History, Soviet Union - JRL Excerpts 2005-11 - JRL Home
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:: Nearly 60% of Russians Think Independence Is Good For Country - Poll
The percentage of respondents, who believe that independence is good for the country, has doubled since 2000 ...
NewsLinks
:: NEWSLINK: Only Communists mark Lenin birthday, most Russians for his burial - ITAR-TASS 4-22-11/JRL 2011-73
:: NEWSLINK: Survivors' History - Dissent Magazine Spring 2011/JRL 2011-60
:: NEWSLINK: Moving Lenin's body won't cut Russia's ties to its Soviet past - Washington Post 2-6-11/JRL 2011-21
:: NEWSLINK: Moving Lenin's body won't cut Russia's ties to its Soviet past - Washington Post 2-6-11/JRL 2011-21
"The further time takes us from those years, the deeper our awareness becomes of just what a great feat the wartime generation achieved, and how vast was their courage and strength of spirit and sacrifice...."
:: May 9: the most significant day in the history of the Soviet Union
Looking further into the future, however, it seems likely that the time will come when Russia may adopt August 21 as a national holiday ...
:: Eclectic Gala Held for Soviet Leader
"It was a bizarre evening in the Royal Albert Hall. ..."
:: Russian Poll Shows Further Decline In Support For Stalin's Legacy
Twelve per cent of people are confident that overcoming the effects of Stalinism is impossible, while 11 per cent believe that this does not need to happen ...
:: Former Soviet Union: What was Rock's Role in the Collapse of Communism?
Rock 'n Roll didn't play a significant role in bringing down the Communist system, but it did help shape the economic elites in post-Soviet states, a Western researcher argues ...
:: The last will of the Soviet people
Twenty years ago, the majority of Soviet citizens (76.4%) voted for the preservation of the U.S.S.R., but ironically several months later it was the people's will that buried it ...
:: Ties that bind: the USSR dissolution and post-Soviet integration
The March 17, 1991, referendum on the preservation of the Soviet Union was a desperate attempt to stop an ever-accelerating process of disintegration, but that process had passed the point of no return ...
:: Reforms in Russia: An adequate response to challenges
The tragedy of the Russian reformers is that their contemporaries never understand them ...
:: Tsar Dmitry II?
Comparing yourself with your historical predecessors can be a tricky business especially if you're the leader of a country with such an "unpredictable past" as Russia's ...
:: New book: Albert Weeks, ASSURED VICTORY: HOW 'STALIN THE GREAT' WON THE WAR BUT LOST THE PEACE
"Assured Victory canvasses not only Western literature on Stalin's prewar, wartime and postwar leadership. The book also critiques current post-2004 Russian histories on these questions ..." :: NEW BOOK: Crises and Compassion: From Russia to the Golden Gate
"Please note that my new book, Crises and Compassion: From Russia to the Golden Gate is available for pre-order from Amazon.com ..."
:: Speech by Sergei A. Karaganov at a meeting of the Council on Civil Society and Human Rights: Project On the Perpetuation of the Memory of the Victims of the Totalitarian Regime and on National Reconciliation
"Its main goal is to ensure transformation of the consciousness of both Russian society and the Russian elite. I am convinced that modernization of the country will be impossible either at the technical or on the political level without changing the consciousness of society ..."
:: Exhibits Grapple with Gorbachev, Yeltsin's Legacies
This spring, the Moscow House of Photography commemorates the 80th birthdays of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's last head of state, and Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first president, with a pair of exhibits ...
:: Yeltsin Was Strong Manager, Did Not Doubt Gaidar Reforms - Shevchenko
Yeltsin would have turned eighty on February 1, 2011 ...
:: Lenin anniversary marked with renewed calls to empty his mausoleum
With the anniversary of his death, plans are once again afoot to move Lenin out of his Red Square mausoleum. The latest proposal comes from the ruling United Russia party's Vladimir Medin ...
:: Gorbachev Urges No Rush in Lenin's Burial
Lenin's embalmed corpse is still on public display in the Red Square Mausoleum ...
