Army of marauders: the long history of Russian military looting, pillaging, and stealing
Military marauding is an enduring concept in warfare. However, the sight of Russian soldiers pillaging, killing and looting…
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How Communist propaganda made eastern Ukraine hate the national liberation movement
There are historical reasons that explain the non-recognition of the Ukrainian liberation movement by some regions of Ukraine.…
Soviet soldiers who were shot by their own people recalled
Hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers did not take Berlin because they died in battle against the Germans,…
Does the Kremlin fear repeats of 1962 Novocherkassk events – and would it react equally brutally?
Reports that Russian police are training to suppress working class risings appear especially ominous given that they come…
Gorbachev’s support for Putin’s Crimean Anschluss – no surprise, Malgin says
Given his own willingness to use violence against people in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia and elsewhere, no one…
Understanding the Ukrainians in WWII. Part 2. Stories of Ukrainians in the Red Army
On 19 September 1939, advanced units of the Soviet 6th army reached the outskirts of the city of…