Russia

History of the Soviet Union, 1985-1992: Afghans to Perestroika-Glasnost and Baltic Independence to Dissolution

History of the Soviet Union, 1985-1992: Afghans to Perestroika-Glasnost and Baltic Independence to Dissolution

February 15, 2017

Boris Yeltsin (left) and Mikhail Gorbachev (right) / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1980-1985: From a Siberian Rail to an Underground Economy

History of the Soviet Union, 1980-1985: From a Siberian Rail to an Underground Economy

February 14, 2017

Trans-Siberian Railroad / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History...

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The Romanovs and the Russian Revolution

The Romanovs and the Russian Revolution

February 13, 2017

The Romanovs / Wikimedia Commons The period between the Russian Revolution of February 1917, which resulted in...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1973-1980: Dissidence to Consumerism

History of the Soviet Union, 1973-1980: Dissidence to Consumerism

February 12, 2017

Andrei Makarevich, lead singer of the Moscow rock band “Time Machine” / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1968-1973: The Chinese Border to Tol’iatti

History of the Soviet Union, 1968-1973: The Chinese Border to Tol’iatti

February 11, 2017

Tol’iatti, Russia / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1961-1968: Anti-Parasite Law to Thaw Poets

History of the Soviet Union, 1961-1968: Anti-Parasite Law to Thaw Poets

February 10, 2017

By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University Anti-Parasite Law...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1956-1961: Scientific Communities to War Films

History of the Soviet Union, 1956-1961: Scientific Communities to War Films

February 9, 2017

Sputnik 1, first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 / Photo from the...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1954-1956: Crimean Transfer to the Virgin Lands Campaign

History of the Soviet Union, 1954-1956: Crimean Transfer to the Virgin Lands Campaign

February 8, 2017

Nikita Kruschev announcing the creation of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, January 16, 1953 / Wikimedia Commons By...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1947-1954: Cold War to Xenophobia

History of the Soviet Union, 1947-1954: Cold War to Xenophobia

February 7, 2017

Children in the Russian Famine of 1946-1947 / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1943-1947: Battle of Kursk to Wartime Evacuation

History of the Soviet Union, 1943-1947: Battle of Kursk to Wartime Evacuation

February 6, 2017

By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University 900 Days...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1939-1943: Gerasimov to Territorial Annexations

History of the Soviet Union, 1939-1943: Gerasimov to Territorial Annexations

February 5, 2017

By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University Aleksandr Gerasimov...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1936-1939: Upheaval and Rebuilding

History of the Soviet Union, 1936-1939: Upheaval and Rebuilding

February 3, 2017

Moscow before Reconstruction, by Viktor Ruikovich (1927) / Photodome By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1934-1936: Stalin’s Men to the Writers’ Congress

History of the Soviet Union, 1934-1936: Stalin’s Men to the Writers’ Congress

February 2, 2017

Stalin on building of Moscow-Volga canal. It was constructed from 1932 to 1937 by Gulag prisoners. /...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1924-1929: Propaganda and Youth Organization

History of the Soviet Union, 1924-1929: Propaganda and Youth Organization

January 31, 2017

Stalin visiting the ailing Lenin at his dacha in Gorki. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum...

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History of the Soviet Union, 1921-1924: Comintern to the Workers’ Opposition

History of the Soviet Union, 1921-1924: Comintern to the Workers’ Opposition

January 28, 2017

By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 12.28.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University 1921-1924 Comintern...

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Peter the Great: Tsar and Emperor

Peter the Great: Tsar and Emperor

January 11, 2017

Peter the Great portrait by Paul Delaroche / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. John Merriman / 09.15.2008 Charles...

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U.S. Intelligence Report: Putin Directed Cyber Campaign Aimed at Getting Trump Elected

U.S. Intelligence Report: Putin Directed Cyber Campaign Aimed at Getting Trump Elected

January 7, 2017

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin makes his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow, Russia, December...

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The Twisted Trump-Russia Romance – A Dictator Couldn’t Be More Thrilled

The Twisted Trump-Russia Romance – A Dictator Couldn’t Be More Thrilled

January 6, 2017

CagleCartoons.com What’s the Deal with Trump and Russia? By Eugene Robinson / 01.06.2017 Washington Post Columnist Coming...

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The Russians Tried Once Before to Meddle in a U.S. Presidential Election

The Russians Tried Once Before to Meddle in a U.S. Presidential Election

December 29, 2016

The Moscow Kremlin / Photo by Jorge Láscar, Flickr/Creative Commons By Dr. Bruce W. Dearstyne / 12.29.2016...

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Ukraine Says Hit by 6,500 Hack Attacks, Sees Russian ‘Cyberwar’

Ukraine Says Hit by 6,500 Hack Attacks, Sees Russian ‘Cyberwar’

December 29, 2016

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, right, and Oleksandr Turchynov, Chairman of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, chair...

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Six Important Questions about the Trump-Russia Connection

Six Important Questions about the Trump-Russia Connection

December 17, 2016

By Dick Polman / 12.16.2016 The latest intelligence revelations about Russia’s cyberpush for Donald Trump are so...

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