The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as ...

Between Stalin’s shadow and the Cold War, ... W hen the leader of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953, millions in the country wept with grief.

The MiG-15 is one of the oldest and most successful aircraft produced by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The MiG-15 introduced swept wings for the first time for the Soviets, enabling the ...

Between Stalin’s shadow and the Cold War, the Soviet leader both perpetuated and decried Soviet antisemitism. By ALEX WINSTON FEBRUARY 21, 2025 18:06 ...

For Stalin, displaced Soviet citizens were also a vital human resource, one he didn’t want to lose to the capitalist west. READ MORE The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1 ...

On July 25, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and American President Harry Truman met in the German town of Potsdam to discuss the fate of Germany. The ...

Russia has a long history of spying on the U.S. from the relative safety of Mexico City, dating back to the 1980s. Decades before that, Stalin had his chief rival assassinated there.

The Soviet economy was in trouble. It had been drained by the war in Afghanistan and many of its industries were out of date.It could not afford the enormous costs of the Cold War close Cold War ...

Find out about the start of the Cold War with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14. ... Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union), Franklin Roosevelt (USA) and Winston Churchill ...

“To Run The World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid For Global Power” is a monumental achievement of archival research and original analysis made possible by the declassification of documents in ...