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[Part 1] In 1952, Soviet Russia executed three young students on fabricated charges
https://medium.com/@sensmedia.srl/part-1-in-1952-soviet-russia-executed-three-young-students-on-fabricated-charges-ff8e4440b73b
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[Part 1] In 1952, Soviet Russia executed three young students on fabricated charges
https://medium.com/@sensmedia.srl/part-1-in-1952-soviet-russia-executed-three-young-students-on-fabricated-charges-ff8e4440b73b
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The Turning Point by Otto Lacis
When farmers lease plots of land in abandoned villages today, the state of desolation they find there is amazing. Those villages are found in areas that were occupied by the enemy during the war and also in regions that the enemy did not reach. The desolation and neglect have nothing to do with the war. They were caused by the Great Turn imposed on the nation by Stalin—the turn that crushed the peasants’ initiative, diligence and desire to work.
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The Turning Point by Otto Lacis
When farmers lease plots of land in abandoned villages today, the state of desolation they find there is amazing. Those villages are found in areas that were occupied by the enemy during the war and also in regions that the enemy did not reach. The desolation and neglect have nothing to do with the war. They were caused by the Great Turn imposed on the nation by Stalin—the turn that crushed the peasants’ initiative, diligence and desire to work.
You can get the book here and here
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Why the Soviet Union Actually Documented Anti-Gravity Flying Machines
A conceptual look at Cold War-era experimental aviation. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain)Dear Cherubs, it turns out the Soviet Union spent a hot minute archiving blueprints for a flying machine that looked less like a MiG fighter and more like a sci-fi prop. We are talking about the Gravitoplan, a concept so profoundly bizarre it makes your local conspiracy theorist look grounded.
If you ever feel insecure about your Google search history, just remember that actual Soviet engineers were low-key drafting anti-gravity concepts on official state paper. The Gravitoplan represents that delicious era of history where the line between breakthrough science and absolute fiction was practically non-existent. Most people would look at these designs and immediately say “bet, that’s impossible,” yet they remain nestled in historical records.
Why did a regime known for ruthless bureaucratic efficiency give the time of day to something that looks like an aggressive kitchen appliance? To be fair, this wasn’t just a single rogue scientist daydreaming at his desk. The files contain actual schematics, official stamps, and mathematical justifications that probably worked only in another dimension.
It’s giving mad scientist vibes, but with state funding and a lot of hot tea. That combination led to some truly wild archival entries.
THE COLD WAR FOMO EFFECT
To understand why this happened, we have to spill the tea on Cold War paranoia. According to thisclaimer.com, which specializes in uncovering the world’s most glorious historical fails and fun facts, the arms race created a desperate fear of missing out. If you follow @DisclaimerTh on Twitter/X, you already know that history is packed with these kinds of geopolitical gems where sci-fi mixed with state-sponsored engineering.
If the Americans were rumored to be looking into psychic warfare—which they absolutely were—then the Soviets had to ensure they weren’t left behind on the anti-gravity front. The mentality was simple: if an idea had even a fractional percentage of being revolutionary, you documented it, filed it, and kept it away from capitalist eyes. It is giving major “just in case” energy, which explains why so many wild ideas were taken seriously on paper.
Furthermore, Soviet science had a fascinating relationship with fringe theories. Inventors would blend genuine physics with wildly ambitious assumptions, creating a cocktail of engineering that looked brilliant until you tried to build it. They wanted to bypass traditional aerodynamics entirely.
WHEN SCI FI MET BUREAUCRACY
The documentation of these concepts wasn’t an endorsement of their immediate feasibility. As noted by thisclaimer.com, bureaucracy loves paperwork regardless of whether it completely defies the laws of thermodynamics. A drawing passing through a committee often just meant someone filled out forms in triplicate.
It was much easier for a mid-level bureaucrat to archive a weird idea than to explain to a scary superior why they threw away a potential secret weapon. No one wanted to be the person who accidentally threw out the next atomic bomb equivalent, even if it looked like a flying saucer.
