The forgotten tragedy of Koryukivka: How the Nazis exterminated a town of 7,000 souls
In the French village of Oradour (June 1944), Nazis murdered 642 inhabitants; in the Czech village of Lidice…
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Bodies of 134 victims of Soviet terror in Ukraine given proper burial
On 24 March 2018, 134 bodies of victims of Soviet terror in the west-Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk were…
Another ‘punished people’ documented – the Kola Norwegians destroyed by Stalin
As the Putin regime takes more steps to hide the crimes of Stalin – it has gotten Interpol…
Ukraine must officially recognize Soviet regime as an occupation, Kyiv historian says
Since communism collapsed in Eastern Europe in 1989 and in the Soviet space in 1991, those countries which…
‘Ukrainian-Language Samizdat Appears in Russia-Occupied Crimea’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Soviet chekists weren’t the professionals Putin wants Russians to think they were, new book says
The KGB and its predecessors were not the highly disciplined professionals and successful managers Vladimir Putin and the…
Chief of Russia’s FSB: Stalin-era repressions were largely justified
Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the FSB secret police [a successor to the KGB], says that the political…
‘State Reserve Fund Running Out, Ruble Collapse Predicted’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Ever More Russians Fleeing Moscow’s Oppression for Ukraine” and other neglected Russian news
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Ukraine suffered the most deaths in the Holodomor, while Kazakhstan had the highest percentage loss of population
Experts at the Kyiv Institute of Demography say that Ukrainians suffered the greatest number of excess deaths as…
Ukrainians suffered three terror famines under the Soviets not just one
This week Ukrainians and all people of goodwill around the world are marking the 85th anniversary of the…
“Occupiers’ Methadone Ban Fueling HIV Explosion in Crimea” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
How Stalin starved 1930’s rural Ukraine to quash political enemies: Anne Applebaum interview
TAMARA ROZOUVAN: Thank you so much for joining me. In your book, you've written that near four million…
‘Russians Stripped of More Medals as Doping Scandal Spreads’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
134 bodies of NKVD victims unearthed in Ivano-Frankivsk
In the summer of 2017, while laying cables along the street, engineers stumbled upon several human remains. Pamyat…
British House of Commons once again calls to recognize the Holodomor as genocide
During a debate held on 7 November, MPs from the House of Commons in Britain (lower chamber of…
Putin’s approach to Crimean Tatar leaders like Brezhnev’s toward Soviet refuseniks, Portnikov says
Vladimir Putin’s freeing and then expulsion abroad of Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, two leaders of the Crimean…
Explaining why those monuments are lying
Across the former Soviet empire, non-Russians have been taking down the Soviet-era statues that Moscow had imposed on…
History as a weapon in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Instead, the Ukrainian independence struggle looks set to be airbrushed out of the Bolshevik spectacular, much as it…
Why the Holodomor is genocide under UN convention: On Anne Applebaum’s Red Famine
Between 1932–33, Stalin sought to wipe out the very concept of an independent Ukraine by targeting its peasantry…