Tag: USSR
The Japanese SLIM module broke landing precision records
Small step for humanity but big step for “ Jaxa » the Japanese space agency. After a successful entry into the orbit of the Moon on December 25, the Smart…
Before Japan, four countries have already landed there
Moon objective successful. A Japanese space module accomplished a technological feat by landing with great precision on the Earth’s natural satellite during the night from Friday to Saturday. A great…
Putin considers “new massive repressions” like under the USSR “unacceptable”
Vladimir Putin wanted to reassure the Russians on Monday: the methods of the USSR will, according to him, remain in the history books. The Russian president has in fact affirmed…
Putin considers “new massive repressions” like under the USSR “unacceptable”
Vladimir Poutine wanted to reassure the Russians on Monday: the methods of the USSR will, according to him, remain in the history books. The Russian president has in fact affirmed…
who is Lu Shaye, the uninhibited Chinese ambassador who disputes the sovereignty of the countries of the former USSR?
The intruder of the news gives each evening a spotlight on a personality who could have passed under the radars of the news. It was on LCI Friday, April 21.…
David Bowie in the USSR: An Alien in Moscow
In 1973, David Bowie took the train from Japan to the Soviet Union. The photos of it can be seen for the first time in Los Angeles from April. The…
What memories do you have of the time of perestroika in the USSR and the fall of the Berlin Wall?
From your Terminale classes, you certainly remember the terms “perestroika” and “glasnost” associated with the name of Mikhail Gorbachev. In power between 1983 and 1991, the last leader of the…
On the death of Mikhail Gorbachev: the unfulfilled dream of democratizing a dictatorship
He ended the Cold War, made reunification possible – and abolished himself as the leader of an empire. Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91. source site
The bitterness of the Russians towards the gravedigger, in spite of himself, of the USSR
Unlike the rest of the world where he enjoys immense respect, in Russia bitterness tends to dominate when the name of Mikhail Gorbachev is mentioned. Pure product of the communist…
Former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev is dead
President of the USSR between 1990 and 1991, the statesman, a resolute reformer, had worked to end the cold war between the Eastern and Western blocs. The last leader of…