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'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.

Soviet Union

To Mourn or Celebrate? St. Petersburg Divided Over Anniversary of Leningrad Siege

Seventy-five years after the Leningrad siege ended, the city’s residents won’t be told how to remember.

Podcast

Gay Purge in Chechnya. And Crumbling Soviet Infrastructure

From Russia With News is a weekly news and analysis podcast produced by Moscow Times journalists.

Soviet Union

Death Toll Climbs in Aftermath of Explosion in Russian Apartment Building

The blast on Monday came on the heels of another apartment block collapse in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk in late December.

opinion

Michele A. Berdy

Catastrophes, Geopolitical and Otherwise

What did Vladimir Putin mean about that geopolitical catastrophe? It's still being argued over 14 years later.

Soviet Union

Forgetting the Purges, Official Claims Russia Has 'Never' Targeted Dissidents

“I note that we’ve never, even in the days of tsarist Russia, killed people for dissent,” Magadan governor Sergei Nosov said.

Soviet Union

‘One of the Biggest Statesmen’: Russia Reacts to Ex-Soviet Parliament Speaker Lukyanov's Death

"History is never in a hurry, and his role in the relatively peaceful transformation of eras has not yet been fully appreciated.”

Soviet Union

Nostalgia for the Soviet Union Hits 14-Year High in Russia, Poll Says

Public polling has increasingly shown that a growing number of Russians regret the Soviet collapse and approve of Soviet-era policies.

opinion

On Its 25th Birthday, Russia's Constitution Is Still Worth Defending (Op-ed)

But if we want to return to the democratic path declared during perestroika, our constitution will need an overhaul.

Soviet Union

New Evidence Supports Validity of Soviet War Legend, Russian Culture Minister Claims

Some historians have denounced the "Panfiolv's 28" story as a myth that was fabricated by the Soviet authorities.

Soviet Union

Moscow Approves Event Honoring Stalinist Victims After Backlash, NGO Says

Participants traditionally gather at the Solovetsky Stone memorial on Oct. 29 to read the names, ages and professions of the victims of Stalinist terror...

opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

Putin Shouldn’t Feel Too Good About Russians in the Baltics (Op-ed)

So, has a pro-Russian party won the Latvian election? Not really.

opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

Why Jeremy Hunt's Soviet-EU Comparison Is Absurd (Op-ed)

The Soviet Union was centralized; the blood had to run through the heart, which was Moscow.

opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

Soviet Union’s Collapse Gets Revisionist View (Op-ed)

Nostalgia for the Soviet Union and Russia’s imperial past are now part of the official Kremlin ideology.

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