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MOSCOW - When Russian President Vladimir Putin steps down next week after eight years in power, he will leave behind him a strong Russia, self-confident at home and assertive abroad. But the smack of the Soviet past can be felt distinctly in the legacy that Putin, a steely-eyed former KGB spy, will hand over to his protege Dmitry Medvedev, who will be sworn in as the new president on May 7. Russia was in ruins when Putin became president in 1999. Its economy was spluttering, the country's cohesion was threatened by independent-minded regional leaders, a separatist rebellion in Chechnya and a wave of violent attacks across the country. Eight years on, Russia is very different country and voters give Putin much of the credit -- he bows out with an unprecedented popularity

In recent months the government in Ukraine has been changing street names. Roads derived from Russian poets are being renamed after controversial national heroes, causing distress in some sections of the population. Ministers have also ordered the demolition of some monuments. So what’s behind this policy of rebranding?Trams in the city of Lvov in western Ukraine display portraits of war general Shukhevich. He was part of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army or UPA during the Second World War.The name of this general, along with those of other partisans, have replaced those of famous Russian poets and scientists on the street signs.For most Ukrainians in the west of the country, they were heroes but for those in the East they were fascist stooges.At the start of the Second World War, these figur

When the government of the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the fall was attributed to all kinds of reasons. There was the failed invasion of Afghanistan, the symbolic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and, after some desperate efforts by Mikhail Gorbechev, Communism as a guiding principle and economic system simply imploded. That’s the

The Soviet Union may be in the dustbin of history, but there’s one place the socialist utopia lives on: cyberspace.Sixteen years after the superpower’s collapse, web sites ending in the Soviet “.su” domain name have been rising — registrations increased 45 percent this year alone. Bloggers, entrepreneurs and die-hard communists are all part of a small but growing online community resisting repeated efforts to extinguish the online Soviet outpost.Russian nostalgia for the Soviet empire is part of the story. Nashi, or “Ours,” is a pro-Kremlin youth group that gained notoriety for raucous protests against Kremlin critics. The group loyally praises President Vladimir Putin at “nashi.su,” though it denies its choice of the “.su” domain was meant to send a political message

Websites ending in the Soviet “.su” domain name have been rising. Registrations increased 45% this year alone as bloggers, entrepreneurs and die-hard communists all acted as part of a small but growing online community resisting repeated efforts to extinguish the online Soviet outpost. Many Web entrepreneurs also see potential profits in the domain, grabbing instantly [...]

Aquí tenéis los primeros materiales de World in Conflict Soviet Assault, la versión para consolas de última generación (PLAYSTATION 3 y Xbox 360) del aclamado World in Conflict, que verá la luz en otoño de 2008. El mejor juego de estrategia para PC de 2007 será aún mejor en las versiones de consola, e incluirá nuevo contenido tanto para el modo multijugador como para el de un solo jugadorWorld in Conflict, creado por Massive Entertainment, estudio propiedad de Sierra, está siendo rediseñado para las versiones de consola e incluirá nuevo contenido para los modos multijugador y un solo jugador. Este nuevo contenido estará también disponible para la versión de PC en forma de expansión del juego original World in Conflict. En las próximas semanas se darán a conocer más dat

Civil War & Russo-Polish War ← Previous revision Revision as of 04:10, 7 April 2008 Line 1: Line 1: - ==Civil War & Russo-Polish War== + ==Civil War & Polish-Soviet War== {{sectionstub}} {{sectionstub}} The '''12th Army''' (1st Formation) of the Soviet Red Army was first formed from Soviet forces in the northeastern Caucasus in [[1918]]. The '''12th Army''' (1st Formation) of the Soviet Red Army was first formed from Soviet forces in the northeastern Caucasus in [[1918]]. Line 5: Line 5: The 12th Army (2nd Formation) was formed from the 1st and 3rd Ukrainian Red Armies in central Ukraine in the summer of [[1919]]. The 12th Army (2nd Formation) was formed from the 1st

De acordo com a última edição tcheco-eslovaca da publicação Official Xbox 360 Magazine, o jogo "World in Conflict: Soviet Assault" terá versões para PC, Xbox 360 e Playstation 3. O título é, na verdade, uma grande expansão da primeira versão lançada em 2007 apenas para o PC. Só que desta vez, o X360 terá não [...]

