Stalin made a big mistake by annexing Western Ukraine to the USSR — Stepashin
The annexation of Western Ukraine to the USSR was a political mistake by Joseph Stalin, which led to major negative ...
Into the Shadows on MSN2dOpinion
The Gulags: The USSR's Slave Labour Source
Between 1929 and 1953, over 18 million people passed through the Soviet Gulags. They were sentenced for "crimes" as small as ...
The small town that was once a world-class destination now a haven for dark tourism
Lying a relic of Soviet grandeur, people from nearby towns have their wedding photos taken at the iconic ruins.
The controversial diary of a Finnish woman lured by the dream of Soviet Russia that turned into a nightmare
A controversial memoir of a Finnish woman who migrated to Stalin’s Soviet Russia in the 1930s and escaped in 1941. Ninety ...
Hosted on MSN6d
Putin’s Russia Convicts 20 Times More People Than Stalin’s USSR
The Russian judicial system now convicts at a rate 20 times higher than Stalin’s USSR.
The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin – Silencing tactics in the Soviet Union
Nevertheless, The Sound of Utopia infuses a bleak subject with verve, inspiring admiration for musicians so dedicated to ...
outono9d
Beyond propaganda: the USSR and its grave responsibility in the Holocaust
The complicity of the USSR in the extermination of Jews by the Nazis and in its concealment. On the role of the USSR not only ...
New York Sun9d
Saboteurs Suspected of Cutting Yet Another Baltic Sea Cable as Three Ex-Soviet Republics Move To Join Europe’s Electricity Grid
The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on February 8 their electricity links to Russia and Belarus ...
Small town once a world-class destination now a dark tourism hotspot
Tskaltubo, once a bustling spa town in the Soviet Union famed for its curative mineral waters, has become a shadow of its ...