The Fate of the Soviet Bloc’s Military Alliance
Mark Kramer When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the Warsaw Pact was a robust military alliance. It was capable of waging a large-scale war in Europe and was an instrument of Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe, keeping orthodox Communist regimes in power. The alliance over the years had also become an effective mechanism of political coordination and consultation. In April 1985, the Warsaw Pact leaders...
Per Högselius – Achim Klüppelberg, The Soviet Nuclear Archipelago A Historical Geography of Atomic-Powered Communism
How did we get to the precarious state that we find ourselves in today? What new thinking is needed to tackle the big problems we face? Offering the latest perspectives on both new and perennial issues, books in this series address a wide range of topics of critical importance. An international collection of leading authors encourages us to look at topics from different viewpoints; to think outside the box. Launched to commemorate 30...
The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World
Karl Schlögel The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in the USSR? What did it look, feel, smell, and sound like? In The Soviet Century, Karl Schlögel, one of the world’s leading historians of the Soviet Union, presents a spellbinding epic that brings to life the everyday world of a unique lost civilization. A museum...
Late Trials of Perpetrators in the Soviet Union: Between Propaganda, Rule of Law, and Memory
International conference. Data: dal 24 ottobre 2024 alle 13:15 al 26 ottobre 2024 alle 14:00 Luogo: Department of History and Cultures This event is financed by the Department of History and Cultures, with additional support from University of Manchester, University of California at Los Angeles, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Université de Strasbourg. SCARICA PROGRAMMA...
Performing Peace and Friendship
Performing Peace and Friendship The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy Pia Koivunen Open Access Performing Peace and Friendship tells the story of how the Soviet Union succeeded in utilizing the World Festival of Youth and Students in its cultural diplomacy from late Stalinism through the early Khrushchev period. Pia Koivunen discusses the evolution of the youth gathering into a Soviet cultural product starting from...
