Yeah it was a good time, and speaking of this post - have you ever read any Yevtushenko? You know how I feel about poetry as whole, but he's one of the few poets I actually choose to read. He's an odd combination of frank with flights of sentimental fancy. The English translations aren't ideal, but they are still worth taking a look at if you're in to that kind of thing. And if you ever need teaching materials on the subject, Babi Yar would make interesting reading for a Russian perspective on the Holocaust and WWII.