The Roman god Janus was possessed of two faces, one pointing toward the future and one looking backward into the past, and it is tempting to imagine that these faces must also have worn contrasting expressions, one brighter and hopeful, the other rueful or even aghast. Supposing you knew such a person, how would you go about introducing him? Which of the two faces—enthusiastic or downcast—should be presented first? The problem poses itself immediately when it comes to “Chevengur,” Andrei
The Soviet remaking of the Pale Jews.
The trials and tribulations of a tumultuous period.
Jewish children in the Soviet Union’s youth movement in Minsk.
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Established in 1791 as the exclusive zone where Jews were allowed to live in the Russian Empire, the Pale of Settlement was a giant ghetto. Jews in the Pale were largely not allowed to own
Ukraine has replaced the Soviet emblem on one of Kyiv’s most prominent monuments with its own coat of arms, part of a broader push since the full-scale invasion to stamp out tributes to Russian power.
The Motherland Monument — a 335-foot-tall stainless steel behemoth towering over Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital — was designed to assert Soviet invincibility. Unveiled in 1981, the monument is a figure of a woman raising a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left.
Romania’s rising far-right AUR party wants to use next year’s EU elections to reform EU institutions and boost a European right-wing coalition led by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s political model, party President George Simion told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
The Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) made its political debut by capturing 9% of the vote in the 2020 parliamentary elections. Three years on, polls suggest they will more than double their support to 20%, potentially ending
Alla Pugacheva, die Königin der sowjetischen Popmusik, verurteilte am Sonntag den Krieg von Präsident Wladimir Putin in der Ukraine, der ihrer Meinung nach Soldaten für illusorische Ziele tötet, die einfachen Menschen belastet und Russland zu einem globalen Paria macht.
Seit der Invasion vom 24. Februar ist Russland hart gegen Andersdenkende vorgegangen, mit Geldstrafen für Künstler, die Antikriegskommentare abgeben. Das staatliche Fernsehen bezeichnet Kritiker als Verräter am Vaterland.
Pugacheva, 73, eine sowjetische und dann postsowjetische Ikone, die wahrscheinlich Russlands berühmteste Frau
Worst of all: his sister, Tamara. His voice later turned ashen when he spoke of her, in the only recording we have of his account of her tragic end. George had last seen her as a child, and, in the years after he left Russia, Tamara had grown tall and angular, with intense, skeptical eyes and none of her mother’s fragile beauty. She had become a set designer and, after marrying a German who deserted her to return to Germany,
Vladimir Putin will not attend Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral on Saturday because he is ‘too busy’ – in one final snub for the former Soviet leader who has also been denied a state funeral.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: ‘The farewell ceremony and funeral will take place on September 3 but unfortunately the president’s work schedule will not allow him (to attend).’
It comes after Putin was shown on Russian state television laying a bouquet of red roses near Gorbachev’s open
Seit der Invasion der Ukraine haben Hollywoods größte Studios aufgehört, Filme in Russland zu veröffentlichen, und Netflix hat dort seinen Dienst eingestellt. Doch seit Kurzem laufen einige Filme der Firmen illegal in russischen Kinos.
Die Vorführungen erinnern an die Sowjetzeit, als die einzige Möglichkeit, die meisten westlichen Filme zu sehen, darin bestand, Zugang zu einer Raubkopie zu erhalten. Während diese Filme in Form von geschmuggelten VHS-Kassetten zu den Russen gelangten, haben die Kinos im Land heute eine einfachere und schnellere
At the height of its power the USSR spread out for more than 8.6 million square miles (22.4 million square kilometres) and the whole region was dotted with monuments and statues promoting Soviet ideology.
While some of the most famous of these monuments have now been toppled, hundreds still exist and a brand-new photobook has been released by French snapper Jason Guilbeau that showcases some of the most surreal.
Soviet Signs & Street Relics (Fuel Design & Publishing)
