Communism has been one of the most influential economic theories of all times; recognizing its influence is...
Soviet Union
Trace the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution and civil war through Stalinism, World War II, Cold War rivalry, reform, and collapse. These histories examine ideology and state power while following the lives of people across a vast multinational empire.
Medvedev’s critical portrayal of the Soviet Union was powerful, persuasive and principled. Zhores Medvedev was not crazy....
Kyiv was abandoned by the Nazis in November 1943, allowing the Soviet authorities to return to the...
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....
Analyzing Soviet agit-trains, initiated in the year 1918, as an important instrument for the dissemination of political...
In August 1939 Joseph Stalin made a mistake, one that deeply affected not only the Soviet Union...
Downtown Tokyo in the 1920s / Creative Commons During the 1920s, Soviet cultural authorities sought to develop...
Examining the rise of Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 10.08.2018 Historian Brewminate...
Orwell’s famous Ministry of Truth propaganda from his novel, 1984 The idea is to tear apart Russia’s...
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...
Public Domain Exploring how events of the Russian Revolution and civil wars were reported within Russia and abroad,...
British supply convoy with Russian escorts in Iran, September 1941 / Public Domain At dawn on August...
Monument to the Soviet Army, Sofia / Photo by Bin im Garten, Wikimedia Commons What is the...
Ariel view of the destroyed reactor, 1986 Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly military conscripts and reservists,...
By Taylor Downing / 05.27.2018 Historian On November 9th 1983, the leadership of the Soviet Union nearly...
Soviet leaders Red Square, Moscow, USSR celebrating the second anniversary of the October Revolution / Photo by L.Y....
Andrei Makarevich, lead singer of the Moscow rock band “Time Machine” / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis...
Tol’iatti, Russia / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History...
By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University Anti-Parasite Law...
Sputnik 1, first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 / Photo from the...
Children in the Russian Famine of 1946-1947 / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor...
By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University Aleksandr Gerasimov...