:: Anger as Russia closes the case of the murdered Tsar
Russia's investigative committee announced that it was closing the case on the murder of the royal family, who were shot in Yekaterinburg as the Civil War raged in 1918 ...
:: Moscow allows human rights activists to rally on Jan. 31
City authorities granted permission for 1,000 people to rally on Triumfalnaya Square at the end of January, despite a request for 1,500 people to take part ... :: Russian opposition figures not deterred by jail terms
The Russian opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov and Eduard Limonov said on Monday they would continue spearheading protests in Moscow, two days after they were released from prison ...
:: Report Says Decline In Freedom Continues Across Former Soviet Union
There is only one region in the world where political rights and civil liberties have been in continuous decline since 2001 -- the wide swath of territory made up of countries of the former Soviet Union, with the exception of the Baltic states ...
:: Media Situation in Russia Still Bleak - Organization
The Glasnost Defense Foundation said 12 journalists were killed in 2010. Nine were killed in 2009, five in 2008, eight in 2007 and nine in 2006. Fifty-eight journalists were victims of violent assaults ...
History, Soviet Union - JRL Excerpts 2005-10
:: Vladimir Putin discusses the publication of a version of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago for schoolchildren with Natalya Solzhenitsyna
premier.gov.ru; JRL 2010-202, Oct. 27, 2010
:: In Memoriam: Moshe Lewin
From
Michel Levine; JRL 2010-161, Aug. 25, 2010
:: Moshe Lewin's Death
From
Andrea Graziosi; JRL 2010-161, Aug. 25, 2010
:: Gorbachev's quest
By Nikolai Troitsky, RIA-Novosti; JRL 2010-155, Aug. 17, 2010
:: Tragedy as a Fact of Life: We Cannot Simply Drink to Liberation As We Did 20 Years Ago, We Must Work Hard To Bring About Meaningful Change
By Alexander Arkhangelsky, from Russia Profile; JRL #2009-End of the Year Edition, Dec. 31, 2009.
:: CrossTalk on the "velvet revolutions" and Russia 20 years on
From Peter Lavelle; JRL #2009-236, Dec. 28, 2009.
:: Veterans Remember Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan 30 Years On
By Gregory Feifer, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2009-235, Dec. 26, 2009.
:: Stalin: Revered and Reviled in Russia
By
Peter Fedynsky, from Voice of America; JRL #2009-232, Dec. 21, 2009.
:: Cultural Exchange and the Cold War: How the West Won
From Yale Richmond; JRL #2009-228, Dec. 15, 2009.
:: RIA Novosti, Ekho Moskvy, Izvestia launch new history project
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-231, Dec. 18, 2009.
:: Cultural Exchange and the Cold War: How the West Won
From Yale Richmond; JRL #2009-228, Dec. 15, 2009.
:: CrossTalk on Stalin
From Peter Lavelle; JRL #2009-225, Dec. 9, 2009.
:: Unearthing truth about Stalin: At Memorial, relatives of his victims finally learn the truth but much is still buried
By Anna Arutunyan, from The Moscow News; JRL #2009-210, Nov. 17, 2009.
:: Russia's European Dreams
From Edward Lozansky; JRL #2009-213, Nov. 20, 2009.
:: Unearthing truth about Stalin: At Memorial, relatives of his victims finally learn the truth but much is still buried
By Anna Arutunyan, from The Moscow News; JRL #2009-210, Nov. 17, 2009.
:: Stalin's Many Funerals: In the West, the Debate on Russia’s Rehabilitation of Stalinism Is Highly Oversimplified Comment
By Dmitry Babich, from Russia Profile; JRL #2009-210, Nov. 17, 2009.
:: Medvedev's Quasi-Modernization Hits the Wall
By Pavel K. Baev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #2009-205, Nov. 10, 2009.
:: Moscow Sends Mixed Signals on Berlin Wall
By Nikolaus von Twickel, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2009-204, Nov. 9, 2009.
:: Medvedev Speaks on Effects of Fall of Berlin Wall
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2009-204, Nov. 9, 2009.
:: Re: Ostap Bender
From Paul Richardson; JRL #2009-203, Nov. 6, 2009.
