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 in 1991 and 1992, when…
Category: 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 a sandbox…at least in less than…
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, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine…