I recall visiting a Russian village shortly after the fall of Soviet Communism. ..…

With Russia and China convulsing our body politic, my buddy's unremarkable story got me thinking about how easily naturally xenophobic panics fit into American culture — and how, until fairly recently, Russian and Soviet immigrants like me had never felt the brunt of these campaigns.. ... ..…

In 1946 the perspectives of the leadership of Fourth International were that through the combined economic, political and diplomatic pressure and the military threats of American and British imperialism Stalinist in Soviet Union could collapse. ..…

This political tradition is rooted in Trotskyism that emerged during and after Second World War because of disagreements within American Trotskyist movement over how to respond to Molotov Ribbentrop Pact and Soviet invasions of Poland and Finland. ..…

The disease broke out among German troops and posed threat to city residents and Soviet army, and thanks to Yermolyeva, the production of bacteriophage was launched and mass vaccinations and chlorination of wells were carried out, measures that helped stop the epidemic.. ..…

After the Soviet military withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 following an unsuccessful nine-year war of occupation and the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, partly due to the cost of the conflict in terms of money and morale, Moscow had less involvement in Afghanistan. ..…

The modernization, build-up and deployment of American nuclear weapons during Reagan administration was what gave U.S leverage over Soviet Union. ... Michael Pillsbury details in his book, The 100-Year Marathon, while Russia under Putin seeks to restore the power of Soviet Union over..…

You see, I belong to one of the last generations to experience Soviet presence, and for us, the US was always held up as example, model and hope that totalitarian ideas and regimes would not prevail, so it's with such feeling that I have always viewed United States more generally. ..…