The Thieves of Faith
“He had seen it so many times on television, the Russian army parading all of the USSR’s military might before the government reviewing stand on May Day. The images of enormous ballistic missiles being pulled on flatbeds had been seared into his head. He remembered as a child seeing the vast amount of tanks and tens of thousands of soldiers all marching in severe goose-step ranks broadcast to convey their overwhelming menace, their undefeatable might. The Cold War threat of potential annihilatio...n by nuclear war was a reality that hung over the entire world until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.He had seen St. Basil’s Cathedral countless times, a symbol of Russia like the Eiffel Tower was to France, Big Ben was to England, or the Statue of Liberty was to the United States. It was something out of a fairy tale, its vast palette a profusion of colors stretching over a host of cupolas, arches, towers, and spires: blues, yellows, greens, and reds. The red-brick structure was composed of nine chapels crowned by nine onion-shaped domes, each with their own distinct motif yet blending together in an array not seen anywhere in the world.MoreLess
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