The controversial diary of a Finnish woman lured by the dream of Soviet Russia that turned into a nightmare
A controversial memoir of a Finnish woman who migrated to Stalin’s Soviet Russia in the 1930s and escaped in 1941. Ninety ...
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Stalin's Most Deadly Famine
Holodomor was the man-made famine of 1932-1933 that saw millions of people die due to instructions laid out by Joseph Stalin, head of the USSR.
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Beyond propaganda: the USSR and its grave responsibility in the Holocaust
The complicity of the USSR in the extermination of Jews by the Nazis and in its concealment. On the role of the USSR not only ...
The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin – Silencing tactics in the Soviet Union
Nevertheless, The Sound of Utopia infuses a bleak subject with verve, inspiring admiration for musicians so dedicated to ...
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 ...
Russia's Disastrous Winter War on Finland Could Give Clues on Ukraine Endgame
Ukraine must not accept a "Finlandization" deal struck following a previous invasion by Moscow 85 years ago, experts tell ...
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Saboteurs Suspected of Cutting Yet Another Baltic Sea Cable as Three Ex-Soviet Republics Move To Join Europe’s Electricity Grid
The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on February 8 their electricity links to Russia and Belarus ...
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RUSSIA: Man of the Year, 1939
“I enclose with them my best wishes for your personal welfare as well as for a happy future for the peoples of the friendly Soviet Union.” The Nazi press meanwhile carefully eulogized Mr ...
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Joseph Stalin
Here’s What You Need to Know: The Soviet Union could never allocate enough of the country’s resources to build a real fleet of aircraft carriers. There was always ...