In the ruins of postwar Europe, Stalin’s Soviet Union moves from “liberator” to occupier, using Red Army power, the NKVD, rigged elections, and land reforms to pull Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, ...

THE trade strategy of Soviet Russia has been created inevitably as a consequence of two principles basic to the structure of the Communist state -- repudiation of the debts of preceding governments ...

This video examines what happened to the nations of the Eastern Bloc after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. We trace the transition from communist rule to democracy and market economies, ...

The Editors' decision to change the title of the long-established Soviet Studies, first published in 1949, followed the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. It reflected the belief that as ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed ...

In this tremendous historical research project conducted in various countries, Kirasirova draws from Russian, Central Asian, and Middle Eastern studies in looking at how the Soviet Union sought to ...

Geopolitical rivalry, intensified by fighting in Ukraine, is amplifying domestic struggles in countries like Georgia and Moldova whose people are split on which side to support. By Andrew Higgins ...