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Goodbye Lenin? How Russian revolutionary haunts Vladimir Putin 100 years on
The Week via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPainted Matryoshka dolls, also known as Russian nesting dolls, depicting Vladimir Lenin and Vladimir...
On This Day, Jan. 21: Vladimir Lenin dies at age 54
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn Jan. 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin, architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, died of a brain hemorrhage at the age...
A century after Lenin's death, the USSR's founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNot long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and...
This Is Make or Break Time for Desperate Vladimir Putin
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/ReutersDuring Russia’s blood-stained spring of...
Gorbachev’s funeral, burial will reflect his varied legacy
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMOSCOW — The funeral and burial plans for Mikhail Gorbachev sum up the crosscurrents of his legacy —...
No good options for ending Israel-Hamas nightmare
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSoldiers from the military rabbinate unit open containers full of bodies and body parts of people slain in the Hamas attack on Israel at the military...
Fallen colossus: USSR's terror, triumphs began 100 years ago
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart,” he said. Five years after...
Factbox-Honour or disgrace - how Russia has buried its past leaders
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, will be buried on Saturday in Moscow's...
Black August is a commemoration, not a celebration, of the resistance of Black people globally
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMourners give the Black Panther salute during the funeral of George Jackson in Oakland, California...
Who was Rasputin? Inside the life and death of infamous Russian royal advisor.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDid you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who...