:: 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall: Lessons and warnings
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-203, Nov. 6, 2009.
:: Repudiated Personality: Medvedev's Condemnation of Stalin’s Terror Will Be Welcomed in the West, but Will It Change the Russian Public's Perception of the Dictator?
By Tom Balmforth, from Russia Profile; JRL #2009-202, Nov. 4, 2009.
:: Fall of Berlin Wall Marks End of Cold War
By Andre de Nesnera, from Voice of America; JRL #2009-201, Nov. 3, 2009.
:: A time to heal
By Tim Wall, from The Moscow News; JRL #2009-201, Nov. 3, 2009.
:: RIA Novosti: RIA Novosti denies mounting PR campaign to improve Stalin's image
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-200, Nov. 2, 2009.
:: [Medvedev remarks on] Memory of National Tragedies is as Sacred as the Memory of Victories
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2009-200, Nov. 2, 2009.
:: Russian information ministry: Putin urges victims of political repression be commemorated
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-200, Nov. 2, 2009.; JRL #2009-200, Nov. 2, 2009.
:: Putin Recalls Fall of Berlin Wall in New Film
By Nikolaus von Twickel, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2009-199, Oct. 29, 2009.
:: NTV to Show Film on Berlin Wall Collapse
From Interfax; JRL #2009-198, Oct. 28, 2009.
:: Luzhkov Says No Stalin Monument for Metro
From The Moscow Times; JRL #2009-199, Oct. 29, 2009.
:: Please Do Something: We Live in a Strange Epoch, At the Same Time Remarkably Similar to the Late Stagnation Period and Drastically Different to It, and This Is both Good and Bad
By Alexander Arkhangelsky, from Russia Profile; JRL #2009-199, Oct. 29, 2009.
:: Book Discussion: The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
Kennan Institute event summary; JRL #2009-197, Oct. 27, 2009.
:: Tribute Will Be Paid to Victims of Stalinist Purges in Moscow on Oct 29
From Interfax; JRL #2009-197, Oct. 27, 2009.
:: "Mission to Moscow" film
From Jerry Hough; JRL #2009-194, Oct. 21, 2009.
:: Film on Tunguska Meteorite
From Teresa Cherfas; JRL #2009-180, Sept. 29, 2009.
:: One Woman’s Tale of Soviet Life Grips Nation
By Ksenia Galouchko, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2009-171, Sept. 15, 2009.
:: Hungary: The gap in Iron Curtain turns 20
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-177, Sept. 25, 2009.
:: One Woman’s Tale of Soviet Life Grips Nation
By Ksenia Galouchko, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2009-171, Sept. 15, 2009.
:: HISTORY (AGAIN) [re: textbook]
From Patrick Armstrong; JRL #2009-169, Sept. 11, 2009
:: The Wars of History
From Russia Profile, featuring Vladimir Belaeff, Stephen Blank, Ethan S. Burger, Edward Lozansky, Alexander Rahr, Sergei Roy; JRL 2009-166, Sept. 7, 2009.
:: Third of Russians consider Stalin 'state criminal', 44 per cent disagree - poll
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-166, Sept. 7, 2009.
:: Re: History debates
From: Jerry Hough; JRL 2009-164, Sept. 4, 2009.
:: Vitaly Shlykov: Which past is better for the future?
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-164, Sept. 3, 2009. :: In Concession, Putin Calls War Pact Immoral
By Nikolaus von Twickel, from The Moscow Times; JRL 2009-162, Sept. 1, 2009.
:: Two thirds of Russians believe USSR could have won WWII without allies - poll
From Interfax; JRL 2009-163, Sept. 2, 2009.
:: Pages of History Reason for Mutual Complaints or Ground for Reconciliation and Partnership?
By Vladimir Putin, from premier.gov.ru, written for Gazeta Wyborcza; JRL 2009-162, Sept. 1, 2009.
:: Russia, Poland to create joint centers to study Katyn tragedy - Tusk
From Interfax; JRL 2009-162, Sept. 1, 2009.
