Sentence examples for engaging Russian from inspiring English sources

His "Ukraine Diaries" contain his daily observations from November until April by which time the Kremlin had annexed Crimea, and Ukrainian troops were engaging Russian proxies in the east.One bonus of the diary form is dramatic irony: the reader, unlike the diarist, knows what will happen next.

On 11 and 19 July, German cruisers, with the IV Squadron ships in support, conducted sweeps in the Baltic, though without engaging Russian forces.

Poland has toned down its anti-Russian rhetoric, and not only because Prime Minister Donald Tusk's center-right Civic Platform government has forged a strong relationship with the German government, which supports Warsaw engaging Russia.

Ms. Lopez was also the Tatyana to the Onegin of an engaging 22-year-old Russian baritone with a robust voice, Rodion Pogossov, who was of course at home in Tchaikovsky.

In sum, this is an exemplary and engaging study that newcomers to Russian history and the broader history of empires will find accessible and interesting and that more seasoned readers will find enormously insightful.

The defendant is a courageous scientist, Vil Mirzaianov, who "blew the whistle" on the Russian government for engaging in chemical weapons experiments in violation of agreements signed with the West.

Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles, this engaging and lively 95-minute intermissionless entertainment, notable for its outstanding klezmer band, some splendid singing and an admirable performance by Adam Shapiro in the title role, is the opening presentation of the 94th consecutive season of the National Yiddish Theater — Folksbiene.

Seshadri's engaging second collection ranges from Russian Church history to the Three Little Pigs and includes a prose memoir of several pages, in which the author uses his father's obsession with the Civil War to explore the immigrant experience.

He also denied that he was engaging in "Soviet-bashing," as some Russian officials have asserted.

One of the more engaging studio photographs is of the Russian-born Cubist sculptor Alexander Archipenko.

With her engaging smile, her Chinese energy and her Russian nickname, Katya, Ms. Long is the new face of farming in Russia's vast lightly populated lands near the Chinese border.