... in the Russo-Japanese War thwarted Russia's plans to dominate Manchuria and Korea and gain access to the “warm seas”. However, it did not drive it out of the region
The year 2025 marked a series of anniversaries. Chief among them are the end of World War II and the subsequent establishment of the UN. Eighty years ago, the foundation of the world order was laid, a legacy that endures to this day. One of the most important results of World War II for Russia was the "nullification" of ...
... watching old Soviet films “about the War”. I can’t tell you how many times we must have watched
Secret Agent, The Shield and the Sword
, the cinematic epic
Liberation
and the Polish series
Four Tank-Men and a Dog
that was super-popular in the USSR at the time. My friends and I would “play war” outside (scenes that were probably played out in all of Moscow’s streets at the time), and there was nothing worse than having to be on the side of the “Nazis.”
Larisa Smirnova:
World War II and Change of Generations: Trauma, Myth, and Memory
I remember when May 9 was first made a national holiday. The way in which it rose the country’s spirits meant that the somewhat wilted celebrations of the Soviet May 1 had to recede into ...