:: Ribbentrop - Molotov
From Michael Herzen; JRL #2009-158, Aug. 26, 2009.
:: Molotov Ribentrop Pact
From Andrei Liakhov; JRL #2009-158, Aug. 26, 2009.
:: The Soviet Union's 'short-sighted' pact with the Nazis
By Vladimir Ryzhkov, from Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-157, Aug. 25, 2009.
:: Molotov "never regretted" signing pact with Nazis - grandson
By Vladimir Ryzhkov, from Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-157, Aug. 25, 2009.
:: Molotov-Ribbentrop: 70 Years On, Russians Loyal To Their Version Of Events
By Kevin O'Flynn, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2009-156, Aug. 24, 2009.
:: Russia Defends Stalin's Deal with Hitler
By Jonas Bernstein, from Voice of America; JRL #2009-155, Aug. 21, 2009.
:: Patriarch Kirill: Courage and faith of the Solovki camp prisoners are benchmarks for today's Russia
From Interfax; JRL 2009-155, Aug. 21, 2009.
:: Russia should be open about pre-war Nazi-Soviet pact
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-155, Aug. 21, 2009.
:: Paternalism in Russia: Myth and Facts. Pt.2
From Sergei Roy; JRL #2009-142, July 29, 2009.
:: Russia and the Black August syndrome
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-143, July 31, 2009.:: Response to Mr. Roy (#133)
From Alexander Yanov; JRL #2009-137, July 22, 2009.
:: Re: Moscow-published collection in honor of Stephen Cohen
From Robert English; JRL 2009-129, July 9, 2009.
:: Soviet Karelia, 1920-1939
From Nick Baron; JRL 2009-121, July 1, 2009.
:: [Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War] Announcement for Stephen Cohen's new book
From Philip Leventhal; JRL 2009-120, June 30, 2009.
:: Manipulating Russia's Manipulation of History
From Anatoly Karlin; JRL #2000-110, June 12, 2009.
:: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN SIBERIA
From Teresa Cherfas; JRL #2000-110, June 12, 2009.
:: Archie Brown's RISE AND FALL OF COMMUNISM
From Van Luu; JRL 2009-107, June 9, 2009.
:: Manipulating Russia's Manipulation of History
From Anatoly Karlin; JRL #2000-110, June 12, 2009.
:: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN SIBERIA
From Teresa Cherfas; JRL #2000-110, June 12, 2009.
:: Archie Brown's RISE AND FALL OF COMMUNISM
From Van Luu; JRL 2009-107, June 9, 2009.
:: History And The Politics Of Blame
In some post-Soviet states, current interpretations understate Russia's sacrifices in defeating fascism.
By Peter Lavelle, featured by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL 2009-97, May 26, 2009.
:: Gorbachev Doubts Expediency of Commission Bound to Fight History Falsifications
From Interfax; JRL #2009-96, May 22, 2009.
:: No Doubt Allowed: Medvedev’s New Commission: Censors or Patriots?
By Roland Oliphant, from Russia Profile; JRL #2009-96, May 22, 2009.
:: Re Orlando Figes/JRL #19 (May 15) [re: Gulag museums]
From Stephen F Cohen; JRL #2009-94, May 20, 2009.
:: Government Commission to "Guard" Against "False History"
By Nabi Abdullaev, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2009-94, May 20, 2009.
:: Russia's economic crisis forces Lenin to wear old suit
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL 2009-73, April 20, 2009.
:: Memory quiz getting tougher
By Anna Arutunyan, from The Moscow News; JRL #2009-57, March 23, 2009.
:: The Unfinished War, or the Magic Numbers of 2009
From Sergei Karaganov; JRL #2009-57, March 23, 2009.
:: The Unfinished War, or the Magic Numbers of 2009
From Sergei Karaganov; JRL #2009-57, March 23, 2009.
:: Stalin book spat stirs controversy
By Anna Arutunyan, from The Moscow News; JRL #2009-57, March 23, 2009.
:: The Andropov Perestroika: A View from Below
From Sergei Roy; JRL #2009-32, Feb. 9, 2009.
:: How Did Russia Rebuild Itself? Sorry, But You're Wrong.
