Despite the empowerment of the LGBTI movement during the last 20 years, LGBTI people in Russia face...
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The aging Soviet leadership of the 1980s was ill-equipped to deal with ongoing economic stagnation and worsening...
Sara’s images defined the Soviet Union at its ‘base line’. What was life like in early Soviet...
When you think of emblematic Soviet buildings, you don’t usually think of rabbits, but there they are....
In the 1880s and 90s, the age-old literary figure of the spy underwent a number of transformations...
A discussion of the the scientific context prior to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917....
Analyzing Soviet agit-trains, initiated in the year 1918, as an important instrument for the dissemination of political...
Russia says it has successfully test-launched a hypersonic missile, one of a range of nuclear-capable weapons announced...
Here are five kinds of weapons that Russia uses to maintain pressure on eastern Ukraine. By Dr....
A storm shook Moscow on August 25, 1530, and as the thunder rolled, Ivan IV was born....
He came into power at a time when Russian princes were still competing among themselves and struggling...
The oil-exporting organization may have mustered the political will to cut production, but its disunity remains intact. The Organization of...
The St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is a sign of the city’s former historical significance. matt shalvatis The...
Set of Post Stamps “Kyivan Princesses on European Thrones”, Ukraine’s Postal Service, 2016 She was an influential advisor...
To try and understand the Russian revolution outside of the broader social context of the time is...
Downtown Tokyo in the 1920s / Creative Commons During the 1920s, Soviet cultural authorities sought to develop...
This article analyses the role of religion and moral values in the framework of Russian policies, the...
Pskov Veche, by Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1908 / Tretryakov Gallery, Wikimedia Commons Kievan Rus′ was the early, mostly...
Kremlin. Voznesenskaya Square / Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons This article analyses the role of religion and moral...
Orwell’s famous Ministry of Truth propaganda from his novel, 1984 The idea is to tear apart Russia’s...
They may look similar, but online trolls act differently. Daren Woodward/Shutterstock.com Some behaviors might help tell propaganda-spewing...
Svjatoslav Svjatoslav’s lands were divided by his sons, who fought a war of succession. By Dr. Sanderson...
Wikimedia Commons The gradual intrusion of the Orthodox Church into Russian secular life and the state is...
From The Rurik Dynasty Exhibition / Visit St. Petersbug The Varangians ruled the medieval state of Kievan Rus...
A Soviet anti-racism stamp from 1960 features a black child in typical blackface imagery / Wikimedia Commons...
Photo: @Noapinion/Twitpic The Midwest has transformed into a stronghold of derivative Southernism: country music and mores, religious fundamentalism,...
Artistic impression of Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition...
Wikimedia Commons Exploring how women’s lives changed during the Russian Revolution, tracing the history of female revolutionaries in...
Seduction, propaganda, and ultimate power and control. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 08.05.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief...
Wikimedia Commons Looking at the various forms of propaganda in circulation during the Russian Revolution. By Dr. Katya Rogatchevskaia...