15 Countries That Were Once Part of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized ...
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Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends ...
As Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance, ‘Soviet’ command culture damages war effort
Last February, a Ukrainian company commander going by his callsign Veter was ordered to send his people to reinforce another ...
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Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
Why not, they thought, try and finally put this overlooked music scene on the global map? Behind the collection ... the biggest club of them all, the Soviet Union, was set to shutter its doors.
Q&A: We have a historic chance to make our region prosperous, Uzbekistan president tells Euronews
The upcoming summit in Samarkand will be truly historic as it will bring together for the first time the leaders of the five ...
Unburying the Remains of the Third Reich
As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.
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Opinion: Sasha’s story brings Ukraine war home to Maine
A number of buildings were left windowless as winter temperatures sank to near freezing. Russian attacks on Ukraine’s ...
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Howard Amos: Russia Starts Here review - East meets West, via the Pskov region
Real Lives in the Ruin of Empire, the journalist Howard Amos’ first book, is a prescient and fascinating examination of the borderlands of a bellicose nation. Focusing on the Pskov region, which juts ...