USSR
30/10/2016 - 17:28
Lenin, again for tactical reasons, also supported national autonomy movements that destroyed empires; Stalin initiated a nationalist... →
23/10/2016 - 13:21
But when Glushkov entered the cavernous room that morning, he noticed two empty chairs at the long table: his two strongest allies were... →
13/09/2016 - 10:50
As scholars of international politics would say, following World War II, the United States was in a position of primacy, or hegemony. Even... →
30/10/2015 - 17:46
In today’s Russia it is not fashionable to delve too deeply into Gulag history, and 60-year-old Panikarov’s collection is one of just two... →
20/09/2015 - 18:38
Post-Soviet, postcolonial?
Postcolonial theory is becoming an increasingly popular way of explaining current developments in the post-... →
27/06/2015 - 13:33
In March 1999, Mr Primakov attempted to prevent Nato strikes against Yugoslavia. He famously ordered his pilot to turn around midway across... →
18/11/2014 - 12:40
Prologue
My abiding impression of the Soviet Union during my first two postings to the British Embassy in Moscow, between 1964 and 1966,... →
22/06/2014 - 15:19
But let’s go back to Slava. When we first meet Fishman’s (sort-of) anti-hero, he is perched precariously between two incompatible worlds.... →
10/06/2014 - 11:17
The seething, bloodthirsty hatred of the USA and her values is just a palpable in Russia today as it ever was in the USSR. In an amazing... →
15/03/2014 - 16:23
In the school’s cocoon of communal living, Kat is thrown into the social kaleidoscope of the typical Soviet classroom: the child of the... →
07/03/2013 - 14:26
Stalin is a hidden hero, and this status is part of the inherently vague nature of Russia's post-communist statehood and national identity... →