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… In 1985, it seemed the Soviet Union would last forever. Its Communist Party rulers held a … military in the world. The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDHKh), Moscow, 1980. But just six years … The Soviet Collapse … Soviet Union … The Soviet Collapse …

… For fifty years the Soviet Union stood in the eyes of the West as a terrifying enigma … has permitted Vladislav M. Zubok to produce the first international study recounting the struggle from the perspective … Review of A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The …

… Ask someone to describe the Soviet Union during the Second World War and they will conjure up … triumph of the Red Army on the Eastern Front, alongside the Soviet Union’s rapid industrialization and reorganization … Review of Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second …

… Khrushchev’s “Thaw” (mid-1950s to early 1960s) led to the Soviet Union’s opening up to Western culture. The 1957 Moscow Youth … too. In a captivating account of preparations for the International Youth Festival, Gilburd transports her readers to a … Review of To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture , by Eleonory Gilburd …

… Empire, Serhii Plokhy’s new history of the demise of the Soviet Union. Ultimately, the decision by Ukraine to declare … not with a Soviet people rapidly inclined toward local nationalism. What remained, like the British Empire, was a … Review of The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union , by Serhii Plokhy (New York: Basic Books, 2014) …

… in the seventies – began to speak passionately about the Soviet experience of war and to describe the "German-fascist … as regards the Jewish victims of the war. Though the Soviet Union has been accused by scholars of ignoring the … given that the Soviet "Motherland" encompassed numerous nationalities, including peoples who would have preferred …

… fighting a military superpower.  During the 1980s, the Soviet Union failed in its attempt to subdue that nation … supporting an unpopular regime. This policy turned international opinion against the Soviet Union. At home, the … Soviet Union … The United States Must Learn From the Soviet War in Afghanistan …

… was the country launching an invasion, stood for the heroic Soviet Union during the “sacred” Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), … territory Russia’s armies were about to invade, “far-right nationalists and Neo-Nazis” who, backed by their NATO … Soviet Union …

… of an old communist statue? Just what to do with all the Soviet-era monuments in eastern Europe after the fall of the … that a Stalinist monument did not belong opposite from the National Gallery, once a royal palace ( as shown, left ). … most favorable pro-Russian opinion in the entire European Union ). In 2011, residents of Sofia woke up to find the …

… Romanian presidency in 2024. Further, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians—a far-right, populist party advocating … elections. For some, Moldovan identity was created by the Soviet Union, a process that stripped Moldovans of their … Identity Scholar Benedict Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a …

… political order that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. A startled world has watched Ukraine’s … from office (and from the country). Then events became international with Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the eruption … Soviet Union …

… The U.S. National Park Service, the federal agency charged with overseeing the more than 400 parks that make up our national park system, was created on August 25, 1916. The national parks, which include an astonishing range of … Ten Moments of Insight in America’s National Parks …

… two viruses could possibly be. Yet, the ways in which the Soviet Union reacted to the arrival of HIV/AIDS, and how it spread … to add that of the 565 infected, around 70-80% were foreign nationals and not Soviet citizens at all. These statistics … Soviet Union …

… of the German nation, had launched the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in quest of world domination. It seemed certain that … incapable of dealing unaided with the Soviet Union or with national liberation movements in their colonies.  Hitler’s … Soviet Union …

… herald of the future. The next morning, Pravda , and other Soviet newspapers, announced “the first successful launch of … Pravda had in mind – were flabbergasted. Although both the Soviets and the United States had been preparing … were profoundly disturbed by Sputnik’s implications: the Soviets had successfully launched a man-made object into …

… history, with particular attention to the breakup of the Soviet Union, Putin’s rise to power in Russia, and the 2014 … History. Professor Hoffmann is a specialist in Russian and Soviet history, with a particular focus on the political, … So Professor David Hoffmann is a specialist in Russian and Soviet history, with a particular focus on the political, …

… always cast Moscow as the perpetual “enemy” of American national interests—a view informed by antagonism between the … that Russia supported the “maintenance of the American Union as one ‘indivisible nation.’” In 1863, the Tsarist … Washington refused to recognize the newly established Soviet government. After his election to the presidency in …

… the Human Rights Council (HRC) and the affiliate International Criminal Court (ICC). Trump accused the HRC of … That document was based on Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address. He outlined four key freedoms that all people … the issue was brought to the Security Council, however, the Soviet Union was not present—it was boycotting the United …