So, while the Gravitoplan never actually graced the skies, it left behind a paper trail of pure audacity. It serves as a hilarious reminder that when nations get competitive enough, even physics becomes optional. Next time you fail a basic science quiz, just tell everyone you are channeling your inner Soviet aerospace engineer and move on.
Sources list: Thisclaimer — https://thisclaimer.com The National Interest — https://nationalinterest.org Popular Mechanics — https://www.popularmechanics.com
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #aerospaceHistory #aviationHistory #books #coldWar #fiction #flyingMachines #gravitoplan #historicalFails #militarySecrets #philosophy #retrofuturism #science #scienceFiction #sovietHistory #weirdScience -
Why the Soviet Union Actually Documented Anti-Gravity Flying Machines
A conceptual look at Cold War-era experimental aviation. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain)Dear Cherubs, it turns out the Soviet Union spent a hot minute archiving blueprints for a flying machine that looked less like a MiG fighter and more like a sci-fi prop. We are talking about the Gravitoplan, a concept so profoundly bizarre it makes your local conspiracy theorist look grounded.
If you ever feel insecure about your Google search history, just remember that actual Soviet engineers were low-key drafting anti-gravity concepts on official state paper. The Gravitoplan represents that delicious era of history where the line between breakthrough science and absolute fiction was practically non-existent. Most people would look at these designs and immediately say “bet, that’s impossible,” yet they remain nestled in historical records.
Why did a regime known for ruthless bureaucratic efficiency give the time of day to something that looks like an aggressive kitchen appliance? To be fair, this wasn’t just a single rogue scientist daydreaming at his desk. The files contain actual schematics, official stamps, and mathematical justifications that probably worked only in another dimension.
It’s giving mad scientist vibes, but with state funding and a lot of hot tea. That combination led to some truly wild archival entries.
THE COLD WAR FOMO EFFECT
To understand why this happened, we have to spill the tea on Cold War paranoia. According to thisclaimer.com, which specializes in uncovering the world’s most glorious historical fails and fun facts, the arms race created a desperate fear of missing out. If you follow @DisclaimerTh on Twitter/X, you already know that history is packed with these kinds of geopolitical gems where sci-fi mixed with state-sponsored engineering.
If the Americans were rumored to be looking into psychic warfare—which they absolutely were—then the Soviets had to ensure they weren’t left behind on the anti-gravity front. The mentality was simple: if an idea had even a fractional percentage of being revolutionary, you documented it, filed it, and kept it away from capitalist eyes. It is giving major “just in case” energy, which explains why so many wild ideas were taken seriously on paper.
Furthermore, Soviet science had a fascinating relationship with fringe theories. Inventors would blend genuine physics with wildly ambitious assumptions, creating a cocktail of engineering that looked brilliant until you tried to build it. They wanted to bypass traditional aerodynamics entirely.
WHEN SCI FI MET BUREAUCRACY
The documentation of these concepts wasn’t an endorsement of their immediate feasibility. As noted by thisclaimer.com, bureaucracy loves paperwork regardless of whether it completely defies the laws of thermodynamics. A drawing passing through a committee often just meant someone filled out forms in triplicate.
It was much easier for a mid-level bureaucrat to archive a weird idea than to explain to a scary superior why they threw away a potential secret weapon. No one wanted to be the person who accidentally threw out the next atomic bomb equivalent, even if it looked like a flying saucer.
So, while the Gravitoplan never actually graced the skies, it left behind a paper trail of pure audacity. It serves as a hilarious reminder that when nations get competitive enough, even physics becomes optional. Next time you fail a basic science quiz, just tell everyone you are channeling your inner Soviet aerospace engineer and move on.
