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Articles with tag "Soviet Union"

mixed legacy

Controversial Soviet-Era Statue Removed in Prague

While Konev is regarded as a hero in Russia, many Czechs see him as a symbol of Soviet-era oppression.
regional responses

How Are Russia’s Neighbors Handling the Coronavirus?

Russia's post-Soviet neighbors have taken a wide range of approaches to the pandemic, from relaxed to high-alert.
rose-colored glasses

75% of Russians Say Soviet Era Was 'Greatest Time' in Country’s History – Poll

At the same time, only 28% of Russians said they would want to “return to the path that the Soviet Union was following.”
Generation Gulag

I Wouldn't Live This Life a Second Time | Generation Gulag: Yuris Yankevich

A survivor of the Soviet repressions reflects on the Soviet campaign to destroy the Latvian intelligentsia.
Generation Gulag

Betraying the Motherland | Generation Gulag: Valentina Vodyanitskaya

The KGB forbade Valentina from talking about her time in a Gulag camp. Today, she tells her story.
Generation Gulag

Pregnant in the Gulag | Generation Gulag: Vera Golubeva

Vera was 8 months pregnant when she was sent to the Gulag camps. This is her story.
break with the past

Russia Should Drop ‘Terrorist’ Soviet Legacy, Constitutional Court Judge Says

“Russia doesn’t carry on [the Soviet Union’s legal system] in law, but replaces a state that was once created illegally,” the judge wrote.
bloody valentine

Andrei Molodkin's Art Show 'Bloodline' Boldly Confronts the Language of Power

The show opens on St. Valentine's Day in Dublin.
Generation Gulag

You’re a Free Man | Generation Gulag: Andrys Ziders

Andrys and his family were among the 15,000 Latvians deported to Siberia amid Stalin's repressions.
Generation Gulag

Love at First Sight | Generation Gulag: Galina Nelidova

One moment between Galina and a young Norwegian man led to five years in a Gulag labor camp.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

McDonald’s in Russia Turns 30

The U.S. fast food giant opened its first chain in Moscow on this day 30 years ago, in the final months of the Soviet Union.
Generation Gulag

One-Way Ticket to the U.S.S.R. | Generation Gulag: Liliane Jeanne Monit

In the years after World War II, Soviet recruiters traveled the world, convincing those who’d fled the Bolshevik Revolution to return. Liliane’s father...
BLAST FROM THE PAST

Young People Take Back Soviet 'Kommunalkas'

Soviet Kommunalka apartments — each one housing several families — are still very much a thing in Russia's big cities.
Generation Gulag

An Officer’s Daughter | Generation Gulag: Olga Shirokaya

Olga Shirokaya watched as Stalin eliminated his inner circle, including her father. Then, while her university class watched, the KGB arrested her, too...
Generation Gulag

I Was So Naive | Generation Gulag: Irina Verblovskaya

When Irina was sentenced to five years in a Gulag labor camp after Stalin's death, she still couldn’t believe she’d really serve the time.
Generation Gulag

The Dancer | Generation Gulag: Azari Plesetsky

Azari Plesetsky is one of the thousands who grew up fatherless after Stalin's repressions.
look back

Old Moscow and St. Petersburg Through an American Photographer's Lens

Colorized photos show a long-gone side of Soviet Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Returning home

Children of Stalin’s Terror Win Crucial Housing Case

They are now entitled to state housing in the cities their parents were deported from during the Stalinist repressions.
nothing gold can stay

Number of Russian Language Learners Worldwide Halved Since Soviet Collapse

“If nothing is done, the situation may become tragic by 2025,” researchers warned.
Paying respects

Kremlin Pays Tribute to Late Soviet Spy It Says May Have Changed History

Goar Vartanyan allegedly helped thwart a plan backed by Adolf Hitler to assassinate the allied leaders in 1943.
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