Russia

The Berlin Wall: Echoes of the Past and the Unyielding Present

antonfoek 1. The Fall of the Wall: A Triumph of People Power The year was 1989, and the world watched…

2 months ago

A Monument Beneath Your Feet

The Moscow Metro's Journey Through Art and Soul Moscow's metro isn't just a transportation system; it's a subterranean odyssey. Each…

3 months ago

The secrets of the Kremlin | Full documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOGuAQgFp2E The heart of Russian power resides here. Between luxury, grandeur and gastronomy, it is one of the safest places…

5 months ago

Gulag: The History

https://youtu.be/P4DYysKV-bE?si=ncq4C2IzY-dJZwH5 Soviet prison camps were a criminal system of oppression that was widespread and long-lasting. The first camps were founded…

5 months ago

Eternal Equipoise: millennia at Eurasia’s heart

How Xinjiang’s Uyghurs perennially bridge east and west Razib Khan On March 1, 2014, eight knife-wielding ethnic Uyghur assailants attacked…

7 months ago

Born From Gulags, This Ex-USSR City Is The Most Depressing Place on Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unqpyiEdP9w Located in the heart of Northern Siberia, sitting deep inside the Arctic permafrost, lies Norilsk, one of the northernmost…

7 months ago

Witness History: Netherlands vs USSR in the 1988 Euro Final!

Table of Contents How the Netherlands Beat the USSR in the 1988 Euro Final The Tactics Used by the Netherlands…

10 months ago

African countries are fed up with being marginalised in global institutions

They will be pushing hard for change at a big global pow-wow this week On June 22nd, Emmanuel Macron, the…

11 months ago

“Yablochko”. Igor Moiseyev Ballet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K21yj2lEgrA Choreography by: I. Moiseyev There are a lot of hardships in the life of the sailors, but they are…

1 year ago

Three Blind Kings

A Q&A with geostrategist and Pentagon guru Edward Luttwak By David Samuels Being an enfant terrible at the age of…

2 years ago