Ozersk, codenamed City 40, was the birthplace of the former Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons program at the dawn of the Cold War. At first glance, this is a clean modern city that boasts good housing, spacious parks and high-quality schools to attract the best nuclear scientists in the country. The nuclear disaster of the USSR, … Read more
They were usually called executioners, those who carried out death sentences. But in the USSR, these were ordinary people who received salaries for their work, quarterly bonuses and even went on business trips. In the USSR, several people were needed to do this work. One of them was an executioner, and in his team there … Read more
The United States fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to go down in history by recreating the Soviet Union.. This was announced by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Newland, quoted by “Novosti”. “There are fears that he, as a project of his legacy, seeks to recreate the Soviet Union and then who knows … Read more
Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those killed in the battle for Kiev – – The liberation of Kiev is a story of boundless indifference and cruelty of “great” leaders and boundless feats of great fighters who liberated the city from the Nazis, the President of Ukraine … Read more
Gorbachev and Yeltsin, 1991 – – The first and only Soviet president himself named another reason – the August putsch. The reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union was a shortage of food, said in a published September 5 interview Lente.ru is a former assistant to the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, Doctor … Read more
Photo: archive photo FSB declassified documents on the Manchurian operation – – Russia declassified documents on Japan’s preparation in 1945 for bacteriological warfare against the Soviet Union. The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation declassified documents from which it follows that in March 1945 Japan was preparing for a bacteriological war against the USSR. … Read more
Photo reporter Anatoly Garanin. In the photo: a tank regiment before being sent to the front. Moscow, June 1941. – – Documents from the Central Archives allegedly debunk the main myth of the Second World War. The USSR did not want to attack Germany, say Russian historians. In Russia, documents were presented that allegedly refute … Read more
“Today we see aggressive attempts to restore the USSR. To return the past with the same ideology of the last century: the division of Europe into spheres of influence, disrespect for the sovereignty of peoples and their territorial integrity, strict no human rights, freedom of speech, independent media,” the President of Lithuania said. He stressed … Read more
Putin considers the restoration of the USSR senseless and inexpedient – – Putin believes that rebuilding the Soviet Union is pointless, impossible for a variety of reasons, and even impractical. Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the restoration of the Soviet Union impossible. It is reported by TASS. “Restoring the Soviet Union is pointless, impossible for … Read more
Photo: Getty Stalin was informed about the impending German attack on June 16 – – Intelligence reported on the impending invasion of Soviet territory on June 16, Naryshkin said. The director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that Soviet intelligence officers learned the exact date of the German attack on the USSR … Read more