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Published in: oDRA good infection – remembering BookaidAgainst the backdrop of Soviet disintegration, a grassroots campaign was launched from Britain to send hundreds of...
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Published in: oDRAverting a new NATO-Russian arms race
Angered by the decision to push NATO eastwards and the prospect of other post-Soviet states soon joining the...
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Published in: oDRIs Georgian 'modernisation' leading the country to serfdom?The 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia was portrayed as a beacon of hope for democracy and progress in the region. Far...
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Published in: oDRThe free city of Moscow: reflections on Russia’s protest movement
It is easy to write off the events of the last few months as a predictable prelude to bureaucratic revanchism. But...
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Published in: oDRFour Russias: rethinking the post-Soviet mapRussia has traditionally been conceptualised as a single entity, albeit divided into many regions, but is this...
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Published in: oDRRussian politics: the burden of national mythsNational myths have always played an important part in Russian politics, from 15th-century ‘Moscow as the 3rd Rome’...
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Published in: oDRLet history be judged: the lesson of Perm-36The collapse of the USSR in 1991 led to historical reconsideration, but unlike in Germany or South Africa, there has...
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Published in: oDRWindow weapons: forgotten Soviet war posters
Hidden from view for decades, two large caches of Soviet wartime posters have recently emerged from the archives of...
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Published in: oDRLatvia's unnoticed revolution: analysing the electionsLatvia has been plagued by both deep recession and fractious relations with its large Russian-speaking minority. But...
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Published in: oDRThe voice of experience: Mintimer Shaimiyev in conversationMintimer Shaimiyev served in the government of Tatarstan during Soviet times (1969-91) and was subsequently...
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Published in: oDRThe dog days of the Soviet Union (3): the plot failsThe 1991 coup attempt completely disintegrates with the tragic deaths of three young men and the continuing...
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Published in: oDRThe dog days of the Soviet Union: the coupThe (unsuccessful) coup d’état in August 1991 eventually brought about the end of the USSR. Rodric Braithwaite was...
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Published in: oDROn the eve of collapse: encounters in a changing RussiaNext week marks the twentieth anniversary of the August 1991 coup attempt. While this proved a dramatic final nail...
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Published in: oDRA meeting with Andrei Konchalovsky: Part IIDirector Andrei Konchalovksy and film critic Professor Ian Christie continue a fascinating conversation. In this...
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Published in: oDRThe true Andropov: a response to Andrei KonchalovskyIn the opinion of film director Andrei Konchalovsky the true herald of liberal reform in the Soviet Union was Yury...
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Published in: oDRGorbachev: the wrong man for Andropov’s reformsGorbachev is hailed for doing away with Soviet totalitarianism, yet his predecessor Andropov was the man actually...
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Published in: oDRGorbachev: history will be a fairer judgeMany great statesmen have shaped the course of recent history: Churchill, de Gaulle, Thatcher, Kohl, Reagan, Havel...
