The "Freedom Day" of the Belarusian opposition is a failure against the background of a historical myth
For several decades, a certain part of the Belarusian society has been actively celebrating the declaration of independence ...
Tuko on MSN1d
Cuba resurrects dollar-only stores, a symbol of inequality
In communist Cuba, some customers are more equal than others, as a 40-year-old math teacher who was out shopping recently in ...
#ElbowsUp: Why have Canadians chosen hockey as the symbol of our national unity?
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
The Boston Globe18d
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
The Soviet Union boasted an unbroken streak of world chess champions that stretched back to 1948. It seemed unimaginable that there could be a serious challenger hailing from any other nation.
Phys.org18d
Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?
"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.
15 Countries That Were Once Part of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized ...
Philippe Sands and the transnational legal class wrestle with the question of human rights
As the luckless citizens of Lviv, Ukraine, endure yet another foreign invasion, Philippe Sands's book — and the ideas that ...
Euronews29d
Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky dies at 88
The duel between the two chessboard giants became the symbol of the Cold War rivalry between the USA and the Soviet Union.
ERR News18d
Tallinn to remove Soviet symbols from Nõmme District Government building
The City of Tallinn Property Department is set to remove the Soviet symbols from the façade of the Nõmme District Government building, which was constructed in the 1950s. According to Tallinn Deputy ...