My spelling of the plural version of the name Yuri is criminal, but it cannot compare to the crimes of the children of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, Galina and Yuri. The reign of Brezhnev has been labeled as the “age of stagnation” for the vast amount of corruption in the top levels of power. This all …
Continue reading “The Tale of Two Yuri(es): A Story of Corruption and Diamonds”
“In Germany, when Hitler and his regime brought about so much misery and suffering, they recognized it as a crime. And they strive to make sure it… Read more “Caution: Crisis in Chernobyl”
Music, as with all other art forms, was regulated in the Soviet Union. There was one record label, Melodiya, that published all “official” music in the USSR. Of course though, because this is the Soviet Union, there was a lot of underground art produced, and this included music. In the Soviet Union, rock music was … Continue reading Kino and the Underground Music Scene
The Soviet Union doesn’t want you to put on that red light. The Soviet Union doesn’t want you to put that dress on tonight. The real version In the mid 1980’s, there was a spike in prostitution and freedom with body expression. The women of the USSR did so in the name of ‘glasnost’ and […]
Following Stalin’s death in 1953, the country begins down a path of “De-Stalinization” and the landscape of the Russian culture is shifting once again. When looking at the 1956 module on “Seventeen Moments”, I discovered an interesting change occurring among the masses of Russian civilians. A massive shift of culture took over Russia following the …
After the passing of Joseph Stalin in 1953, the Soviet Union needed a new leader to fill his place. While there were several qualified candidates, one came… Read more “Much Ado About Abortions”
During the post-war years in Soviet Russia the works of the cinema was a distraction to the deep wounds left from the war. Seldom were their films about war and the ones that were, focused on leaders and little on soldiers. What was portrayed on scree…
Khrushchev’s reign is, in my opinion, one of the more fascinating periods of Soviet History. It has the Kitchen Debates, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race, and is the height of the Cold War. While there was a lot of tension with the West during this time period, internally, the Soviet Union was undergoing … Continue reading Reformism under Khrushchev
Secrets, secrets are no fun unless you share with everyone. The speech that everyone was talking about, yet nobody knew about, Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech“. To give a little bit of background, this speech was made behind closed doors, solely to the Communist Party’s Twentieth Congress, and there was no press from the Soviet side to […]
Greetings and thanks for tuning into this week’s blogpost! The social identity being discussed this time around is that of the post-Stalin new Soviet woman….but wait, that sounds sort of familiar? Yes, those of you who were thinking there has already been a “new Soviet woman” are correct. This is one of history’s lessons, it … Continue reading What’s a Woman to Do?
