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Soviet Union and South Africa: Allies in World War II
May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, the most important and ...
Stalin’s Image Returns to Moscow’s Subway, Honoring a Brutal History
The Kremlin has increasingly embraced the Soviet dictator and his legacy, using them to exalt Russian history in a time of ...
Dark Docs on MSN1d
Operation Unthinkable - A Secret Double Cross to Destroy the Soviet Union
As World War II was coming to an end and the Nazi threat was being suppressed, the uncertainty of the new world order significantly concerned the Allied leaders, with British Prime Minister Winston ...
The Sun4d
Putin’s mad push to revive Soviet Union with Stalin statues & Red Army cosplay – as aide insists USSR ‘NEVER broke up’
THE SOVIET Union was a brutal regime fronted by ... Putin is trying to harvest the national spirit whipped up by the remembrance of WW2 and channel it into support for his land grabbing.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6d
Novel set in a war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature
Your Presence Is Mandatory” by Sasha Vasilyuk is based on a family secret harbored by the author’s grandfather.
The Forward on MSN6d
S.F. novelist’s debut set in war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature
Your Presence Is Mandatory” by Sasha Vasilyuk is based on a family secret harbored by the author’s grandfather.
The Nation on MSN5d
In Belarus, World War II Is Fresh in the Memory
Belarus’s events marking 80 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany were a show of state power—but also reflected real popular ...
CounterPunch2dOpinion
Red is Not the New Brown: Reflections on the Politics of Memory
Nobody doubts the difficulty of counting the dead in war. Hence the omnipresent tomb for The Unknown Soldier which ...
Cost of war: U.S. death tolls in major conflicts since the American Revolution
From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.
The National Interest1h
How the Soviet Yankee-Class Submarine Almost Caused a Second Cuban Missile Crisis
If the Soviet Navy’s base at Cienfuegos, Cuba, had been fully established before the Nixon administration intervened to stop ...
80 years after Hitler’s war of annihilation in the east: Germany establishes combat brigade against Russia in Lithuania
With the ceremonial establishment of the permanent combat brigade in Lithuania, the German government under Chancellor ...
International Monetary Fund5d
Conducting Monetary and Credit Policy in Countries of the Former Soviet Union: Some Issues and Options
Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those ...