Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin terrorised his own people, but for the first time a survey suggests that most Russians view him favourably. The respected Levada Center polled Russians aged 18 and ...
from attitudes to language to the use of passports. It discusses definitions of political and cultural nationalism, as well as the myths, institutions and practices that moulded and expressed national ...
At the time of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Communists had been in power for 74 years in Moscow. The Chinese Communist Party has now surpassed “big brother”, as it once called the ...
For example, thanks to various loopholes, the Kremlin could easily passport citizens who gained independence in 1991, and ...
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He cited the events of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising where thousands of Hungarians were killed and hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes in 12 days of unsuccessful resistance to rule by ...
Despite initially fearing they had found themselves in an austere-looking former Soviet backwater, prone to power cuts and intolerable heatwaves, the couple say moving there was an incredible ...
but they were arrested because they had these Lithuanian passports which were invalid, because they [were technically] Soviet citizens. ... [They] were taken away to prison, I don't know where.
This dual approach makes it possible to create a more rounded and comprehensive picture of Soviet-British relationship. Professor Vladimir O. Pechatnov Gain new insight into how the Cold War began ...
About 10% of total defence spending will go to military personnel payments, which have also hit a post-Soviet high with the minimum annual wage in the first year of service at the frontline ...
The inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess begins on Monday in Salisbury. The 44-year-old mother of three died in July 2018 after being exposed to a chemical weapon in the Wiltshire town of Amesbury.