By Stephen Kotkin, from the History News Network; JRL #2009-17, Jan. 26, 2009.
:: Suzanne Massie talks on Ronald Reagan's views on Russians [revised]
From W. George Krasnow; JRL #2008-219, Dec. 4, 2008.
:: Quarter of Stalin-era documents remain classified - State Archives chief
From Interfax; JRL #2008-221, Dec. 8, 2008.
:: In Honor of Galina Starovoitova: Ten Years After
Kennan Institute event summary; JRL #2008-222, Dec. 9, 2008.
:: Quarter of Stalin-era documents remain classified - State Archives chief
From Interfax; JRL #2008-221, Dec. 8, 2008.
:: Memoirs of a Russian Army of Liberation veteran published in English
From Nick Holdsworth; JRL #2008-215, Nov. 24, 2008.
:: Ruler, ruler on the wall ...
By Daria Chernyshova, from The Moscow News; JRL #2008-209, Nov. 14, 2008.
:: a new book: The Soviet Union; Internal and External Perspectives on Soviet Society
From Vladimir Shlapentokh; JRL #2008-206, Nov. 11, 2008.
:: Names of Stalin's Dead Echo Off KGB's Square
By John Wendle, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2008-199, Oct. 31, 2008.
:: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service declassifies Munich Agreement papers
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2008-177, Sept. 30, 2008.
:: Prince Nevsky leads ‘most popular’ poll
By Kirill Bessonov, from The Moscow News; JRL #2008-175, Sept. 30, 2008.
:: Lenin Ahead Of Gagarin, Stalin In Russian Personality Poll
From Interfax; JRL #2008-139, July 30, 2008.
:: Activists Propose Removal Of Lenin's Body From Red Square
From Interfax; JRL #2008-135, July 23, 2008.
:: Captives of Old Hatreds
From Sergei Roy; JRL #2008-135, July 21, 2008.
:: Face-Saving Fakery, Play Acting and Make Believe in Russian History and Culture
From Robert Bowie; JRL #2008-135, July 21, 2008.
:: Some Notes on the Discussion of the Captive Nations Resolution at the Russian Academy of Sciences, 15 July 2008.
From Edward Lozansky; JRL #2008-134, July 18, 2008.
:: A view from Poland on Russian suffering under communism
From Tomacz Zarycki; JRL #2008-134, July 18, 2008.
:: Stalin in Russian Ideology and Public Opinion: Caught in a Conflict between Imperial and Liberal Elements
From Vladimir Shlapentokh and Vera Bondartsova; JRL #2008-124, July 1, 2008.
:: Russian historian is concerned with a large-scale "slanderous campaign" against Nicholas II
From Interfax; JRL #2008-105, May 29, 2008.
:: Opposition leader slams 'features of Stalinism' in Russian life
From Interfax; JRL #2008-50, March 6, 2008.
:: Fifty-five years on, Stalin remains iconic figure
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2008-49, March 5, 2008.
:: 2 Different Ways to Celebrate Nov. 7
By David Nowak, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2007-231, Nov. 7, 2007.
:: Tsar Family To Be Rehabilitated In Near Future - Human Rights Activist
From Interfax; JRL #2007-231, Nov. 7, 2007.
:: October revolution: international experts' view
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2007-231, Nov. 7, 2007.
:: How the Russian Empire crumbled
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2007-230, Nov. 6, 2007.
:: 2 Different Ways to Celebrate Nov. 7
By David Nowak, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2007-231, Nov. 7, 2007.
:: Tsar Family To Be Rehabilitated In Near Future - Human Rights Activist
From Interfax; JRL #2007-231, Nov. 7, 2007.
:: October revolution: international experts' view
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2007-231, Nov. 7, 2007.
:: How the Russian Empire crumbled
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2007-230, Nov. 6, 2007.
:: Not Guilty By Disassociation Coming to Terms with the Great Terror
By Paul Abelsky, from Russia Profile; JRL #2007-225, Oct. 30, 2007.
:: Putin: Political purges result of overemphasis on ideology over human values
From Interfax; JRL #2007-225, Oct. 11, 2007.
