At night happy crowds surged through Moscow's streets, and fireworks tore the darkness to flaming shreds. Cannon roared a 20-gun salute. Silent for months, antiaircraft guns now traced fiery zigzags across the sky. Red Square was ablaze with light.
Thus, last week, the capital of embattled Russia celebrated the capture of Kharkov. Thus, too, Russia let off some of the strain accumulated through two years of blood, tears, broken hopes and cruel disappointments. The celebration was a safety valve. Confident of triumph, Russia's leaders were now allowing the people to relax for a...
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