Tag: Soviet Union
Radio Free Europe: Exhibition in Munich about the Cold War. – Munich
The Cold War. The Balance of Terror. These are terms that many young people only know from history classes or from old James Bond films. For the older ones, on…
Mikhail Gorbachev: Its Importance for World Politics – Opinion
The last head of state and party leader of the Soviet Union failed in many ways, but the Germans in particular have reason to be grateful. Even if he distorts…
Michael Gorbachev is dead: reactions from around the world – politics
Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. The Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Soviet head of state has died in Moscow at the age of 91. Politicians around the world reacted…
Mikhail Gorbachev has died – WORLD
abroad Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is dead Status: 06:38 a.m | Reading time: 3 minutes Mikhail Gorbachev dies at the age of 91 Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. The Nobel…
War in Ukraine: Kyiv reports rescue of all women, children and elderly from steel plant in Mariupol
abroad Ukraine war Kyiv reports rescue of all women, children and elderly from steel plant in Mariupol As of: 8:10 p.m | Reading time: 2 minutes Pro-Russian separatists stand alongside…
Zenzl Mühsam: The wife of the writer Erich Mühsam in portrait – Munich
Revolutions, world wars, fascism: The story of Zenzl Mühsam, which reflects the great mistakes of the 20th century. Of Wolfgang Gorl When Kreszentia Elfinger was born in Haslach in der…
Afghan sees Putin in the sights of his own people – Ebersberg
Sabur Afsali lives in Grafing and comes from Afghanistan. In the interview, the former lieutenant colonel talks about the situation of women in the Taliban regime, how he helps local…
War in Ukraine: comparison Winter War of the USSR against Finland – Society
A despot’s miscalculation, an underestimated opponent, the world in turmoil: Much of Putin’s attack on Ukraine is reminiscent of the Soviet Union’s “Winter War” against little Finland in 1939/40. A…
Ideologically closed: Sofi Oksanen on Putin’s dictatorship. – Culture
Vladimir Putin has not lost his mind. He probably doesn’t have a brain tumor either, although some have suspected that recently, with psychiatrists and armchair psychologists commenting on the dictator’s…
Experiences in exile: The empty battery in a foreign culture
One of the most shared images on social media in recent weeks a photo of the crowded Kharkiv train platform, whose drama was so haunting that many commentators had to…