Sources list: Thisclaimer — https://thisclaimer.com The National Interest — https://nationalinterest.org Popular Mechanics — https://www.popularmechanics.com
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #aerospaceHistory #aviationHistory #books #coldWar #fiction #flyingMachines #gravitoplan #historicalFails #militarySecrets #philosophy #retrofuturism #science #scienceFiction #sovietHistory #weirdScience -
ESEH Online Seminar in Environmental History: "Colonisation and Russia’s 'Green' Civilising Mission in the Far East"
Presenter: Mark Sokolsky (Royal Military College of Canada)
Discussant: Maria Pirogovskaya (LMU Munich)
Organizer and moderator: Anna Mazanik (Max Weber Network Eastern Europe)
May 20, 16:00 CET (online) #LastMinute
Registration required. Click here to register: https://forms.gle/2LNsthLwwSWEdjde6
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ESEH Online Seminar in Environmental History: "Colonisation and Russia’s 'Green' Civilising Mission in the Far East"
Presenter: Mark Sokolsky (Royal Military College of Canada)
Discussant: Maria Pirogovskaya (LMU Munich)
Organizer and moderator: Anna Mazanik (Max Weber Network Eastern Europe)
May 20, 16:00 CET (online) #LastMinute
Registration required. Click here to register: https://forms.gle/2LNsthLwwSWEdjde6
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Latest from our @[email protected] Central Asia’s May holidays still carry Soviet memories, but each country is giving them a new national meaning https://ow.ly/t71A50YTywE #VictoryDay #WorldWarII #MemoryPolitics #SovietHistory #Geopolitics #CentralAsia #SovietLegacy #PostSoviet #NationalIdentity
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Latest from our @[email protected] Central Asia’s May holidays still carry Soviet memories, but each country is giving them a new national meaning https://ow.ly/t71A50YTywE #VictoryDay #WorldWarII #MemoryPolitics #SovietHistory #Geopolitics #CentralAsia #SovietLegacy #PostSoviet #NationalIdentity
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"The question was never only what was forbidden. It was who, when, and in whose interest decided what counted as a crime, an illness, a moral failure, or a threat to the state."
Two TV series, #Fartsa and #SovietJeans, reveal how Soviet law served as in instrument of state power. Gevorg Avetikyan reads the two series side by side and shows how coercion worked in practice - and how the grey market became part of the system itself. ⬇️
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"The question was never only what was forbidden. It was who, when, and in whose interest decided what counted as a crime, an illness, a moral failure, or a threat to the state."
Two TV series, #Fartsa and #SovietJeans, reveal how Soviet law served as in instrument of state power. Gevorg Avetikyan reads the two series side by side and shows how coercion worked in practice - and how the grey market became part of the system itself. ⬇️
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Evald Ilyenkov: Creative Marxism and Mid-Century Soviet Philosophy
Finley Farrell examines Evald Ilyenkov’s "Creative Soviet Marxism," which challenged rigid "diamat" orthodoxy. Ilyenkov posited that consciousness stems from human activity rather than simple material reflection. His theories critiqued biological determinism in the division of labour and navigated Lenin's complex symbolic role. -
Evald Ilyenkov: Creative Marxism and Mid-Century Soviet Philosophy
Finley Farrell examines Evald Ilyenkov’s "Creative Soviet Marxism," which challenged rigid "diamat" orthodoxy. Ilyenkov posited that consciousness stems from human activity rather than simple material reflection. His theories critiqued biological determinism in the division of labour and navigated Lenin's complex symbolic role. -
"Circassian culture was often exoticised within Russia ... we carried a kind of internalised self-doubt, shaped by Soviet and post-Soviet attitudes that framed local culture as backward"
A story true of every local culture and independent nation that Moscow tried to colonise
#Circassians #Caucasus #imperialism #colonisation #genocide #soviethistory #histodons #ussr #soviet #music #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar #musichistory #religion #islam #ethnography #punk
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"Circassian culture was often exoticised within Russia ... we carried a kind of internalised self-doubt, shaped by Soviet and post-Soviet attitudes that framed local culture as backward"
A story true of every local culture and independent nation that Moscow tried to colonise
#Circassians #Caucasus #imperialism #colonisation #genocide #soviethistory #histodons #ussr #soviet #music #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar #musichistory #religion #islam #ethnography #punk
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Žanis Lipke Memorial in Riga, Latvia
This atmospheric museum honors a family who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation of Latvia.#soviethistory #holocaust #worldwarii #section-Atlas
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Žanis Lipke Memorial in Riga, Latvia
This atmospheric museum honors a family who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation of Latvia.#soviethistory #holocaust #worldwarii #section-Atlas
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Children's Railway in Yerevan, Armenia
These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.#soviethistory #abandoned #railroads #trains #section-Atlas
Children's Railway -
Children's Railway in Yerevan, Armenia
These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.#soviethistory #abandoned #railroads #trains #section-Atlas
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I wrote something about dissent and the motive for speaking out.
