Tag: USSR
Volkov: from an Olympic gold with the USSR to going to war against Russia
Many Ukrainian athletes are heeding the call of the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to arm themselves and take to the streets to defend Ukraine from the invasion it is suffering…
What caused the fall of the USSR?
The fall of the USSR became almost inevitable in the early 1990s. The USSR is a federal state which, since 1922, has brought together some fifteen Soviet socialist republics to…
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…
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…
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…
Fall of the USSR: on March 11, 1990, Lithuania declares its independence
In December 1991, Lithuania had already left de facto of the USSR. On March 11, 1990, the Supreme Soviet dominated by Sajudis unanimously declared independence. Margarita Seselgyte is then a…
What is the most powerful nuclear bomb in history?
On October 30, 1961, a 57 megaton atomic bomb exploded over the site of Novaya Zemlya, Russia. Called Tsar Bomba, it is the most powerful bomb in history. It is…