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Roy Medvedev, Soviet historian who exposed Stalin's brutality but later endorsed Putin – obituary

The Daily Telegraph 23 Feb 2026

Roy Medvedev, who has died aged 100, was a Soviet historian and dissident best-known for his pioneering account of the brutalities of Stalinism, Let History Judge (1969). Medvedev joined the Soviet ...

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Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment

Scheerpost 23 Feb 2026

Before the Soviet Union made “imperialism” a dirty word, empires were proud to be called empires ... But the rise of the Soviet Union and its criticism of the West as “imperialist” turned the word into a ...

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Historians Confirm: Tomorrow Won’t Be Better Than Today

New York Times 22 Feb 2026

The human capacity for hope is an essential quality. But hope can also turn into delusion ... .

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ECSU History: Lady Vikings faced opponent from Soviet Union in 1990 opener

Daily Advance 21 Feb 2026

Editor’s note. The following is the fourth in a multipart series on the history of the Elizabeth City State University women’s basketball program ... .

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Long overlooked, Soviet Jewish stories written after the Holocaust emerge in new translation

Cleveland Jewish News 21 Feb 2026

The usual perception of Soviet Jewish literature after World War II is that there was none. The conversation around the decades after the Holocaust usually focuses on the refuseniks and large waves of emigration away from a place with a ... .

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On this day 50, 25 years ago: Soviet military might outpacing the U.S., burned bear ...

Ravalli Republic 20 Feb 2026

On this day fifty and twenty-five years ago. Russian military might outpacing the U.S., burned bear cub released ... .

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‘Soviet Genocide’ Museum to Replace Shuttered Gulag History Museum in Moscow

Moscow Times 20 Feb 2026

A museum dedicated to the “genocide of the Soviet people” and Nazi war crimes will replace Moscow’s award-winning Gulag History Museum more than a year after its abrupt closure over alleged safety violations.

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The Tank That Flew (Once): The Audacious Failure of the Soviet Antonov A-40

War History Online 20 Feb 2026

Modern military logistics rely on massive cargo planes like the C-17 to transport armor, but in 1942, the Soviet Union attempted something far more daring ... The legendary Soviet test pilot Sergey Anokhin sat in the driver’s seat of the tank.

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IronGlass Brings Legendary Soviet Cinema Lenses to Mirrorless Cameras

PetaPixel 19 Feb 2026

IronGlass, best known for its rehoused Soviet-era cinema lenses, has announced the Air series, a set of compact, modified vintage cine lenses built for filmmakers using modern mirrorless cameras. [Read More] ... .

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How Putin turned Russia’s post-Soviet ‘national humiliation’ into military aggression in Ukraine

The Conversation 19 Feb 2026

In 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed, many in the west believed liberal democracy and free markets had won in Russia ... “Russia also lost the standing on the world stage that the Soviet Union had enjoyed.”.

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Trump Plays the Peace Game

New York Times 19 Feb 2026

To anyone who spent time in the old U.S.S.R., President Trump’s newly hatched “Board of Peace” evokes worrying echoes ... .

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Topping-Out Ceremony Marks Completion of High-tech Special Ops Barracks

Hungary Today 18 Feb 2026

One year after laying the foundation stone, the Hungarian Defense Forces celebrated a strategic milestone ... He recalled that before 2010, the armed forces were dependent on dilapidated Soviet technology ... Photo. MTI/Mészáros János ... Related article ... ....

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Uncovering Russia’s dark soul

New Statesman 18 Feb 2026

For centuries, forests have been a friend to those on the run from Muscovite, tsarist and Soviet communist invaders and oppressors ... Buthis belated indulgence of forestry at least began an invigorating trend in Soviet literature.

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At the Olympics, a Real Heated Rivalry in Hockey

New York Times 18 Feb 2026

When the U.S. plays Canada in the Olympic women’s final, there will be much more than a gold medal at stake ... .

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Anna Akhmatova, Leading Soviet Poet, Is Dead

New York Times 17 Feb 2026

She was a towering figure in Soviet literature who was once silenced in a Stalinist literary purge ... .

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Roy Medvedev, Soviet historian who exposed Stalin's brutality but later endorsed Putin – obituary

Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment

Historians Confirm: Tomorrow Won’t Be Better Than Today

ECSU History: Lady Vikings faced opponent from Soviet Union in 1990 opener

Long overlooked, Soviet Jewish stories written after the Holocaust emerge in new translation

On this day 50, 25 years ago: Soviet military might outpacing the U.S., burned bear ...

‘Soviet Genocide’ Museum to Replace Shuttered Gulag History Museum in Moscow

The Tank That Flew (Once): The Audacious Failure of the Soviet Antonov A-40

IronGlass Brings Legendary Soviet Cinema Lenses to Mirrorless Cameras

How Putin turned Russia’s post-Soviet ‘national humiliation’ into military aggression in Ukraine

Trump Plays the Peace Game

Topping-Out Ceremony Marks Completion of High-tech Special Ops Barracks

Uncovering Russia’s dark soul

At the Olympics, a Real Heated Rivalry in Hockey

Anna Akhmatova, Leading Soviet Poet, Is Dead

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