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The Most Fantastic Architecture of the Soviet Union Was Built on Paper
Restricted by the aesthetic limits on architecture in the Soviet Union, Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin imagined the most fantastic cities and wondrous structures on paper.
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Liubov Popova, an Homage
Sometime in the late 1970s, Miriam Schapiro and Elaine Lustig Cohen gathered a group of feminist artists and writers around my dining room table with a proposal… By Joyce Kozloff. (Jan. 2)
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Concretopia: searching for the secret meaning of the suburbs in eastern Europe
Russian photographer Egor Rogalev explains his enduring fascination with post-Soviet edgelands.
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In pictures: Relics of the Soviet era
An exhibition examining the landscape and abandoned spaces of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries opens in London.
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Mechanical Movements of the Cold War
How the Soviets Revolutionized Wristwatches. By Hunter Oatman-Stanford.
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Being a woman in programming in the Soviet Union
By Vicki Boykis’ mom.
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The Balanced Ternary Machines of Soviet Russia
A look at the balanced ternary notation and it’s use in Setun, a Soviet computer. By Andrew Buntine.
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The Soviets Made A Real Doomsday Device In The ‘80s And The Russians Still Have It Today
You’ve all seen Dr. Strangelove, which means I’m pretty sure you understand the general idea behind a doomsday device: if you destroy us, we destroy you, no matter what. The concept of an automatic system that guarantees nuclear retaliation if a country is subjected to a nuclear attack has been part of the collective nuclear nightmare for decades. It’s not just a concept, though. Such a doomsday device exists, and it goes by the chilling name Dead Hand. By Jason Torchinsky.
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The Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing
And five other unlearned lessons from leading experts about modern Russia and the death of an empire. (Dec. 22, 2016)
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In the Face of Constant Censorship, Bulgakov Kept Writing
On the Tragic Life and Death of the Master and Margarita Author. By Julie Lekstrom Himes. (Jan 23, 2017)
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As Confederate statues fall in U.S., Russians are erecting statues for dictator Stalin
On the 80th anniversary of Stalin's 'Great Terror' purge, the late Soviet dictator is being hailed as a national icon who defeated the Nazis.
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Soviet Pseudoscience: The History of Mind Control
The long, strange history of Soviet mind control experiments. By Giovanni Vimercati.
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Russia unveils statue of AK-47 inventor Kalashnikov
Russian officials and Orthodox priests on Tuesday (Sep 19) unveiled a statue in Moscow of inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose iconic AK-47 assault rifle has claimed countless lives worldwide. A priest sprinkled holy water on the seven-metre tall statue of Kalashnikov gripping his deadly creation, which will now loom over motorists from a traffic island in one of the sprawling capital's central thoroughfares.
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How The Winter War’s “Ghost Soldiers” Helped Secure World War II For The Allies
This widely overlooked conflict changed world history forever. By Erin Kelly.
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The Short, Daring Life of Lilya Litvyak
The petite Soviet fighter pilot, known as the White Rose of Stalingrad, became the first woman in history to kill enemy combatants in the air. By Edward White.
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'The most important document of the 20th century' is going on display in Britain for the first time
One of the most historically important documents of the past century is going on display in the UK for the first time, The Independent can exclusively reveal. Exactly a hundred years after the Russian Revolution set in motion events that would change Russian and world history forever, the paper that ushered in the dawn of communism will be put on show at the Tate Modern next week.
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'Very Hungry And Thin As Rope': Belarusian Centenarian Recalls Years Spent In Stalin's Gulag
A centenarian who lived through Stalin's repression recounts the hardships and some of the happier times of her life.
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How 1920s British spy agency files reveal a proto-Cold War rife with intrigue
An expert on Russia discovered that bureaucrats and spies secretly gathered to watch Soviet movies. By Brian Bethune.
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The Utopian Leisure of Soviet Sanatoriums
Unlike Westerners, Soviets preferred to vacation at sanatoriums, which were modernist structures infused with a sense of utopia.
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The Soviet Era's Deadliest Scientist Is Regaining Popularity in Russia
Trofim Lysenko’s spurious research prolonged famines that killed millions. So why is a fringe movement praising his legacy?
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