Drunks and Traitors, Trigger Words to Hurt our Cause
I'm going to tell you some things which, if you're over 40, you already know.
Bob, in Accounting, goes to three company parties a year with his wife, and every year he puts that lampshade...
The Russian-Ukrainian Village, Evening Bells
In the 1960s I earned a minor in Russian Studies at university which interestingly enough, provided me with a lot of background to what I would observe when I visited Ukraine and central Russia...
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Karl Marx’s Funeral
I began this survey about Karl Marx only to hit a quick detour while looking into Marx's first experimental run, Russia. Like most theoreticians, Karl Marx couldn't show or tell you how to build...
Comparing Ukraine and Russia; Russification under Stalin and Ukraine;
For context,
As I always do, I first consulted Wikipedia to find their meaning of "Russification" for the various other Soviet members states besides Russia; 14 republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,...
Lenin and the Symbols of the Season
You may think it strange that Christmas makes me think of V I Lenin, the founder of the USSR. But for 50 years he was the symbol of everything good and holy in a powerful and...