At the end of WWII, the Soviet Union became a world power by fully utilizing the combined forces scattered about Eastern Europe, uniting the region under one relatively unified political ideology. But the USSR had nearly been killed just three years earlier, when the Nazi forces had almost taken the western half of Russia. This was not the first time the Soviets had been saved from near-death.What happened: In 1921, US President Warren G Harding had put an embargo on the newly-communist Russia in an attempt to force a regime turnover. A famine came upon the country, and Lenin was horribly worried that some new peasant revolution would overwhelm his government. At the last possible moment, Harding's Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, sent food aid to starving peasants in Russia in a

Keep your mouth shut!N. Vatolina, N. Denisov, 1941Man’s power – to help the woman!A . Rudkovich, 1970USSR is a mighty sports power!B. Reshetnikov, 1962Let’s thrash it!V. Deni, 1930A Soviet Poster A Day"Every soviet poster no matter the date of creation bears a stamp of expressiveness and graphical quality. The attention to details is awesome. The scope of techniques is endless. Soviet posters are a treasure chest with inspiration for any graphical designer, not to mention the seeing pleasure itself. And what's important, every Soviet Poster has a historical reference essential for understanding the layers of meanings it carries through time."

Soviet Bus Stops.A wonderful collection of images of bus stops from the gone by Soviet era. Something which reminds us of the fantastic Soviet architecture & design, though now most of these must have been out of existence with modernization over a period of time. Other Posts:Vegetable Art.Amazing Body Painting Art.Amazing Smoke Art Photography.IC & Old Transistors Got a New Use.Amazing Street Paintings Of Kurt Wenner.

Soviet animation was in a way unique. There were lots of extremely weird cartoons which, i think, left a heavy impact on the psyche of the growing generation. Take “Hedgehog in the Fog“, for example - there’s no single way of interpreting of this creation. Apparently, it won the “№1 Animated film of all the [...]

Soviet animation was in a way unique. There were lots of extremely weird cartoons which, i think, left a heavy impact on the psyche of the growing generation. Take “Hedgehog in the Fog“, for example - there’s no single way of interpreting of this creation. Apparently, it won the “№1 Animated film of all the [...]

one player kills another over a lineage II grudge in Russia — I think this is a prevailing issue with our current generation (my age, the younger ones, and maybe a couple of years older). People nowadays have an over-inflated sense of self-worth. I know I’m very much guilty of this, and they seem to be [...]

Apelando a la diversidad musical, el catálogo electrónico del sello Pueblo Nuevo ofrece la propuesta rap de André Arzola (alias FrancisFrans) y su proyecto Soviet, que debuta en este sello con un disco inédito de 2003, Pajamolía. La apuesta no es gratuita, porque en esta maniobra Pueblo Nuevo explicita y descubre afinidades políticas, con un [...]

The Soviet Union had a centrally planned LABOR market and economy. However, contrary to the widespread image of a system where workers were obliged to stay in the jobs that they were allocated, the Soviet LABOR market was characterised by a considerable degree of LABOR mobility. In practice, workers were reasonably free to change jobs [...]

With declaration of date for Presidential elections on 2nd December media and blogosphere is full of news related to who will lead the largest country in world. Opinions are multifarious ranging from suppression of free speech to voice of liberal electorate and hailing Putin as most successful leader post Soviet breakdown. Well you can easily predict the media speculation depending on your media source. While US and western commentators have severely criticized the way elections are handled in Russia, reports coming from 'Mother Russia' are mostly favorable possibly due to state control of media. But the real perspective is confusing to people outside. Whatever be Putin's approval rating, whatever be the Russian economic progress the signs given by Russia surely decreases its credibility on International front instead of improving. More and more Anti-Kremlin activists are attacked and arrested in Russia. Russian police broke up an opposition rally and detained about 150 people in St

