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homo sovieticus
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Which western bands were banned in the USSR?
[editorial]Is your favorite band on this list of 50 musical groups deemed “harmful” and outlawed during the USSR?[/editorial]…
In 1991 Russia, ‘no one was ready for democracy or really wanted it’ and not much has changed, Lev Gudkov says
In an interview with Vienna’s Die Presse, the Russian sociologist and pollster says that initially it appeared young…
Who wants the USSR back in Ukraine?
Ukrainska Pravda studied research from the Razumkov Center and the Rating Group, spoke with sociologists and historians, became…
A new man emerges in Russia – Homo Putinisticus – Eidman says
Russian society is now divided between “Russian Europeans” and members of a new species, Homo Putinisticus, according to…
Will Russia soon cease to have a President… and have a Chairman or Tsar instead?
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the outrageous but often leading indicator of Kremlin plans, sang the Russian Imperial anthem “God Save…
SBU Archive director: “Cause of death – Ukrainian” in 1933 registry
A press conference devoted to the 82nd anniversary of the Holodomor was recently held at the National Museum…
Russia’s accelerating return to Soviet past: Key dates under Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin’s restoration of many aspects of Soviet life is not only obvious but accelerating, as is clearly…
‘Homo putinus’ – the successor to ‘homo sovieticus,’ Yakovenko says
Many observers view the behavior of Russians today as a revival of “homo sovieticus,” the special kind of…