Tag: Soviet
Soviet Field of Honor in Leusden has lost dozens of donors since the war in Ukraine
Mother Nathalie and her fifteen-year-old son Charly Vink find it difficult to understand why people stop adopting a grave, they say to News Square33. Four years ago they adopted two…
“The law reminded me of the Soviet Union” – Lizi Kandelaki, 18, struggles against the Russians in Georgia
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Cybertruck Interior Resembles Soviet Design
Tesla Cybertruck interior A photo of it was leaked to the Cybertruck Owners Club, showing part of the instrument cluster, center console and steering wheel. This is clearly a prototype,…
The war made Russian Sami people afraid of whistleblowing – an activist who left for Norway compares the atmosphere to the Soviet Union of the 1930s
The Sami community in Russia split into two after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. Roman Yakovlev compares the situation in Russia to the Soviet Union of the 1930s,…
Grandson Georgian soldier visits Soviet Field of Honor in Leusden: ‘Proud of my grandfather’
At the end of World War II, Ilja Beroeashvili, like many Georgians working in the Netherlands, revolted against the Germans. When he and other Georgians stole 88 German hand grenades…
7 Georgians identified on Soviet Field of Honor Leusden: ‘All those years we wondered desperately what had happened’
Remco Reiding, researcher of the Soviet Field of Honor Foundation, had a suspicion after years of research who belonged to the group of those executed. He convinced the relatives in…
Due to war in Ukraine, no diplomats at the commemoration of Soviet soldiers in Leusden
Leusden – No diplomats have been invited to the commemoration of the second largest mass execution in the Netherlands during the Second World War. This means that no diplomats from…
Does Joseph Stalin’s Death Mark the End of Soviet Totalitarianism?
On March 5, 1953, Iossif Vissarionovitch Djougachvili, known throughout the world by his pseudonym Stalin, derived from the Russian сталь “steel”, officially died at 6 a.m. in his dacha in…
In Kirkkoniemi, Norway, one tenth of the residents are of Russian background – because of the war, the residents returned to familiar practices from the Soviet era
At the Center for Barents Region and Cooperation in Kirkkoniemi, Norway, people’s cooperation is not only based on official connections. As the Russian war of aggression continues, ways have been…
“The situation resembles the last years of the Soviet Union” – Ksenia Kochenko, 21, tells what changed in Moscow
Ksenia Kochenko, 21, works as a financial reporter for the Russian publication RBK. The publication belongs to the RBC Group, of which it is the main owner Grigory Berezkin. The…