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National Language Day in ex-soviet country, the Republic of Moldova
August 31, 2011Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Solemnly celebrated since 1989, the Moldovan national holiday "National Language", a public holiday in ex-soviet Moldova, has become one of the most important celebrations dating back to the Movement for the Independence...
Russia society dominated by ‘baptized godless'
April 20, 2010By Paul Goble At the end of the Soviet period, many Russians believed that theirs was an “Orthodox” people which simply lacked churches, but now, a leading Orthodox educator says, they recognize that this was an illusion and that Russian...
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...
Russia Owes Its Greatness to the Golden Horde, Gainutdin Says
September 28, 2009By Paul Goble Ravil Gainutdin, the head of the Union of Muftis of Russia (SMR), has touched off a firestorm by his comments about the role of Islam in the past and future of Russia, a reminder if one is needed of how sensitive almost all historical...
Houston Socialite Joanne Herring Seeks Help For Afghanistan
August 12, 2009A few years ago, people learned about a little-known chapter in the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union through a book and, later, a movie called "Charlie Wilson's War." Charlie Wilson was a maverick Texas congressman, who found...
60th anniversary of the 2nd wave of deportation marked in Moldova
July 07, 2009By Andrei Brezianu and Vlad Spanu* On July 5-6, people in the Republic of Moldova marked the 60th anniversary of the second wave of deportation. Under Soviet rule, several waves of deportations of Moldova's native population were carried out: the...
Hundreds of deportation victims rally in Moldovan capital
July 07, 2009Over 500 people who have been deported from Moldova during Soviet times, as well as members of their families, today marched along Chisinau's main street to mark the 60th anniversary of the second wave of deportation. They marched from the monument...