:: Lenin's body should be buried - Russian human rights commissioner
From Interfax; JRL #2007-222, Oct. 25, 2007.
:: Waxing Nostalgic: Still Missing the Soviet Union ::
By Yelena Rykovtseva, from Russia Profile; JRL #2007-219, Oct. 22, 2007.
:: Russian Reforms: Comparing the New Economic Policy (1921-1928) to Modern Russia (1992-2006)
Kennan Institute event summary; JRL #2007-213, Oct. 11, 2007.
:: In Memory of a Lost Chance The Cost of Unfreedom
By Alexander Arkhangelsky, from Russia Profile; JRL #2007-211, Oct. 9, 2007.
:: [Russian Orthodox] Church Critical Of Idea To Affirm Political Rehabilitation Of Nicholas II
From Interfax; JRL #2007-204, Sept. 28, 2007.
:: Rights Activist, Historian: Romanovs Must Be Rehabilitated
From Interfax; JRL #2007-203, Sept. 27, 2007.
:: Karelian history: new book
From Nicholas Baron; JRL #2007-188, Sept. 4, 2007.
:: August 1991 August 2007
From Sergei Roy; JRL #2007-180, Aug. 23, 2007.
:: Former Soviet Countries Mark Anniversary Of 1991 Putsch
From Interfax; JRL #2007-179, Aug. 22, 2007.
:: Few Russians See Collapse Of August 1991 Coup As Victory Of Democracy - Survey
From Interfax; JRL #2007-177, Aug. 21, 2007.
:: Little To Celebrate On Aug 1998 Crisis Anniversary
From Interfax; JRL #2007-168, Aug. 6, 2007.
:: The Great Terror: A Fear That Spared No One
By Claire Bigg, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2007-173, Aug. 14, 2007.
:: The ethnic dimension of the Great Terror
By Gennady Bordyugov, from Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2007-168, Aug. 6, 2007.
:: August Putsch 1991
From William Odom; JRL 2007-161, July 25, 2007.
:: On the Wrong Side of History: A New Teachers’ Manual Provokes Debate
By Dmitry Babich, from Russia Profile; JRL 2007-161, July 25, 2007.
:: Sovereign Democracy Gets a History
By Svetlana Osadchuk, from The Moscow Times; JRL 2007-152, July 11, 2007.
:: Imperialism as the Last Stage.
From Sergei Roy; JRL 2007-142, June 27, 2007.
:: KREMLIN REJECTS "FOREIGN" APPROACH TO RUSSIAN HISTORY
By Pavel Felgenhauer, from The Jamestown Foundation 's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL 2007-142, June 27, 2007.
:: CIA Releases Two Collections of Historical Documents
Central Intelligence Agency; JRL #2007-142, June 27, 2007.
:: Volume published in Moscow
From Vladimir Shlapentokh; JRL 2007-72, March 26, 2007.
:: Stephen Cohen's comment in JRL #66
From Tom Nichols; JRL 2007-67, March 20, 2007.
:: Tom Nichols’ Reply to My “Complaint,” in JRL #63
From Stephen F Cohen; JRL 2007-66, March 19, 2007.
:: The Paralysis of Power and the Collapse of the State
By Dmitry Babich, from Russia Profile; JRL 2007-64, March 16, 2007.
:: Regarding Stephen Cohen's complaint in JRL #43
From Tom Nichols; JRL 2007-63, March 16, 2007.
:: The lessons of February
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL 2007-51, March 2, 2007.
:: Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union
Kennan Institute event summary, Francine Hirsch event; JRL 2007-32, Feb. 9, 2007.
:: USSR, U.S. and Russia: Opportunities Lost
Stephen Cohen interview by Washington ProFile; JRL 2007-19, Jan. 26, 2007.
:: new book: DEFECTORS AND PERFORMERS
From Val Golovskoy; JRL 2007-2, Jan. 3, 2007.
:: Soviet collapse was only right decision - Shevardnadze
From Interfax; JRL 2006-277, Dec. 7, 2006.
:: Yeltsin: No regret over CIS deal that buried U.S.S.R.
