Mikhail Nikolaevich Tukhachevsky (born February 16th, 1893, Aleksandrovskoe, Smolensk Province, Russian Empire – died June 12th, 1937, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) – was a prominent Soviet military leader, military leader
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Joseph Stalin ‘Honours’ Red Army Anti-Mine Dog ‘Julbars’ (1945)
(Research and Translation by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Julbars (Джульбарс)), with extreme Red Army courage under fire, managed to locate more than 7 thousand mines and
The Purpose of the Communist Party
The purpose of the Communist Party is not to look back with nostalgia about the Soviet Union, or to defend its reputation, but rather to
How Yevgeny Kamzolkin Designed the Soviet Hammer & Sickle Emblem (1918)
(Translation and Research by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) ‘During April, 1918, Comrades from the Moscow City Council asked me whether it was possible to arrange and
Harpo Marx in the USSR (1933)
In the meantime, and for reasons not entirely clear, the US government despatched ‘Harpo Marx’ to the newly created US embassy in Moscow as a ‘good will ambassador’ in 1933! One bizare explanation is that the US naively thought that as he possessed the family name ‘Marx’, he would be more acceptable to the Soviet Authorities! The following video is taken from the Soviet newsreel recording this event.
Alexander Pichushkin – Russia’s First ‘Capitalist’ Mass Murderer
Contrary to the English wikipedia claim that he was ‘bullied’ by other children at school – there is no evidence to support this view within Russian language sources. The Soviet Education System pursued an effective policy of ‘no bullying’, and respect for other human-beings.
