From the Prague Spring to the Ice War. Hockey players of Czechoslovakia dealt with the Russians In 1968, the troops of five Warsaw Pact countries, including the USSR, were brought into Czechoslovakia in order to stop the liberalization process in Czechoslovakia, the process of reforms initiated by the Secretary of the Central Committee of the […]
The catastrophe that will be discussed in this article is a landmark one. Firstly, this is the last disaster of ships under the red flag. A week later, the flag of the USSR will be lowered over the Kremlin. And secondly, it was caused by a very rare natural phenomenon – the “killer wave”. Until […]
People’s Artist of Russia Gennady Yukhtin has died at the age of 89, TASS reports citing the Union of Russian Cinematographers. Gennady Yukhtin is known to viewers for the films “Spring on Zarechnaya Street”, “The Rumyantsev Case”, “Scuba Tanks at the Bottom”, “Dead Season” and “The Lark”. He also starred in Siberiade and Elusive Avengers. […]
Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova commented on SHOT the results of the performance of Russian figure skaters. Tatyana Anatolyevna believes that the doping scandal that erupted at the Olympics is to blame for Kamila Valieva’s miss during the free program and as a result, only the fourth position. “The girls won the Olympics! […]
The former press secretary of President Boris Yeltsin, documentary filmmaker Sergei Yastrzhembsky, called the famous phrase “the president works with documents”, which is associated with the alleged drinking bouts of the first head of the Russian state, accurate. Yastrzhembsky spoke about the origins of this formulation in an interview published on the RTVI Entertainment YouTube […]
The former press secretary of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin, documentary filmmaker Sergei Yastrzhembsky, called the most shameful episode in his work with his boss. This incident happened at a press conference in Stockholm in 1997, Yastrzhembsky said in an interview published on the RTVI Entertainment YouTube channel. “If you mean in human terms, […]
The word “intervention” in relation to the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan is in itself inappropriate. Moscow wanted to help the Afghans, and it was precisely the increase in assistance that was the alternative, Boris Gromov, the former commander of the 40th Army of the USSR, said in a conversation with Gazeta.Ru. “I would […]
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service has shown a photocopy of the very first letter that the legendary Soviet intelligence officer, Colonel William Fisher, known as Rudolf Abel, wrote in 1958 home from prison in the United States. It marked the beginning of a series of messages that played a big role in the subsequent release […]
LDPR chairman Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that the United States is moving towards self-disintegration according to the scenario of the USSR. He predicted such a development of events on the air of LDPR-TV on YouTube. According to the politician, the United States will cease to exist in its current form within the next ten years. However, […]
Yeltsin’s ally described the politician’s birthday with the phrase “modestly, without fireworks” The first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, did not like noisy companies and random guests, but he always treated his birthday and the birthdays of his relatives and colleagues with care. This was announced in a conversation with URA.RU by his adviser and […]