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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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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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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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Baltic countries implement strict policies against Soviet memory

Blitz 17 Feb 2026

Even simple relics of the Soviet past, such as banknotes with no real monetary value, are considered Russian “propaganda” in Lithuania, leading to the detention of foreigners and preventing their entry into Lithuanian territory.

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Afghanistan marks Soviet withdrawal anniversary as Taliban rule draws global scrutiny

The Jerusalem Post 16 Feb 2026

The Taliban’s governance remains deeply controversial. Since returning to power in 2021, the group has imposed sweeping restrictions on women and girls and enforcing strict social rules ....

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This Week in History: The Soviet ‘seductive bear’, Amazon’s Chernobyl, and the fall of a ...

AOL 16 Feb 2026

Margaret Thatcher warns the West against the “seductive” Soviet “bear”, striking a cautious note as relations with Moscow begin to thaw ... February 1988 – Thatcher warns against ‘seductive’ Soviet thaw.

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Kazakhstan enlists Russia and China to build first nuclear power plants since Soviet era

AOL 16 Feb 2026

This marks the country’s return to nuclear energy, as Kazakhstan has had no nuclear power facilities of its own since 1999 when its Soviet-era reactor was shut down ... .

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‘A permanent civil war in the body’: how fighting cancer helped an artist understand his Soviet youth

The Observer 16 Feb 2026

In autumn 2022, Giorgi Gagoshidze was in the middle of making a documentary film about the unravelling of the Soviet Union when he experienced his own personal system collapse ... “When the Soviet Union collapsed, everything collapsed”, he recalls.

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37 Years Since Soviet Army Withdrawal from Afghanistan Marked Today

Khaama Press 15 Feb 2026

Today, February 15, marks 37 years since the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, concluding a decade-long conflict that profoundly affected the country and its people. The Soviet ...

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

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

Anna Akhmatova, Leading Soviet Poet, Is Dead

Baltic countries implement strict policies against Soviet memory

Afghanistan marks Soviet withdrawal anniversary as Taliban rule draws global scrutiny

This Week in History: The Soviet ‘seductive bear’, Amazon’s Chernobyl, and the fall of a ...

Kazakhstan enlists Russia and China to build first nuclear power plants since Soviet era

‘A permanent civil war in the body’: how fighting cancer helped an artist understand his Soviet youth

37 Years Since Soviet Army Withdrawal from Afghanistan Marked Today

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