Not sure about Polish, but there are Russians :)..., originally from Smolensk (I am sorry about your president), currently in US. It was my comment regarding "Soviets" that Rthstewart mentioned. Thank you very much for giving a more detailed explanation on the subject. I wrote it after I spent an hour watching my children watch a program about Kurskaia Duga battle. There were a bunch of interviews with Russian and German veterans and both refereed to the fourths of USSR simply as Russians, which was promptly translated as Soviets. By the end of the program my ears turned in to tubes. I know that most Europeans do not use the term and I though that English been Europeans might not either.

Along with Katyn, I actually was thinking about the battle of Warsaw, in particular the rebelation and stand of the "Soviet" troops... But this is another story.

Hellen

PS Rth, Great chapter, as usual. Sorry to use your journal as a chart :).