Sentences with phrase «soviet war hero»
The first book, Child 44, introduced readers to Leo Demidov, Soviet war hero and rising star within Stalin's State Security force, who must stop a serial killer the State refuses to admit exists.
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In an uncanny parallel with this first Oscar nomination as Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in the Cold War drama «Bridge of Spies,» Rylance's first on - camera appearance was in 1985's «Wallenberg: A Hero's Story,» a TV movie about a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of lives during the Holocaust.
This arresting portrait of the Soviet leader who was both hero and villain examines the cold war era he personified.
War hero Leo Demidov is introduced as an obedient government worker in Soviet Russia.
When Hitler destroyed 80 percent of the Soviet air force during the early days of World War II, the decorated Russian air hero, Colonel Maxim Chibisov, was personally selected by Joseph Stalin to fly to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, with 300 Soviet airmen.
Gone are the bleak, boring and grey environments of Metal Gear Solid 2, replaced by lush jungles as we journey back to the Cold War to follow the tale of the first Snake as he's sent on a mission by the US government to kill his old mentor, and legendary hero, The Boss, after she seemingly defects to the Soviets.
Company of Heroes 2 sales in Russia have been stopped, due its portrayal of the Soviet Union in World War II.
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION: Our four heroes are drawn from the main combatants in the European theatre of World War II - Great Britain, USA, Germany and the Soviet Union.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is a World War II tactical first person shooter centered primarily around the Battle of Stalingrad between Germany and the Soviet Union.
But Orwell — a hero of mine, as it happens — was writing very specifically here about the impact of the outbreak of war on British politics of the time (he was also, of course, writing in the shadow of the Soviet - Nazi pact, which had caused many on the left to question their allegiances).