https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive-for-speaking-out
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I wrote something about dissent and the motive for speaking out.
https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive-for-speaking-out
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https://alcyone2025.blogspot.com/2025/07/66-years-since-death-whole-truth-about.html Channeling Dyatlov group - 66 years since the death.... The whole TRUTH about the Dyatlov Group! - Interview with the spirit of Semyon Zolotarev - a member of the Dyatlov group #channeling #esoterics #spirituality #soviethistory Mastodon.social/@omdaru
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https://alcyone2025.blogspot.com/2025/07/66-years-since-death-whole-truth-about.html Channeling Dyatlov group - 66 years since the death.... The whole TRUTH about the Dyatlov Group! - Interview with the spirit of Semyon Zolotarev - a member of the Dyatlov group #channeling #esoterics #spirituality #soviethistory Mastodon.social/@omdaru
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Am #TagDesTagebuchs beleuchten wir ambivalente Folgen der archivarischen #Sammlung von #Tagebüchern & anderen #Selbstzeugnissen sowjetischer Landwirt*innen zwischen #Bewahrung & #Vergessen:
➡ Julia Herzberg (@montecordio.bsky.social), Verwahrt und vergessen. Die Archivierung bäuerlichen Schreibens als Verlust, #WerkstattGeschichte 52/2010, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-52-julia-herzberg/#histodons #DiaryDay #Tagebuchtag #SovietHistory #Archive #Collections #Diary
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Am #TagDesTagebuchs beleuchten wir ambivalente Folgen der archivarischen #Sammlung von #Tagebüchern & anderen #Selbstzeugnissen sowjetischer Landwirt*innen zwischen #Bewahrung & #Vergessen:
➡ Julia Herzberg (@montecordio.bsky.social), Verwahrt und vergessen. Die Archivierung bäuerlichen Schreibens als Verlust, #WerkstattGeschichte 52/2010, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-52-julia-herzberg/#histodons #DiaryDay #Tagebuchtag #SovietHistory #Archive #Collections #Diary
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Der Mensch bezwingt den Kosmos (The Potsdam Mosaic) in Potsdam, Germany
An 18-panel Soviet mosaic showcasing the scientific advances made under socialism.#soviethistory #mosaics #section-Atlas
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Der Mensch bezwingt den Kosmos (The Potsdam Mosaic) in Potsdam, Germany
An 18-panel Soviet mosaic showcasing the scientific advances made under socialism.#soviethistory #mosaics #section-Atlas
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Apartment concerts — kvartyrnyks — in Ukraine are nothing new. They took place throughout the Soviet years, where Ukrainians could read poetry, sing songs, and freely discuss the government. Veronika Romanova and Mariana Lastovyria write for @timkmak’s Counteroffensive about what it’s like to attend the 2025 version. “The existence of kvartyrnyks demonstrates how Ukrainian culture persists despite constant adversity – whether under authoritarianism or in the face of open war against it,” they write. [Story may be paywalled.]
