The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union | History books

The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union | History books

Marxist-Leninist rule in Russia lasted 74 years, and in August 1991 it effectively collapsed in just three days: clear evidence of how hollowed out it had become. In the period that followed,... Read more »
‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’ | Gary Shteyngart

‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’ | Gary Shteyngart

Oh, to have been born in a small, stylish country with good food and favourable sea breezes. No empire, no holy faith, no condescension, no fatal ideologies. The fish is grilled, the... Read more »
Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Eastern …

Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Eastern …

In the immediate aftermath of its successful revolution, Cuba was heralded by socialist nations as the vanguard of communism in Latin America in the early 1960s. But by the late 1980s, Cuba’s... Read more »
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