Friday, 2 May , 2025

USSR

The Soviet Century

The senior historian of the Soviet Union presents a powerful and original analysis of the warring between Lenin and Stalin and the collapse of...

Stephen Cohen. Why Did the Soviet Union End?

Speech at the International Conference The USSR 1989 – 1991: Historical Experience and Lessons for the Future at the Gorbachev Foundation. 10-11 November 2011 It...

Bush aided Yeltsin in ’91 coup, new report says

By Walter Pincus May 15, 1994 At the time of the August 1991 attempted coup against then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the Bush administration gave intelligence...

Sur les conceptions économiques de Léon Trotsky

Par Michel Raptis le Vendredi, 20 Octobre 2006 Parler des conceptions économiques de Léon Trotsky en général, c’est aborder un très vaste sujet. Cet exposé sera centré...

The Ukraine: The USA is responsible for the escalation and must...

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos Back in 1992, when I was a correspondent in Moscow, the French review Sous le Drapeau du Socialisme asked me for an...

US became ‘arrogant’ after fall of Soviet Union, says Gorbachev

December 24, 2021 MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Friday that Washington grew "arrogant and self-confident" after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading...

Russia bans Memorial

Russia’s Supreme Court shuts down foreign-agent listed NGO MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The Russian Supreme Court handed down a verdict to dissolve the International Memorial...

Lesson of Soviet Union’s collapse ‘helps China develop socialism successfully’

US doesn’t realize it’s repeating the wrong path of Soviet Union: expert By Yang Sheng and Chen Qingqing Dec 26, 2021 The former socialist superpower the Soviet Union (USSR)...

Nuclear Instability: Russia, China and the “USSR – II” scenario

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos As nuclear weapons stockpiles worldwide rise and countries upgrade their warheads and missiles there is an unprecedented need to de-escalate tensions and...

The Last Soviet Generation

Those who came into adulthood as the USSR collapsed around them 30 years ago recall a time of transition. By Gabija Steponėnaite Published On 24 Dec 202124...