Russia marks the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazism: What significance does it have in an epoch of global confrontation? OSW Commentary No. 171, 20 May 2015

The Victory Day celebrations held in Russia on 9 May 2015 were special for marking the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II but the particular international and domestic context they were set in was of yet greater importance. The element which set the celebrations in 2015 apart from those in the preceding years was how the military and moral aspects of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was made part of the current geopolitical confrontation with the West concerning the Ukrainian crisis. The escalation of the aggressive rhetoric on Europe and the USA and accusations that the West is destabilising the international situation and striving for conflict was accompanied by a display of the increasing military power of the Russian Federation; the display itself was stronger than has been seen in preceding years. This was a clear sign that Moscow is ready to protect its national interests in the area of foreign policy by any means. At the same time, the creation of an atmosphere of threat and stoking patriotic feelings was intended to mobilise the Russian public around the political leadership while the country’s economic problems are deteriorating further.

Schengen Anniversary - EPC Special Collection

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement, the EPC has put together a special collection of EPC papers on Schengen's developments between 2011 and 2014. Signed by France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg on 14 June 1985, the Schengen Agreement has paved the way for the development of one of the EU’s most symbolic achievements: the freedom of movement without internal border checks. Although the agreement has been one of the EU’s biggest successes, the Schengen story has not always been a ‘long fleuve tranquille’, particularly in recent years. This year’s anniversary offers the opportunity to revisit the latest developments in the Schengen cooperation and look back at the accomplishments of this landmark agreement.

An historical discourse, on the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Hopkins grammar school, New Haven, Connecticut. Delivered before the "Hopkins grammar school association", July 24th, 1860 / by Leonard Woolsey Bacon. With notes and an appendix. Pub. by request of the Association.

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical discourse at the one hundredth anniversary of the general convention of Congregational ministers and churches of Vermont, at Bennington, June 11, 1895 /

Mode of access: Internet.

An address delivered before the Society of Alumni of Miami University : at their anniversary, August 13th, 1840 /

Printed paper cover.

McKendree College educational convention : held on the occasion of its fortieth anniversary in Lebanon, Illinois, February 20-21, 1868.

Cover title: Journal of the proceedings of the McKendree College educational convention.

Semi-centennial anniversary of the English High School, May 2, 1871.

Semi-centennial anniversary of the English High School -- Poem / by Robert C. Waterston -- Oration / by J. Wiley Edmands.

A double anniversary sermon of the thirty year's episcopate of Bishop Samuel David Ferguson, June 24, 1885-1915 : fifty years of his ministry, December 31, 1865-1915, preached in St. Mark's Church, June 27, 1915 /

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The Manly anniversary studies in language and literature.

"Presented to John Matthews Manly by his students and associates on the completion of his twenty-fifth year as head of the Department of English in the University of Chicago."

History of Saint Mary's Church, Mott Haven, 340 Alexander Ave., New York City. Issued for annual parish festival service on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the original church on Ascension Day, May 1st, 1856, Ascension Day, May 14th, 1931. History and statistics 1856-1906

Mode of access: Internet.

The Jamestown 350th anniversary historical booklets.

Mode of access: Internet.