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"Potential PhD topic: Historical relations between Balts, Russians, and Jews, specifically differences between the relationships during Tsarist Russia (pogroms), Nazi occupation, and the USSR + current memory and attitudes." — Jul 28, 2026 11:22PM
"Potential PhD topic: Historical relations between Balts, Russians, and Jews, specifically differences between the relationships during Tsarist Russia (pogroms), Nazi occupation, and the USSR + current memory and attitudes." — Jul 28, 2026 11:22PM
“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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