Every year the CIA goes through a declassifying period, which two years ago led us to write a great blog about the 7 best declassified Soviet jokes! As it| Young Pioneer Tours
The US was the bulwark of The Alleged West. And even in Europe, everyone who mattered supported NATO, as far as we knew. Looking back now, it’s our acceptance of the whole farce that seems odd. You’d think people would catch on after a few decades, but we never did.| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
Reading time: 7minutes Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zaharova responded on the pages of newspaper “Izvestia” to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s statement on the refusal to recognise new territories within Russia. 11.08.2025 Mark Rutte demanded in an interview with CBS to abandon the … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
The end of the world at the end of the world| indi.ca
Reading time: 4minutes We present the All-Union Sports parades held on the Red Square in 1938 and 1939, with our translation of the 1938 event. The materials were initially published at our Telegram channel “Beorn And The Shieldmaiden”. Blooming Youth (1938) A newsreel … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
On May 24, 1945, at a reception in the Georgievsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in honour of the commanders of the Soviet forces, Stalin delivered his famous toast, a dedication to the Russian people. This is an article, … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
The 10-minute-long 1944 documentary went under the title «The convoy of the German POWs through Moscow» and show both the preparatory part and the actual passage of the «Parade of the Vanquished», which took place on July 17, 1944. 57,600 … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Sergei Loznitsa’s latest film trades insight for aestheticized rebuke.| East European Film Bulletin
A message I received from Facebook on Jan 29, 2021. Five of my posts were deemed "spam" and erased. Some were somewhat "political" although non-partisan, but two were purely technical. That these posts were erased is an indication that censorship is by now applied to all forms of dissent, not just political ones. It was not unexpected, but it was still somewhat shocking after decades of propaganda that had convinced most of us that the Western world was a place where you could enjoy "freedom ...| Cassandra's Legacy
Reading time: 7minutes This is the full reconstructed version of the 1945 Victory Day Parade. While the film is in Russian, it is well worth watching it, even without understanding the language — to feel the atmosphere of Victory of 1945! 🎞 Together … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
On June 24, 1945, the first parade dedicated to the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War was held in Moscow on the Red Square. The combined regiments of the fronts, the combined regiment of the people's Commissariat of … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Reading time: 8minutes Dmitry, an admin of a friendly channel, undertook a fundamental taks, compiling a list of 57 agreements, concluded between Germany and various states in the years leading up to and during World War II. The chronological list covers the period … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Without understanding the history of Donbass in the early XX century, it is impossible to understand the civil war that is taking place in Ukraine now. We have raised this topic in a 2016 article "Short History of Creation of … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
The documents released Thursday reveal Kennedy met with the CIA to share his observations following a 1955 trip to the Soviet Union.| PBS News
We are facing the end of 'the West'. Some of our best science shows the US empire is following the collapse-path of the USSR - but this is also the precursor to the emergence of a new life-cycle for civilisation.| Age of Transformation
If human civilization begins to expand into space, will colonists feel loyalty to their country, their planet, or Elon Musk? The post Outer Space Treaties Didn’t Anticipate the Privatization of Space Travel. Can They Be Enforced? appeared first on Pacific Standard.| Pacific Standard
The prosecution's rebuttal in the Backpage trial cast a net of guilt so wide it could encompass millions of people.| Front Page Confidential