Russia
1989 January 13
Welcome to B-CC and the USA!
Documentary on the partnership between Moscow School 45 and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Narration by Addy Golladay, writer and star of All-Nighter Cocktails.
View Welcome to B-CC and the USA!1996 February 12
My Two Years in a Soviet School
My father was stationed to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, USSR, from 1982 to 1985—the tail-end of the Cold War. After spending a year in the Anglo-American School for diplomats, I was enrolled in an actual Soviet school.
View My Two Years in a Soviet School2007 September 16
Translating Moscow Nights
My friend Andrei, from Moscow School No. 45, got married in September 2007. Since his American wife's family was mostly from Massachusetts, the wedding was held in Salem. Large bride's party; smaller groom's party able to make the trip from Russia. I wanted to bring a little balance to the reception, so I toted along my 6-string and was allowed to serenade the couple with the old Russian standby Подмосковные вечера (Moscow Nights). Back in the mid-1980s, the opening bars were used by the Moscow radio station to introduce the evening news.
View Translating Moscow Nights2016 September 2
Kostya Padiukov. Jubilee clip
School 45 makes scattered appearances throughout.
View Kostya Padiukov. Jubilee clip2017 April 5
Surrealism, Soviet-Style
There's a perfectly good school in Russia's capital for English-speaking children of diplomats: The Anglo-American School of Moscow. And it's probably the right establishment for most Foreign Service (FS) families, who move from post to post every few years.
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