Soviet Union
Dec. 14 2021, 6:36 pm
EXCLUSIVE
Soviet Cold War Operations against RFE/RL Ukrainian Service
Introduction For over 40 years, Radio Free Europe (RFE) and Radio Liberty (RL) were two American-sponsored radio stations in Munich that broadcast to …
Richard H. Cummings
Nov. 7 2021, 4:14 pm
Meduza: Former news anchor and television announcer Igor Kirillov is dead
Legendary Soviet news anchor Igor Kirillov died in Moscow on Oct. 30. He was 89 years old. For more than two decades, Kirillov hosted Vremya — a …
Meduza
Oct. 30 2021, 1:41 pm
New York Times: When the Soviets set off the biggest nuclear bomb, JFK didn’t flinch
Sixty years ago on Oct. 30, the Soviet Union detonated the world’s most powerful nuclear weapon, with a force 3,333 times that of the bomb used on …
New York Times
Oct. 4 2021, 5:41 pm
RFE/RL: The undoing of the USSR
On Dec. 25, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Its collapse was gradual and, some would say, even inevitable. Here are some …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Sept. 13 2021, 3:29 pm
The Moscow Times: New Russian monuments to Soviet secret police founder spark controversy
Two new monuments to the first Soviet secret police chief credited with architecting Stalin’s repressions have appeared in southern Russia and annexed …
The Moscow Times
June 3 2021, 8:44 pm
Daily Mail: Fresh calls to strip New York Times reporter of award after he covered up the famine in Soviet Union
The committee that awards the Pulitzer Prize is facing fresh calls to revoke the top honor in American journalism from New York Times correspondent …
Daily Mail
May 18 2021, 9:48 am
UNIAN: Ukraine honors the memory of Tatars, victims of Stalin’s deportation
On May 18, the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide and the Day of Struggle for the Rights of the Crimean Tatars are …
UNIAN
May 7 2021, 12:31 pm
Poll: More than 60% of Ukrainians have a negative attitude towards Stalin
A total of 62% of Ukrainians consider the activities of Joseph Stalin as a historical figure were negative for Ukraine, according to the results of a …
Interfax-Ukraine
April 26 2021, 8:46 pm
Reuters: Unsealed Soviet archives reveal cover-ups at the Chornobyl plant before the disaster
The Soviet Union knew the Chornobyl nuclear plant was dangerous and covered up emergencies there before the 1986 disaster, Ukrainian authorities said …
Reuters
March 24 2021, 12:16 pm
RFE/RL: The Leningrad rockers who rode a wind of change across the Soviet Union
April 1988 is still seared into singer Klaus Meine’s memory. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
March 16 2021, 3:30 pm
RFE/RL: The deadly mudslide the KGB tried to cover up
Babyn Yar was the site of one of the worst Nazi massacres. About 34,000 Jews were killed in the ravine in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on September …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Jan. 18 2021, 9:45 pm
RFE/RL: National emblems of the former Soviet Union, then and now
After Belarus (slightly) updated its official crest, we had a look at some other former Soviet emblems, before and after independence. Read more …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
July 20 2020, 1:30 am
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The Guardian: Stamps celebrating Ukrainian resistance – in pictures
Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Kosmach collects 20th-century stamps issued by Ukrainian groups in exile during the Soviet era. Read more here.
The Guardian
May 15 2020, 2:59 pm
UNIAN: Ukraine launches consultancy to help citizens find info on victims of Soviet repression
Ukraine has set up a consultancy to assist those searching for information about persons repressed throughout the Soviet period, that’s according to …
UNIAN
May 11 2020, 5:24 am
RFE/RL: Moscow ‘indignant’ over perceived US slight of Soviet contribution in WWII
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has expressed “extreme indignation” at a U.S. statement on May 8 that seemed to ascribe the victory over Nazi Germany in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Dec. 27 2019, 3:56 pm
RFE/RL: The secret Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s communist President Hafizullah Amin was lying unconscious in his bed. A KGB agent who had infiltrated Amin’s staff as a cook had …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Dec. 2 2019, 9:38 am
The Guardian: Restored images reveal Soviet-era lives in Ukraine
When war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014, thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, transforming thriving communities into ghost towns …
The Guardian
Nov. 11 2019, 2:59 pm
CNN: ‘Palaces of the people’
Inside the lavish metro stations of the Soviet era. Read more here.
CNN
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