Blogs Posts on "Soviet Union"

Walking like a pretzel by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 15, 2009The National Security Archives at George Washington University recently published translations of Soviet Politburo meetings on Afghanistan. They are more illuminating than the combined words of America’s punditocracy that litter the nation̵...

The Fall Of The Berlin Wall…20 years later by Neoavatara on Nov 8, 2009November 9th, 1989 was one of those moments in world history when, in front of your eyes, you saw the world change.  Very few moments in world history have had that effect:  Pearl Harbor and September 11th come to mind.  In the matter of hours, th...

Russia: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions! by Windows to Russia on Oct 30, 2009Remembering Stalin’s Great Purge victims:On Friday Oct. 30th, 2009 - Russia marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions. Millions suffered from Stalin’s repressions from the 1920s through to the 1950s.President Medvedev s...

The old trusty montage by Stilldependent Films on Oct 19, 2009Thank God for montages.  As a very experienced mediocre filmmaker who specializes in  good stories where at some point I just don't know how to get from point A to point B, I can always fall back on that cheap, easy, enjoyable, and highly p...

The old trusty montage by Stilldependent Films on Oct 19, 2009Thank God for montages.  As a very experienced mediocre filmmaker who specializes in  good stories where at some point I just don't know how to get from point A to point B, I can always fall back on that cheap, easy, enjoyable, and highly p...

In Russia the Village of Tatar Saiman has the "Top-Top"! by Windows to Russia on Oct 2, 2009In the village of Tatar Saiman in central Russia which use to be a collective farm in the Soviet days. They have the "top-top" - You ask they have what? Glad you asked...“Top-top” - The word comes from the sound that old two-stroke engines make.

In Russia the Village of Tatar Saiman has the "Top-Top"! by Windows to Russia on Oct 2, 2009In the village of Tatar Saiman in central Russia which use to be a collective farm in the Soviet days. They have the "top-top" - You ask they have what? Glad you asked...“Top-top” - The word comes from the sound that old two-stroke engines make.

In Russia the Village of Tatar Saiman has the "Top-Top"! by Windows to Russia on Oct 2, 2009In the village of Tatar Saiman in central Russia which use to be a collective farm in the Soviet days. They have the "top-top" - You ask they have what? Glad you asked...“Top-top” - The word comes from the sound that old two-stroke engines make.

Cigarettes from USSR by ARDT on Oct 1, 2009Did cigarettes manufacturers in the former Soviet Union used design and branding to stand out from the pack?

Materially & Intellectually Poor Students at Kassel University, Germany by Neo-Nazi Brothel: International Center for Decent Work, University of Kassel, Germany on Sep 22, 2009  The kinds of dullards to go to University of Kassel, Germany:   Eager girls from all broken states of Russia, former Soviet Union. Places that you’ve heard of only while speed reading, for example, Georgia and Turkemenistan. (Did you know t...