Soviet Union
The problem of the official language of Moldova, still unsolved
October 14, 2010The action group "Deşteptarea" in English “The Awakening”, has informed that on October 13, will continue the campaign called “We speak Romanian”. The campaign consists of sharing free tricolor ribbons with the colors...
36.5% of Moldovans think HR were observed better during USSR
December 09, 2009According to a poll released by the Institute for Public Policy and conducted by IMAS INC, 36.5 percent of Moldovans think that human rights were respected better during the Soviet Union than now. About 24 percent think the situation is better after the...
Three Revenants from the Soviet Past
March 13, 2009Paul Goble Three phenomena that characterized much of the late Soviet period – private plots for farmers, branch ministries as the basic organization of the government, and the use of psychiatric techniques and medications against dissidents...
Russia’s ‘Closed’ Cities Open Up Just a Little
March 03, 2009Paul Goble Russia’s “closed” cities are not nearly as restricted as were their Soviet predecessors – they now go by their own names rather than a number and can be found on most maps -- but these centers of secret military research...
Moscow Historian Explores \'Limits of Freedom\' in Soviet Times
January 08, 2009Paul Goble Vienna, January 6 – The standard narrative on Soviet society from the death of Stalin to the rise of Gorbachev holds that it was almost entirely unfree except for the actions of a few courageous dissidents, but a new Russian...
Newly Released Book: Historical Dictionary of Moldova
May 09, 2007By Jon Woronoff, Scarecrow Press' Series Editor On April 30th, the American publishing house Scarecrow Press released a new book on Moldova as part of its series of European Historical Dictionaries. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary...