Photos Of Holodomor — The Ukrainian Famine That Killed Millions

The Ukrainians call the famine the "Holodomor," a name that means "murder through starvation." In 1932 and 1933, millions died in the Ukraine. The country was hit by the Holodomor, a famine so terrible that, for the people caught in the middle of it, seeing an...

Ukraine’s Famine – How Stalin hid it from the world

In the years 1932 and 1933, a catastrophic famine swept across the Soviet Union. It began in the chaos of collectivization, when millions of peasants were forced off their land and made to join state farms. It was then exacerbated, in the autumn of 1932, when the...

Ukraine’s century-long struggle to keep its culture and independence

Ukrainians refer to Russian TV and its viewers as “Zombieland,” having long ago developed an immunity to the main talking points of Vladimir Putin’s mindless propaganda war. They know the absurdity of his claims that Kyiv is run by Nazis and drug addicts, NATO is...

The Polish State during the Second Republic (1919 – 1938)

The Polish society of the Second Republic has built its statehood under extremely difficult circumstances, both internally and externally. Despite this, during their 20 years of independence, the Polish people managed to adapt quickly to the ever-changing Modern...

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 9 milestone moments in history that explain today’s invasion

Russian forces have launched a major military attack on Ukraine, on the orders of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Tanks and troops have poured into Ukraine at points along its eastern, southern and northern borders, Ukraine says, and explosions have been heard...
Why Stalin Starved Ukraine?

Why Stalin Starved Ukraine?

History is a battleground, perennially fought over, endlessly contested. Nowhere does this aphorism hold true more than in Russia. A majority of Russians recently voted Joseph Stalin the “most outstanding person” in world history (followed, naturally, by current...

Lenin’s April Theses, April 1917

Lenin’s April Theses, April 1917

In Russian the "Aprelskiye Tezisy", the April Theses formed a programme developed by Lenin during the 1917 Russian Revolution.  In these Lenin called for Soviet control of the state.  When published the theses contributed to the July Days rising and to the subsequent...