHANGEL, RUSSIA Every year since 2005, Archangel has organized and hosted a multi-day Forum dedicated...
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Archangel Committee
Aug 4, 20212 min read
Matitsa: Wooden boats in the Arctic countries and Maine
“In the Russian North, the word “matitsa” means the primary hand hewn wood beam which supports the ceiling in wooden buildings, at the...
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Archangel Committee
May 30, 20212 min read
LIBERTY SHIPS & OTHER RECENT ACTIVITIES
Despite the global COVID pandemic, our Committee has been busy in 2021 with a number of other projects not previously featured on our...
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Archangel Committee
Mar 10, 20212 min read
Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
The adventures of the 1596-1597 Dutch expedition to the Arctic led by William Barents are the subject of a new (2021) book by American...
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Archangel Committee
Jan 16, 20211 min read
Archangel Committee receives mail from NASA
NASA recently sent us the Original Letters that Greater Portland and Archangel up-linked to the International Space Station in June 2020....
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Archangel Committee
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Happy (Old) New Year!
Happy (Old) New Year and stay warm! Our friends in Arkhangelsk have reported very cold temperatures today, the first day of the New Year...
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Archangel Committee
Dec 30, 20201 min read
New Year in Arkhangelsk
New Year’s Atmosphere in Arkhangelsk Since 14 December the lights are switched on at the Central Square in Arkhangelsk, the city’s main...
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Archangel Committee
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Arkhangel Museum of Local Lore is 180 years old!
Check out their website to see photos of the ever-changing exhibits: https://kraeved29.ru/ (or https://en.kraeved29.ru/ for English...
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Archangel Committee
Dec 17, 20201 min read
Arctic visitors center in Arkhangelsk
16 December 2020 Arctic visitor center opens in Arkhangelsk In Arkhangelsk, an Arctic visitor center opened at the Northern Shipping...
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