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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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of Greater Portland, Maine
working with Sister-Cities Arkhangelsk, Russia and Portland, Maine (and surrounding communities)
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Archangel Committee
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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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