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Michael Allen Smith
Michael Allen Smith posted a blog entry
Caffeinated Classics: Darkness at Noon
We at Coffee Hero wondered whether you could get a decent cup of coffee behind the Iron Curtain.
 
Fausty
Fausty posted a tweet
Lisbon Treaty: Václav Klaus tells of anti-democratic practices and EU kickbacks & likens EU to USSR. Watch: http://bit.ly/2lo017
 
nathanhamm
nathanhamm posted a blog entry
Book review: The Great Gamble by Gregory Feifer
I wish Gregory Feifer had written The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan before Steve Coll’s Ghost Wars. It would...
2 days ago Registan.net | Topics: Afghanistan, Books, USSR
 
Stacy Turner
Stacy Turner posted a tweet
A crippled economy. A new leader that won the Nobel peace prize. A failed war in Afghanistan. This is what made the USSR crumble...wait.
 
Jyhrus
Jyhrus posted a blog entry
Poster ads from the iron curtain era of design
A great collection of Soviet era advertising posters.
 
nathanhamm
nathanhamm posted a blog entry
Comrade Kalashnikov and his ubiquitous, eponymous invention
As I watched Al Jazeera this morning, I saw that Mikhail Kalashnikov turned 90 yesterday. I thought this was as good a time...
3 days ago Registan.net | Topics: Afghanistan, Pakistan, USSR
 
andygimpaya
andygimpaya posted a blog entry
Gorbachev pessimistic over US winning the Afghan war
A day after he attended the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany, USSR's former...
 
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Deborah Elizabeth Finn posted a tweet
@jonl Or did you mean that the USSR led to the collapse of the Beatles as a group? #lol
 
Stacy
Stacy posted a tweet
WSJ's Timely Wall-Fall Reminder: In 1987, Rather Said USSR Citizens 'Do Not Yearn For Democracy': The Wall Stre.. http://bit.ly/2uG04t
 
Max
Max posted a tweet
Back in the USSR! Er, USSA. Uh, you know... Puerto Rico counts, right?
 
Sunk Island
Sunk Island posted a blog entry
The Flame That Was Snuffed Out By Freedom
The flame that was snuffed out by freedom | Roger Scruton - Times Online The EU has facilitated the transition away from...
 
Baltimoron
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
The Ginzburg Dilemma
Here’s a harrowing quote included in a obituary for Nobel laureate and Soviet dissident Vitaly Ginzburg.Ginzburg won...
5 days ago Left Flank | Topics: Russia, Science, WMD, andrei...
 
Your Mortgage Planner
Your Mortgage Planner posted a tweet
William My repertoire is USSR "Rush Ya." http://ff.im/-bbdn2
 
Debs68
Debs68 posted a photo
USSR postage stamp featuring Sika Deer - 1970
 
ricgalbraith
ricgalbraith posted a tweet
i'm glad the big guy lost, maybe he'll retire now, he was forced into fighting for the USSR as a teen
 
Melinda Stanley
Melinda Stanley posted a blog entry
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
As most of you know, this upcoming Monday will mark the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.I remember this day...
 
pablothehat
pablothehat posted a blog entry
Tinker, tailor, solider, spy.....
How the Kremlin hijacked Labour: Diary of a Kremlin insider reveals the hold Soviets had over Labour politicians | Mail Online ...
 
GULLIVER AP
GULLIVER AP posted tweets
RT @popurls 5 Abandoned Wonders of the USSR http://pop.is/atd
5 Abandoned Wonders of the USSR: http://digg.com/d319DcJ?t
 
lytech
lytech posted a blog entry
Cruising: Adventure Quest | Visit New York City
If this explosion of romantic ocean-going itineraries leads you to think cruise travel is on the up, then you are right....
 
<em>johndissed</em>
johndissed posted a tweet
http://twitpic.com/ofyiy - Back in the ussr
 
GULLIVER AP
GULLIVER AP posted tweets
RT @tweetmeme 5 Abandoned Wonders of the USSR http://bit.ly/3qwIee
www.TRAVELvivi.com: 5 Abandoned Wonders of the USSR http://bit.ly/2eyUZ1
 
Bella
Bella posted a photo
Bella at Ardis Exhibit
 
Brandojo.com
Brandojo.com posted a tweet
Pepsi was the first foreign product sold in the USSR (Russia). In exchange, vodka was sold in the West.
 
Allison Says
Allison Says posted a tweet
@zach Nope! Not at all. Just can't get Taxman, USSR, Penny Lane, etc. out of my head!
 
Bob
Bob posted a blog entry
Piedade Zero Para Os Russos!
I am looking for translators to translate this post into Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Finnish, Russian,...
 
