This is the grave of Arkady Shevchenko. Born in 1930 in Horlivka, in what is today the eastern Ukraine (or at least until Putin finishes his conquest), Shevchenko grew up pretty well for Soviet societ
Watching footage of nuclear tests is, for me as it is for many people, absolutely gripping. It’s utterly horrible of course. But there’s also a devastating awful beauty of that much power
The New York Times decided to go all-in on redbaiting yesterday with a supposed exposé that Bernie Sanders was supporting Soviet propaganda when he visited the country in 1988, part of a “years
There’s a long debate about the nature of Soviet communism. Was it doomed from the start to be a horrible oppressive state? Was it Stalin? What happened? I’m reading Sheila FitzpatrickR
I am soon returning to East Coast Exile, reality, and regular blogging. Until then, this. 1980's Soviet Estonian TV ad for minced chicken meat by filmmaker Harry Egipt. A vegetarian's nightmar
Sometimes, it’s really surprising that the U.S. and Soviet Union did not actually go to war. This story about Soviet paranoia in the face of Reagan’s increasing aggressiveness is quite ala
I’m sure the KGB would like to take credit for liberation theology, planning the world’s rebellions against capitalist exploitation from the Kremlin, but no one should take the claim of an
Leave it to the Soviets to have done the worst possible thing in any given situation: After the war, with Brest’s Jewish community devastated, the Communists set about getting rid of the remnant