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Fading away

1 in 4 Young Russians Haven’t Heard of the Fall of the Berlin Wall – Poll

A majority of 18- to 24-year-olds surveyed said they “don’t care” about the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago.

atomic friends

German Role in Developing Soviet Nuclear Program Revealed in Newly Declassified Documents

“Their contributions certainly accelerated the Soviets’ push to become a nuclear weapon state.”

Come to brazil

Russian Message in a Bottle Washes Up on Brazilian Beach

Soviet sailors reportedly wrote the message around 1990 near Greenland.

'desecration of the memory'

Prague Will Remove Statue of Soviet Marshal Who Led Red Army Forces

It has been the subject of controversy since the 1989 fall of communism because of Konev's later endeavors.

Viktor Pelevin

Pelevin’s New Novel Plays With U.S.-Russian Culture Wars

The book is a riff on news from recent years, telling the story of a secret Russian unit whose mission is to avenge the collapse of the Soviet Union.

opinion

Boris Johnson: The Brezhnev Years

With their utopian market assumptions, contemporary neoliberal states share many of the pathologies of the Soviets.

restored classic

Dziga Vertov’s ‘Anniversary of a Revolution’ Has its Second Moscow Premiere

100 years after it was made and lost, a restored version of the documentary was shown at the Oktyabr Theater.

Molotov-Ribbentrop

Russia Declassifies WWII Docs Relating to Soviet-Nazi Pact

The Defense Ministry said it released the documents to “protect historical truth and counter the falsification of history.”

Anniversary

30 Years Ago, the 'Baltic Way' Protested Soviet Rule

Aug. 23 marks 30 years since 2 million people in Soviet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands to create a 600-kilometer “human chain.”

Snail mail

Alaskan Finds Russian Message in a Bottle Written 50 Years Ago

The recipient had no trouble finding willing volunteers to help translate the message.

Reminiscing

Russians Say Soviet Rule Was ‘Closer to People’ Than Current Regime – Poll

When asked to characterize Russia's current leadership, 41% of respondents called it “criminal and corrupt.”

Retro rally

Vintage Soviet Cars Cruise Into Moscow

More than 100 refurbished Soviet cars raced past Moscow's iconic sights for the annual GUM AutoRally.

opinion

The Specter of the Soviet Union Still Haunts the EU

Donald Tusk's compulsion to repeatedly stress that liberal democracy is a core European value is an overcompensation for its present fragility.

'Bone music'

Massive Attack Releases Soviet-Era X-Ray Vinyl for Anti-Censorship Collaboration

Pussy Riot, Sigur Ros and Noam Chomsky are some of the other names attached to the project.

Looking backward

Most Russians Say Soviet Union ‘Took Care of Ordinary People’ – Poll

“All that the U.S.S.R. is now glorified for is largely a consequence of what Russians are unhappy with now,” one sociologist said.

Back to the USSR

Soviet Russia Seen Through an American Photographer's Lens

A newly presented series of photographs taken from 1956 to 1975 transports the viewer back through the decades.

Artists remembered

10 Artists Who Were Victims of Repressions, Remembered in Street Art

The portraits of 10 famous Russian artists who fell victims to repressions in the Soviet Union are on display in Moscow.

Soviet Kitsch

A Glimpse Behind the Iron Curtain

As nostalgia for the Soviet Union swells, one project aims to show what life was like for ordinary citizens in the U.S.S.R.

Something Old

Artist Transforms Soviet Illustrations Into Nostalgia-Provoking Collages

In a new exhibit, Dutch artist Tamara Stoffers delves into the past to create surreal collages out of Soviet-era images.

Access denied

Russian Authorities Seal Stalin-Era NKVD Archives

“We haven’t had blocks of this scale before,” one researcher said.

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