A Secret Cable and a Clue to Where U.S.-Russia Relations Went Wrong
A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.
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Putin hails Soviet army for ending 'total evil' of Auschwitz
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on the 80th ...
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The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself ...
For Generations, Russia Was Syria’s Main Arms Supplier, That May Be Over
It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.
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Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake that tanked the Russian economy, Polish foreign minister says
Anders Åslund, a Swedish economist and former fellow at the Atlantic Council, said Russia's financial reserves could run out before the end of the year. The Soviet Union's economy collapsed in ...
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Soviet Education
Despite rapid strides toward popular education in the latter nineteenth and early twentieth century, 67 per cent of the people of Russia ... three city universities. The organization of Soviet ...
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Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake that tanked the Russian economy, Polish foreign minister says
Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake, which is ruining Russia's economy, Poland's foreign minister said ... Soviet leadership" in regards to his invasion of Ukraine. "The Soviet Union took on the ...