Russian language newspaper gives insight into Russian history.

NEW YORK, April 19 (Itar-Tass) - On the eve of its centenary
anniversary, New Russian Word, a Russian-language newspaper in the United
States, has published an article that gives an insight into the history of
post-revolutionary Russia. One can only guess what the New Russian Word,
founded in 1910, wrote in its first publications but the earliest editions
stored at the Congress Library in Washington and the New York Public
Library date back to the revolutionary autumn of 1917.
The newspaper's headlines of that time told the readers about the most
crucial events in Russian life: "An Uprising in Petrograd. Kerensky's
Government Deposed (November 6, 1917), "Keiser seeks to release Nicholas
Romanov (December 20, 1917), "Random Bullet Wounds Writer Maxim Gorky",
"Life in Petrograd Becomes Unbearable Every Day" (February 4, 1918),
"Kolchak was Killed by His Own Soldiers (February 1, 1920).
A faded yellow archive copy of the newspaper dated August 24, 1939
carries an article titled "Ribbenthrop in the Kremlin" on its front page.
It tells about the signing of he non-aggression pact between Germany and
the Soviet Union.
Two years later New Russian Word printed in capital letters: "Germany
invades the USSR. The war broke out yesterday at dawn. The Germans have
launched an offensive on all fronts. Italy has declared war on the USSR."
In an issue published on May 8, 1945 we can read: "The Reich capitulates.
The Germans surrender to all the three allies. Today, May 8th, is Victory
Day. "
The jubilee edition of New Russian Word has published a selection of
Nobel lectures by Russian writers Ivan Bunin (1933) and Alexander
Solzhenitsyn (1970), poet Joseph Brodsky (1987), scientist Andrei Sakharov
(1975) and the ex-Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev (1990). It is
noteworthy that Bunin, Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky wrote articles for New
Russian Word.
Another selection of articles titled "Defectors" tells about the fates
of Stalin's daughter Svetlana, figure skaters Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg
Protopopov, musician and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife,
opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya, and a disgraced general, Pyotr
Grigorenko.
Other vital topics covered by the newspaper include the U.S. nuclear
bombardment of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 and Yuri Gagarin's
space flight.
Valery Vainberg, the editor-in-chief and publisher of New Russian
Word, has been with the newspaper for 45 years.
"I am happy to be part of history. The newspaper has given me an
opportunity to meet many outstanding people of the world and of the
century," Vainberg wrote in the jubilee edition. These people include
George Bush, Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.
The editor-in-chief believes that a wide range of interests has helped
New Russian Word to survive over ten decades. According to Vainberg, the
newspaper has always been staunchly anti-communist.
"We fought for human rights, defended those who were persecuted for
their faith and belief and served the interests of emigration. We've never
incited racial or religious hatred. The newspaper's role is to unite
rather than divide, and this has always been our underlying principle,"
Vainberg wrote.
New Russian World will mark its centenary anniversary by a reception
at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, April 19.
American and Russian political and business elite, diplomats and public
figures have been invited to the reception.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared April 19 to be Day of
New Russian Word in New York city.

. Putin to award winners of the Best Doctor of the Year contest.

MOSCOW, April 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
will on Monday present awards to the winners of the All Russian contest
''The Best Doctor of the Year", the Russian government press service
reports.
The laureates will receive a crystal figurine of Hygeia, the Greek
goddess of health, as well as a crystal vase with a snake, which have been
symbols of medicine since olden days. Besides, the winners will also get
diplomas and a monetary reward.
The national contest for the Best Doctor of the Year has been held
since 2001. It was instituted with an aim to increase the significance of
the medical profession and award outstanding doctors and medical personnel.
The contest's geography is expanding.
This year the Best Doctor of the Year will be awarded in 30
nominations.
A special nomination has been established in connection with the 65th
anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Its
winners will be wartime doctors, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who
made a special contribution to the development of medicine.

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