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2006-277, Dec. 7, 2006.
:: The lessons of 1956
By Andrei Kolesnikov, from Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL 2006-237, Oct. 24, 2006.
:: Monarchist Past and Future
Andrei Zolotov, Jr., commentary, from Russia Profile; JRL 2006-188, Aug. 20, 2006.
:: Russia: The Fading Legacy Of The Failed 1991 Soviet Coup
By Luke Allnutt, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL 2006-188, Aug. 20, 2006.
:: Russia's Gorbachev: Conclusions Remain To Be Drawn on August 1991 Events, From Interfax; JRL 2006-188, Aug. 20, 2006.
:: New book: DICTATORSHIP OF THE AIR: AVIATION CULTURE AND THE FATE OF MODERN RUSSIA
From Scott W Palmer; JRL 2006-175, Aug. 3, 2006.
:: Witte, Stalin, and Lessons of World Wars
From Andrei P. Tsygankov; JRL 2006-169, June 26, 2006.
:: Russian Art and cultural Exhibits
From Robert Bruce Ware; JRL 2006-131, June 7, 2006.
:: Re: 2006-#71-Johnson's Russia List/ Churchill quote
From Richard Rawles; JRL 2006-72, March 24, 2006.
:: New book[: Changing Party Coalitions: The Strange Red-State Alignment]
From Jerry Hough; JRL 2006-58, March 8, 2006.
:: Standing Down
John Lewis Gaddis' concise, highly readable book takes a very America-centered view of how the Cold War ended, according Reagan primacy over Gorbachev in shattering the status quo.
By Archie Brown, Context by The Moscow Times; JRL 2006-54, March 3, 2006.
:: Legacy of last Soviet leader
By Stepan Orlov, from Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL 2006-54, March 3, 2006.
:: Russians finally examine the gulag years
From Michael Johnson; JRL 2006-43, Feb. 12, 2006.
:: New public radio documentary marking 50th anniversary of Khrushchev's secret speech: "Unmasking Stalin: A Speech That Changed the World"
From Robert Rand; JRL 2006-40, Feb. 12, 2006.
:: 2005 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize: Kevin Murphy's "Revolution and Counterrevolution, Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory"
From Sandy Nicoll, on behalf of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize Committee; JRL #9314, Dec. 7, 2005.
:: Kto Vinovat? [Who is to Blame?]
From: Peggy Suttle for Steve Cohen, forwarding an English version of his article for Politicheskii Klass; JRL #9286, Nov. 8, 2005. • :: The Meaning of Life: It was all in the biographical details for Soviet citizens who remade themselves -- or unmade others -- after the Revolution, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick shows.
By Lars T. Lih, from "Context" by The Moscow Times; JRL #9276, Oct. 23, 2005.
:: First 20 Vols. of "Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society"
From Andreas Umland; JRL #9276, Oct. 23, 2005.
:: Ulyanovsk Governor Initiates Lenin's Reburial In His Native City
From Interfax; JRL #9265, Oct. 12, 2005.
:: RE: 9261-Johnson's Russia List/ Lucas
From Marc Jansen; JRL #9262, Oct. 4, 2005.
:: [Doss:] Re: Re: Eduard Lucas 9259-Johnson's Russia List
From Chris Doss; JRL #9262, Oct. 4, 2005.
:: Lenin's last wish should be fulfilled - Sliska and Krasheninnikov
From Edward Lucas; JRL #9262, Oct. 4, 2005.
:: [Lucas:] Re: Edward Lucas 9259-Johnson's Russia List
From Edward Lucas; JRL #9261, Oct. 3, 2005.
:: Re: Edward Lucas 9259-Johnson's Russia List
From Chris Doss; JRL #9260, Oct. 1, 2005.
:: Gulag gets short shrift from Putinland publishers
From Edward Lucas; JRL #9259, Sept. 30, 2005.
:: The Worker's Paradise Deciphered/ JRL 9254
From Michele A. Berdy; JRL #9255, Sept. 27, 2005.
:: PUBLIC OPINION ON LAST RUSSIAN EMPEROR
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #9150, May 18, 2005.
