‘Article 35: Women and men have equal rights in the USSR. Exercise of these rights is ensured by according women equal access with men to
Tag: Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)
Joseph Stalin and Soviet Science
What many do not realise is that even before Lenin ushered in a new era of human evolution, Russian writers were already formulating adistinct form
Semyon Nomokonov (1900-1973) Evenk Soviet Sniper
Despite the long distance, the shot hit the Nazi German in the centre of the fore-head. This was remarkable considering that Semyon Nomokonov did not make use of a modern telescopic sight. When this incident was reported to the Soviet Authorities, Semyon Nomokonov was immediately transferred to an active-duty sniper platoon.
USSR: FI Shcherbatskoy (1866-1942) – Expert in Buddhism
The remit of the ISBC was to establish a scientific dialectical history of the development of Buddhism in ancient India, how the teaching spread throughout Asia, how Buddhist culture integrated into previously existing cultures, and how contemporary Buddhism functioned in the modern world.