Ricardo C
Ricardo C posted a tweet
USSR Humor and the Jobless Recovery: http://bit.ly/27xpTU via @addthis
 
Bob
Bob posted a blog entry
Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers
Incredible article.I had heard of this before, but I had never seen it written down quite so precisely. The article is in the...
14 days ago Robert Lindsay | Topics: Europe, European, Europeans, Fascism
 
Kyle K
Kyle K posted a blog entry
Russia: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions!
Remembering Stalin’s Great Purge victims:On Friday Oct. 30th, 2009 - Russia marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of...
 
IPPNW
IPPNW posted tweets
RT @spsr "Dr. Troitsky: US/USSR must move away from mutual deterrence." We agree -- replace with mutual disarmament: http://ow.ly/x00a -RL
RT @RockyMtnJewels "This day in 1962: US & USSR step back from brink of nuclear war...2 minutes till midnight" May it never happen again -RL
17 days ago Twitter | Topics: ussr | Add twitter to your profile
 
Mark Finnern
Mark Finnern posted a tweet
RT @EthanZ: #poptech Naif Al-Mutawa: USSR banned Animal Farm because of the content. Kuwait banned it because there was a pig on the cover
 
Astra Navigo
Astra Navigo posted a blog entry
War & Peace: Afghanistan, the Soviets, winter & Tolstoy
By Jane StillwaterDid I just visit the cottage where Leo Tolstoy was born, the place he was buried or just a statue of the...
22 days ago Subversify | Topics: Commentary, Featured, News, Afghanistan
 
WIRED Science
WIRED Science posted a tweet
Every Mars mission ever planned (infographic). Bad news: 50% failure rate. Good news: USA>>USSR http://bit.ly/3qmfuP
 
afewgoodpens
afewgoodpens posted a tweet
RT @GoldenTent NYT: Berlin gallery exhibition "Behind the Iron Curtain" Soviet-era Socialist Realist #art http://bit.ly/3cgHp #USSR #Russia
 
Tec
Tec posted a tweet
USSR banned Village People cuz they were violent. http://tinyurl.com/yj9oq72 LOLWUT!?! How could they be violent when they love each other!
 
<em>kiabuzz</em>
kiabuzz posted a blog entry
Kia Mohave Star Launch (part II)
By Andrey Matveev, PR Team LeaderKia Motors RussiaWe had driven more than 1,500km on challenging terrain with six Kia Mohaves...
 
Nikhil
Nikhil posted a tweet
Report: IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, AC/DC, BLACK SABBATH Among Bands Banned In The USSR In 1985 http://mltp.ly/iBnTATe
 
PoLR
PoLR posted a tweet
RT @RockRadioEditor 38 bands the USSR banned during the Cold War - not all obvious! http://bit.ly/2eBxp1 [The Village People!? Eh!]
 
Jack Gamble Man Overboard
Jack Gamble Man Overboard posted a blog entry
In General: Ahmad Shah Massoud
A look at the tactics and history of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the military genius behind the Afghan defeat of the Soviet Union and...
28 days ago Babeled | Topics: History, International, 311, 9/11
 
Sunk Island
Sunk Island posted a blog entry
Russia Must Prepare For NATO Defeat In Afghanistan
Russia must prepare for NATO defeat in Afghanistan, ambassador says Brussels/Paris: NATO is facing defeat in Afghanistan, and...
 
Aurora History
Aurora History posted a blog entry
The Manhattan Project’s Scientific Spy Ring
As hundreds of scientists from around the world were conscripted in the Manhattan Project during the thick of Word War II, the...
 
Wicked Voodoo Princess
Wicked Voodoo Princess posted a tweet
RT @cdashiell: Dangerous myth: Reagan defeated USSR. The ppl of Russia & Eastern Europe got fed up. Fall of SU came as surprise 2 Reaganites
 
makki
makki posted a blog entry
KGB
کے جی بی (KGB) دراصل Комите́т Госуда́рственной Безопа́сности (یعنی:...
 
Michael
Michael posted a tweet
@f800gecko if he had to earn it he wouldnt get it he didnt earn becoming president he BS his way to that now he is turning USA into USSR
36 days ago Twitter | Topics: ussr | Add twitter to your profile
 
JoseSinclair
JoseSinclair posted a blog entry
I Am Cuba
a.k.a. Soy CubaMikhail Kalatozov, USSR-Cuba, 1964, bw (8.8*)This is a remarkable film about fifties Cuba that is only now...
36 days ago 1000 DVDs to See | Topics: Mikhail..., 1964, Docudrama, Cuba