Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl in Ukrainian) disaster. On April 25, 1986, workers at the Soviet-era … Continue reading Ukraine’s Chernobyl, like Russia’s Chelyabinsk before it: Symbols of Soviet Moral Decay in Untenable USSR
Putin’s Fixes and Fixations: Russia’s president prefers Stalin to Lenin, and Soviet history to murder and corruption scandals. Continue reading Putin’s Fixes & Fixations: Russia’s President Prefers Stalin to Lenin, Soviet History to Scandals
This week all over the world people and nations are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World … Continue reading Memory Misappropriation: Russia’s Victory Day Basked in The Light of Another’s Glory
Until recently, little was known about the Crimean Tatars or their historic homeland, Crimea. These turkic people’s history goes back … Continue reading “Son of Crimea” Documentary: The Struggle of Crimean Tatars to Return to Their Homeland
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