Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, fair to say one of the most important voices of the 20th century, has passed. ...Trend: I was a little bothered by the obit's line that read "[his books] inspired millions, perhaps, with the knowledge that one person's courage and integrity could, in...
soviet union
Why did the two Communist giants part ways in the early 1960s? Realist explanations have concentrated on the problems associated with two powerful states sharing a long border. Other explanations.
Jurgen Rohwer and Mikhail Monakov wrote Stalin's Ocean-Going Fleet in 2001, after the opening of Soviet archives had let considerable light onto Soviet Navy doctrinal and procurement decisions during the.