:: PERESTROIKA MUSEUM OPENS IN MOSCOW
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #9088, March 12, 2005.
:: ALMOST HALF OF RUSSIANS CONSIDER PERESTROIKA A FAILURE
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #9087, March 11, 2005.
:: Poll: Most Russians wouldn't want Stalin as leader again
From Interfax; JRL #9079, March 6, 2005.
:: FILIPP BOBKOV: OUR VICTORY SAVED EUROPEANS FROM DEATH
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #9079, March 7, 2005.
:: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PERESTROIKA START
By Pyotr Romanov, from Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #9077, March 4, 2005.
:: New book by Moshe Lewin, The Soviet Century
From Bill Daniels; JRL #9062, Feb. 21, 2005.
:: World ignores Russia's role in the destruction of Nazism
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #9043, Feb. 1, 2005.
:: No double standards in fighting terrorism, Russia's Putin says in Auschwitz
From Interfax; JRL #9039, Jan. 28, 2005.
:: President Putin's speech at a memorial ceremony dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Kremlin.Ru transcript; JRL #9039, Jan. 28, 2005.
:: President Putin's speech at the Forum, Let My People Live!, Commemorating the Memory of the Victims of Auschwitz
Kremlin.Ru transcript; JRL #9039, Jan. 28, 2005.
:: Sergei Roy: On Mr. Rostowski’s The Cossack’s Last Laugh, in JRL 9007 #19
From Sergei Roy; JRL #9008, Jan. 8, 2005.
:: New Book [re: Between Thaw and Glasnost. Soviet Film Industry in 70-s]
From Val Golovskoy; JRL #9008, Jan. 8, 2005.
Solzhenitsyn
:: Russia's PM remembers Solzhenitsyn as 'global' personality
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-144, Aug. 3, 2009.
:: Dmitry Medvedev sent a letter to Natalya Solzhenitsyna, the widow of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, on the anniversary of the writer's death
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2009-144, Aug. 3, 2009.
:: Solzhenitsyn Leaves Troubled Legacy Across Former Soviet Union
By Claire Bigg, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2008-143, Aug. 6, 2008.
:: Solzhenitsyn initiated many good undertakings and faced trials with dignity - Alexy II
From Interfax; JRL #2008-142, Aug. 5, 2008.
:: Flowers And a Hint Of Dissent
By Alexandra Odynova, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2008-142, Aug. 5, 2008.
:: Solzhenitsyn A 'Symbol Of Resistance'
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2008-142, Aug. 5, 2008.
:: Russians Saw Life In New Light Thanks To Solzhenitsyn - Historian
From Interfax; JRL #2008-142, Aug. 5, 2008.
:: Solzhenitsyn challenged the system and won - Chubais
From Interfax; JRL #2008-142, Aug. 5, 2008.
:: Russians pay last respects to Solzhenitsyn
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2008-142, Aug. 5, 2008.
Happy New Year 2009 :: Year in Review 2008
:: 2008 In Review: Was This The Year That Russia Peaked?
By Daisy Sindelar, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2009-2, Jan. 5, 2009.
:: [Medvedev] New Year Address to the Nation
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2009-1, Jan. 2, 2009.
:: Challenging The Assumptions About Russia's Future
By Josh Calder, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2009-1, Jan. 2, 2009.
:: Russians wish for jobs, health and happiness in 2009 - survey
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2008-235, Dec. 31, 2009.
:: [Medvedev] Opening remarks at the Cabinet Meeting
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2008-235, Dec. 31, 2009.
:: Russia in The Year 2008
From Russia Profile, featuring Vladimir Frolov, Stephen Blank, Ethan S. Burger, Andrei Tsygankov; JRL #2008-234, Dec. 29, 2009.
:: Putin's Kiss, Pinched Cheese and Election "Sex"
By Anna Malpas, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2008-234, Dec. 29, 2009.
:: Year in Review 2008 - click here
1993
:: Rally Remembers 1993 Bloodshed
From The Moscow Times; JRL 2006-223, Oct. 4, 2006.