In one of the more idiotic demonstrations in civil disobedience history, some protesters in Olympia, Washington mounted a protest against the return of military equipment from Iraq. It was unique in the annals of war protest history, as being the first demonstration mounted against the return of equipment and troops from a war zone.As a person who believes immediate withdrawal is in the the best interest of the United States, I am not impressed. In fact, I find it downright weird.Fort Lewis is about twenty miles north of Olympia, and is home to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. A ship docked at the Port of Olympia last week to unload equipment used during their fifteen month deployment.The troops were greeted by these unkempt, mouthy louts:Quite a welcome home, and it sure was a nice way to send a Veteran's Day message.The crybabies are complaining about excessive police force, and posted this on YouTube:I must say, I think the police were much more restrain

By: Victor EpandSoviet battle equipment seems to be popping up all over the world, but by far the most concerning of USSR hardware, is the Short range SCUD missile and the SA-8 platform. What are the ranges of the weapons and what others types are there, this can include Warsaw pact and post-WSP weapons. How? Is it even possible for someone be able to obtain a compatible warhead or weapon and activate it with a ranged missile asset Directly from Russia or its military?The SS-1c SCUD is a single-stage, short-range tactical ballistic missile, using storable liquid propellants. It is transported, and fired from a TEL based on a MAZ-543 wheeled (8 x 8) chassis. The SCUD was designed for targets such as marshaling areas, major storage dumps, and airfields. The SCUD, which has a maximum range of 300 km, has been deployed in three variants: (S-1b) SCUD A, (SS-1c) SCUD B, and SCUD D. The primary difference between each of these variants is their guidance system and resulting CEP. The SCUD A an

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Last week my son was subjected to a search for the privilege of riding the MetroRail.  This week we find out that we are subjected to surveillance in the City of Buffalo by 50 video cameras.  Mayor Byron W. Brown, standing beneath the state-ofthe- art device, insisted the cameras will not be used for any questionable activities. They are being set up strictly to deter crime, the mayor promised. Of course, Mayor Brown has no intention of stopping at 50 cameras.  Next we will probably be subjected to the command of “Papers Please” as we go about our business in the city. Of course the government will do no wrong and use the video equipment for nefarious purposes.  How could we possibly think that could happen in a land where our phone calls and emails are already subjected  to the prying eyes of the government.  Mayor Brown’s assertions are empty.  The temptation will exist and some government official will misuse the video surveillan

So, it might have been imminent starvation not Regan’s “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” line that inspired the collapse of the Soviet Union. That is the thesis of a best-seller in Russia, soon to be released in the West, entitled “Collapse of an Empire: Lessons for Modern Russia,” by Yegor Gaidar, an economist who was Russia’s acting prime minister between 1991 and 1994. As the Christian Science Monitor reports in this article New insights on the Soviet Union’s collapse the book: … tries to shoot down the “myth” held by most Russians that the Soviet Union was “a dynamically developing world superpower until usurpers initiated disastrous reforms.” It also warns that Russia should avoid the peril of another collapse in oil prices. What happened, states Mr. Gaidar, is that Soviet grain production stagnated between 1966 and 1990. Meanwhile, 80 million people moved from farms to cities. New Soviet output of oil and

Today the LA Times released a report on former Soviet scientist Kanatjan Alibekov, also known as Ken Alibek. Alibek’s supposed insider knowledge of Soviet biochemical weapons programs, combined with his dire warnings about the potential from such weapons to filter from the former Soviet Union into countries like Iran and Iraq, attracted major attention from conservative politicians beginning in the 1990s and continuing through the start of the Iraq war. Alibek has also, along the way, attracted major funding - $28 million, the LA Times says, for himself and his employers. In recent years, Alibek has been all but completely discredited. His 2003 claims that smallpox vaccinations might boost immunity to HIV were rejected by much of the scientific community, and his continued opinion that Saddam Hussein had biochemical weapons places him in a small minority. Last year, he resigned from a teaching position at George Mason University under questionable circumstances, and today even fo

Real space modellers are in for a treat. More than a dozen of highly-detailed Soviet space launcher, rocket and satellite papercrafts. These models vary in scales and complexity. I'm thinking of building the Energia model which has about 27 pages of parts. Enjoy!Cardmodels-R

World in Conflict wird für die Xbox 360 und PS3 erscheinen, so viel ist ja schonmal bekannt. Was wir bislang nicht wussten: Die Konsolen Umsetzung bekommt einen anderen Namen, nämlich World in Conflict: Soviet Assault...