Tag: soviet union
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Ukraine to ban Communist and Nazi Ideology & Symbolism
from redicecreations.com: Last Friday – Good Friday to those that follow the Gregorian Calendar – saw the Soviet symbolism adorning the gates the Ukrainian parliament removed, being replaced by the national Tryzub emblem. About time, considering the Soviet Union collapsed more than two decades ago. This symbolic act being a sign of things (that seem…
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The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture
from H-Net Reviews.org: In the world of the occult, Russia, formerly known as the Soviet Union, seems to be rarely mentioned. From a Cornell University press release entitled The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture, “contributors explore the varieties of occult thinking characteristic of prerevolutionary Russia, including Kabbalah, theosophy, anthroposophy, and the fascination with Satanism.…
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Activist Moms Push for Change In Land of Rising Radioactivity
Mizuho Nakayama, among a small group of activists, “…a 41-year-old mother joined a parents group — one of dozens that have sprung up since the crisis — that petitioned local officials in June to test lunches at schools and day care centers for radiation and avoid using products from around the troubled nuclear plant.”
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Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: 25th Anniversary
On 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, an amusement park stands nearby in abandoned Prypiat, Ukraine as a monument to unrealized dreams. The park was scheduled to open May 1, 1986–five days too late–and no one ever got a chance to ride the ferris wheel.
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50th Anniversary: First Man In Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off aboard Vostok 1, on April 12, 1961, to become first man in space. The event proved a second political coup for the Soviet Union.

