Tag: Fall of the USSR
Sonia Ristić, daughter of the East, writer in the West
Born in Belgrade, Sonia Ristić grew up between the former Yugoslavia and Africa, and has lived in Paris since 1991. A woman of the theater, a woman of letters, she…
Elvin, young Azerbaijani “diplomat” in Turkey
On December 26, 1991, the USSR was officially dissolved, the end point of the dislocation of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and part of Central Asia. On the occasion of…
Vitalii Sych, when the Ukrainian press abandons the Russian language
Continuation of our series on the fall of the USSR. Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union saw its last hours. The Soviet Socialist Republics take turns declaring their independence. Among…
Post-Soviet generation: Crimea, symbol of the consequences of the fall of the USSR
Thirty years after the fall of the USSR, a major conflict continues between the two former Soviet socialist republics, Ukraine and Russia. In Crimea annexed by Moscow, in 30 years,…
In the spotlight: 30 years after the fall of the USSR
December 25, 1991: ” Early evening in the heart of Moscow on Red Square, relate West France, a few guards are busy. They were ordered to change the flag that…
Post-Soviet generation: Elvin, young Azerbaijani, child of independence
Continuation of our series on the fall of the USSR. Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union saw its last hours. The Soviet Socialist Republics take turns declaring their independence. Among…
30 years after the fall of the USSR, the exile of dissidents continues
Thirty years ago, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR, disappeared, marking the end of the Cold War and of a process that had started at the end of…
a child of freedom
On December 26, 1991, the USSR was officially dissolved, the end point of the dislocation of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and part of Central Asia. On the occasion of…
Fall of the USSR: in Russia, the teaching of history is still far from objective
Our series on 30 years since the fall of the Soviet Union. A page of recent history which has become a very sensitive political issue, its teaching, especially from the…