Following the industrialization of the Soviet Union in the mid-20th century, many people moved to cities in search of work and opportunities. This mass migration to urban areas such as Moscow and the population boom that occurred resulted in a housing shortage that left many homeless with the lucky few being forced to live in … Continue reading Summerhouses & the Soviet Union
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Khrushchev’s War on Religion
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The period of “de-Stalinization” led by the Soviet Union’s new leader, Nikita Khrushchev was marked by a rolling back of many of Stalin’s most oppressive and brutal policies. However, one place in which Khrushchev strongly contradicted this trend was in his treatment of the Orthodox Church and religion in general. After a period of toleration […]
Corn and Communism Are All That Matter
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Communism and economics are two intertwined terms that have their own well known definitions but just as not every capitalist economy is the same the Soviets after Stalin had their own economic interests. Khrushchev’s public economic policies was heavily focused on the production of food. First his Virgin Lands Campaign then his Corn campaign, both […]
Coon Rapids?
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Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union to visit the Unites States of America? That’s right it was Nikita Khrushchev along with his family, even his son-in-law Alexei Adzhubei back in 1959, from September 15th to the 27th of the same month. And Khrushchev saw all the sights to see in America, he visited the … Continue reading Coon Rapids? →
“Make Love Not War”
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The sixties represented a time in history where the whole world was undergoing a vast amount of change in a variety of different ways. After Josef Stalin died in March of 1953, the Soviet Union began to see a time of new Soviet culture development. People began to be able to focus on their personal […]
The Race to Space
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The Soviet Union was always up for a challenge and strived for new scientific exploration. They were the first state to set up drifting stations at the North Pole, and now they wanted to beat the United States by being the first ones to send something man-made into space. During the race into space, the … Continue reading The Race to Space
Rain Makes Corn
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One of Khrushchev’s primary goals upon taking control was to find a better source of fodder for the Soviet Union To achieve this, Khrushchev looked towards America and their corn industry. Khrushchev saw how well corn worked as a feed crop for America and began to popularize it in his own country. The USSR went crazy […]
Let the games begin!
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On 31 July 1956, a sports festival celebrated the opening of the Central Lenin stadium, the national stadium of the Soviet Union. Gymnasts, acrobats, and other athletes came together after awaiting the 450-day construction. Throughout the 1950s, the Soviet Union was transformed through the education and training of its people. Transportation allowed for the […]
Come Fly With Us
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The 1960’s was an era of precarious relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. The decade started out with proxy clashes by the two superpowers, followed by near nuclear war, and various other close calls. However, this turbulent period of hostility started to change and move towards a detente between the two sworn … Continue reading Come Fly With Us →
The Sino-Soviet Split
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Mao Zedong and Stalin (BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35427926) On February 24th, 1956 Nikita Khrushchev gave his “Secret Speech” “On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences” to the assembled delegates of the Communist Party’s Twentieth Congress. In it, Khrushchev harshly criticized Stalin both politically and personally for the violent nature of his government, the cult that surrounded … Continue reading The Sino-Soviet Split →
