Russia, Ukraine and World War I
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The new memorial day, which was signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, will go into effect this year.
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Russia fighting Ukraine longer than USSR fought Nazi Germany, Zelensky highlights in address
The full-scale war in Ukraine entered its 1,418th day on Jan. 11, matching the length of Nazi Germany's fight against the Soviet Union during World War II. Russia has "repeated almost all the worst things that happened in the 20th century,
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Russia finds lost Soviet nuclear graveyard under Arctic Ocean
As Arctic ice thins and shipping lanes open, Russia has stumbled on a chilling legacy of the Cold War: a long-lost Soviet nuclear dumping ground on the seabed. The discovery, made by modern submersibles in a remote sector of the Arctic Ocean,
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My theory about Russian vodka: Drinking culture in the Soviet Union
Why have so many men in Soviet Russia turned to alcohol? Find out in this fascinating video! In this video, I explore why so many men in the USSR turned to alcohol. Growing up in the Soviet Union, I saw how the Communist regime suppressed the traits that give men in the Hunter personality archetype a sense of accomplishment,
Vladimir Mitrokhin’s amazing story is the subject of a new book, ‘The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB.’
Khazanov’s detailed research focuses on the “anti-Soviet discourse on the pre-Soviet past.” Based on the work of the late Soviet thinkers, writers, poets, and filmmakers, he discovers that, as early as the 1950s, following Stalin’s death, Russian ...
The Latvian government demolished a Cold War-era monument celebrating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War on Thursday—leading to celebrations by many Latvians who viewed the statue as an enduring reminder of Soviet ...
Russia has equipped a jet-powered Shahed drone with a Soviet R-60 missile, presenting new challenges for Ukrainian aerial defense systems.