History & Persons

Dmitry Litvinov03.08.2026

The 90th Anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War: the Republic’s response. The Republic’s Fatal Hesitation The attitude of the Republican government toward the approaching military uprising can be summed up in one sentence: they knew that a conspiracy was underway, but they underestimated its scale and the determination of those preparing it. […]

Dmitry Litvinov02.08.2026

The 90th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War: The Rebels Take the Offensive. The Beginning of the Spanish Civil War The uprising began in the city of Melilla, in Spanish Morocco, an hour ahead of schedule. Many soldiers and officers who remained loyal to the Republican government were killed, followed by a […]

Andrey Vedyaev01.08.2026

One day in 1980, a handsome young man walked into the Soviet Embassy in Rome. Introducing himself as a sailor in the United States Navy, he calmly announced that he wished to emigrate to the Soviet Union. The officials in the consular section could scarcely believe what they were hearing. Suspecting that the visitor might […]

Yaroslav Listov30.07.2026

Seventy years ago, in the final days of July 1956, the world changed. How the USSR Defeated Britain and France A former colony delivered a resounding slap in the face to its imperial rulers. Standing before a crowd in Alexandria’s Al-Manshia Square, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal. He […]

Yuri Chekalin28.07.2026

“Hasten to Do Good”: Fyodor Haass — The Man Who Restored Humanity to the Condemned. There are names that survive not because they are associated with power, wealth, or spectacular victories. Their legacy cannot be measured in palaces, official titles, or monuments. They leave behind not possessions, but transformed human lives. Fyodor Petrovich Haass was […]

Andrey Vedyaev24.07.2026

Sergei Solntsev and Soviet Intelligence during the Battle of Moscow: Intelligence, Resistance, and the Defense of Moscow Introduction On 20 November 1941, Senior Lieutenant of State Security Sergei Ivanovich Solntsev remained behind to cover the withdrawal of his partisan detachment near the village of Andreyevskoye, west of Moscow. Wounded during the engagement, he was captured […]

Yaroslav Listov14.07.2026

80 Years Ago the United States Radioactively Contaminated Vast Areas of the Pacific Ocean. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States did not stop. The next step was to test nuclear weapons at sea. Vice Admiral William H.P.Blandy selected Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands as the site. In July 1946, […]

Alexander Palladin09.07.2026

A hundred years ago Armand Hammer, an American businessman, won the trust of Soviet leaders and, for decades, exploited it to his own advantage, skillfully cultivating the image of a loyal and selfless friend of our country. Lots of my fellow citizens, for instance, tend to believe that in 1980 Hammer financed the construction of […]

Yaroslav Listov08.07.2026

One hundred and forty-five years ago, a man was born whose name became legendary even during his lifetime. At full gallop he rides, Bursting into life and immortality— Grigory Kotovsky, rebel and brigade commander, A four-time bearer of high honors. During the revolutionary year of 1905, still unsure of the proper way to fight the […]

Yaroslav Listov06.07.2026

“If We Have to Elect a Body, We’ll Elect a Body”: Yeltsin’s Heart Attack and How the Truth Was Hidden from the Country. On June 26, 1996, one week before the second round of the presidential election, Boris Yeltsin suffered his fifth heart attack of the year—the result of heavy drinking and the “jumping and […]

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The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Rebels’ Post Victories

The Cry of the Albatross, or Spy Games

The Last Stand of the Colonial Powers

The Man Moscow Followed

Behind German Lines

Paradise Blown Apart

The Wheeler-Dealer: Kremlin Leaders’ Favorite Armand Hammer

A Living Legend

How the Truth About Yeltsin Was Hidden from the Country

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old