The State and Culture of Soviet Russia. Globally, television was booming in the 1970s and 1980s, as it became an industry that entertained and often pushed certain political agendas. Zoot Suiters and the Wicked West.

The Last Days of the Warsaw Pact. Consumer Choice in a Planned Economy.

Young, Wild, and Communist. Student Intelligentsia Spark a Revolution. Typically when soldiers return to their home countr.

Last, But Not Least. Red Blood Stains White Bark. Kornilov, A Savior? Not In This Revolution. Last, But Not Least. Red Blood Stains White Bark.

8220;We Want God! Workers praying at the Gdansk shipyard. The people of Poland wanted more than what the Soviets had to offer. They sought the happiness and truth only the Church could offer. John Paul II in Poland, 1979.

Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games. Out With the Old in With the New. This picture was taken in 1912 by the Russian photographer Sergei Mikhail.

The End of an Era. Despite different efforts, the end of the USSR came as the end of the year approached. December turned out to be the month in which the fatal blows to the Soviet Union were delivered.

Come one come all to my 20th century Russian Blog where I discuss important historical events concerning our comrades to the East. Around the World in 0. Peeking Under the Iron Curtain. They Think They Can, They Think They Can.