Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...
Is China the new USSR? Tepid growth, trade barriers may derail China’s plans to rule the 21st century
China poses a significant challenge to U.S. economic dominance, leading in 37 of 44 hi-tech strategic areas. Despite slowing ...
Stalin made a big mistake by annexing Western Ukraine to the USSR — Stepashin
The annexation of Western Ukraine to the USSR was a political mistake by Joseph Stalin, which led to major negative ...
Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will ...
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The Gulags: The USSR's Slave Labour Source
Between 1929 and 1953, over 18 million people passed through the Soviet Gulags. They were sentenced for "crimes" as small as ...
What was the first American album to be officially released in the USSR?
Rock music was placed under heavy restrictions in the USSR during the Cold War, but, in 1988, the regime allowed Bon Jovi to ...
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What Was Life Like in the USSR?
Here's the standard high school history class summary of the Soviet Union: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was ...
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Finally 100 per cent digital: Estonia’s 30-year journey from the USSR to e-Estonia
The click of a mouse now dissolves a marriage in Estonia. In a country where citizens can start businesses, pay taxes, and ...
How Vatican’s secret spy service ‘The Entity’ trained priests in dark arts, infiltrated USSR & helped Pole become Pope
WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The ...
Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake that tanked the Russian economy, Polish foreign minister says
Poland's foreign minister said Putin used to criticize the Soviet approach that helped bankrupt it, but now he's repeating ...
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The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at key junctures and eventually to great effect.
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Ukraine’s Old Soviet-era BMP-1 Vehicles Just Keep on Fighting
The BMP-1 could be considered to be a museum piece, however, it is fighting hard in Ukraine. Both Russia’s and Ukraine’s weapons stockpiles continue to dwindle as the nearly three-year-long war rages ...