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History 19 May, 2009 Mad May 1989, Or: The Congress of People’s Deputies Twenty years ago, in May 1989, the first Congress of People’s Deputies convened in the Kremlin’s Grand Palace. The event marked a complete changeover of the political structure in the Soviet Union, terminally undermining the one-party, totalitarian system.
History 22 April, 2009 The Solzhenitsyn Phenomenon: An Alternative View ITAR-TASS reports: Fayard, a major French publishing house, has published Georges Nivat’s monograph The Solzhenitsyn Phenomenon, in which Nivat refers to his subject as a “titan of literature,” the “Dante of our epoch who has changed the people’s view of the world,” and similar encomiums.
History 13 April, 2009 Whatever dissidents and various species of human rights activists may say, treason will always be treason.
History 09 April, 2009 Gorbachev May be Hero to West, but Russians don't Forgive To many of today's Russians, Communism is a hazy thing, referenced only in their parent's stories and their own vague memories of the scarcity of the post-Soviet 1990s. And with good reason. It doesn't concern them much.
History 26 March, 2009 The Unfinished War, or the Magic Numbers 2009 The year 2009 is a year of a seemingly magic combination of the anniversaries of many events that have shaped the world we live in. But the main anniversary in 2009 is 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, which marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
History 16 February, 2009 The Andropov Perestroika: A View from Below The text below is an excerpt from Sergei Roy’s unpublished work, Collapse of the Colossus. Its publication is pegged to the 25th anniversary of the death of Yuri Andropov, the Soviet leader in 1982-1984 – according to some, one of the most mysterious Soviet rulers.
History 24 September, 2008 In Memory of Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Look from the West Nobody did as much for the liberty of Russia as Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian novelist who died on August 3, 2008. And few did more than he has done for the affirmation of conservative values throughout the world.
History 10 August, 2008 Russian Hysteria: A Short History Russian pundits are in a torrid tizzy over the perennial question: What happened to U.S.-Russian relations? What happened to our joint cooperation in the war on bearded men? When did everything start feeling like a worn-out page from a Tom Clancy novel? In short, when did it all go to hell in a hand basket?
History 23 May, 2008 Stepan Bandera: A Blood Bath for Every Day What I am about to relate is so horrendous, monstrous and appalling that people with a weak heart had better skip this piece. As for those who gather for noisy rallies in the squares of Ukrainian cities and clamor for restoring “the Banderaites’ honest name,” I’d advise ...
History 06 Fabruary, 2008 “In this way we wish to preserve the memory of the outstanding revolutionary of the 20th century who laid the foundations of brotherhood between the peoples of Argentina and Cuba,” said Mr. Hugo Sartor, executive director of Argentina’s Ministry for Tourism.
History 25 May, 2007 The Mysteries of Russian Diplomacy All about the British intended gift to the sunny city of Baku |
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