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Holodomor: Soviet Union’s man-made famine in Ukraine
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Holodomor, which means “murder by starvation” in Ukrainian, is widely considered to be one of Ukraine’s most devastating national tragedies. A...
Mikhail Gorbachev dies; Soviet Union's last leader helped end Cold War
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor six long years, Mikhail S. Gorbachev assiduously turned his attention to one Herculean chore —...
Old men helped cause the Soviet Union's collapse. Historians say it's a warning sign for the United...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWally McNamee/Getty; Photo 12/Getty; Brandon Bell /Getty; Michael M. Santiago/Getty; Anna...
Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union’s final president who changed world history
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne man can change history. Mikhail Gorbachev’s one-time Marxist comrades would dispute that....
A failed war helped bring down the Soviet Union. Now Putin's failing war in Ukraine might set Russia...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoviet troops cross into Uzbekistan during the withdrawal from Afghanistan on February 6,...
Soviet media downplayed the significance of the D-Day invasion
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoRussian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and...
‘Endgame 1944’ Review: A Savage Conflict in the East
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoBOOKSHELF Remembering D-Day, many of us already know that 1944 was a fateful year in the course of World War II. Jonathan Dimbleby wants to remind us of...
Vintage photos show what life looked like behind the Iron Curtain
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoChildren admire a painting on a sunny beach day in Russia.Vladimir Bogdanov/FotoSoyuz/Getty Images...
Putin presides over WWII victory parade on Red Square
dpa international via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRussia commemorated the Soviet Union's victory over Hitler's Germany in 1945 with its traditional...
Major events in the life and career of Mikhail Gorbachev
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA timeline of major events in the life of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died at...