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.

Homepage for 20th Century Russian History. The years leading up to the war were extremely tumultuous for Afghanistan. In 1978 the Soviet Union installed a communist regime in Afghanistan known as the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Western Styles Infect Soviet Youth. Rock music had been known in the Soviet Union pre-1972, but it was a western phenomenon followed mainly by young people. As James von Geldern mentions. Soviet educators were alarmed by how western influences were affecting their students. A teacher in Moscow in June 1972 wrote a letter. Consider that youngsters sometimes go from trying on foreign fashions to trying on foreign ideas. In The World of Cockroaches.

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.

Keeping you up to date on all your Siberian Wasteland news.

Reason has always existed, but not always in reasonable form.

Exploring the Secrets of the Soviet Union with Mike Gjormand. The Olympic Boycott and the Boycott of the Boycott.

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.