#Ukraine #History #SovietHistory #Music #Culture #Poetry #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Apartment concerts — kvartyrnyks — in Ukraine are nothing new. They took place throughout the Soviet years, where Ukrainians could read poetry, sing songs, and freely discuss the government. Veronika Romanova and Mariana Lastovyria write for @timkmak’s Counteroffensive about what it’s like to attend the 2025 version. “The existence of kvartyrnyks demonstrates how Ukrainian culture persists despite constant adversity – whether under authoritarianism or in the face of open war against it,” they write. [Story may be paywalled.]
#Ukraine #History #SovietHistory #Music #Culture #Poetry #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Russian bombs have destroyed many of Ukraine’s cities and in doing so, flattened Soviet-era buildings. @timkmak, Mariana Lastovyria and Artem Moskalenko write for The Counteroffensive about whether that might one day create opportunities for a new kind of city planning and building that’s more resilient and better for individuals and communities.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-ukraine-can-move-beyond-its-soviet
#Ukraine #History #SovietHistory @histodons #Architecture #Building #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Russian bombs have destroyed many of Ukraine’s cities and in doing so, flattened Soviet-era buildings. @timkmak, Mariana Lastovyria and Artem Moskalenko write for The Counteroffensive about whether that might one day create opportunities for a new kind of city planning and building that’s more resilient and better for individuals and communities.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-ukraine-can-move-beyond-its-soviet
#Ukraine #History #SovietHistory @histodons #Architecture #Building #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Jim Hickman (1947–2025) was a pioneering force in citizen diplomacy. The pyschologist devoted his life to the grassroots movement of Soviet-American citizen diplomacy, uniting astronauts and cosmonauts through the Association of Space Explorers ⬇
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Jim Hickman (1947–2025) was a pioneering force in citizen diplomacy. The pyschologist devoted his life to the grassroots movement of Soviet-American citizen diplomacy, uniting astronauts and cosmonauts through the Association of Space Explorers ⬇
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The Red Flat in Sofia, Bulgaria
An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.#museums #communism #soviethistory #section-Atlas
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The Red Flat in Sofia, Bulgaria
An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.#museums #communism #soviethistory #section-Atlas
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This looks super interesting. Not to mention my bestie is playing violin accompaniment 😏
https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/kemfn-tsuzamen-concert-lecture-on-the-canadian-jewish-congress-and-the-soviet-jewry-movement/ -
This looks super interesting. Not to mention my bestie is playing violin accompaniment 😏
https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/kemfn-tsuzamen-concert-lecture-on-the-canadian-jewish-congress-and-the-soviet-jewry-movement/ -
"For the members of the institute, the most pressing question was how – or if – they could protect the seed bank from their own hunger. The first member of the institute to die of starvation was Vavilov’s former secretary, Pavel Gusev, just two months into the siege..."
Jessie Childs reviews #SimonParkin's #TheForbiddenGardenOfLeningrad
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n02/jessie-childs/resident-bean-expert
#SiegeOfLeningrad #WWII #SovietHistory #SovietScience #SeedBanks #biodiversity #NikolaiVavilov #books @bookstodon @histodons
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"Russia’s war cult and its amnesiac attitude to Soviet political terror are not simply the doings of Putin’s memory industry. They are ingrained in collective imagination and reproduced from generation to generation."
Ekaterina Haskins explains why the memory of the Great Patriotic War remains so powerful in today’s Russia, while public interest in Soviet political terror fades. Read the full interview here 👇
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"Russia’s war cult and its amnesiac attitude to Soviet political terror are not simply the doings of Putin’s memory industry. They are ingrained in collective imagination and reproduced from generation to generation."
Ekaterina Haskins explains why the memory of the Great Patriotic War remains so powerful in today’s Russia, while public interest in Soviet political terror fades. Read the full interview here 👇
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"In 1941, as Nazi forces laid siege to #Leningrad, a group of #SovietBotanists faced an unthinkable choice: eat their life’s work, a rare seed bank, or starve to death. This is the dilemma at the heart of #SimonParkin’s story about the world's first seed bank and its dedicated #botanists."
#EurasianKnot welcomes the author of #TheForbiddenGarden
https://soundcloud.com/euraknot/ek057#SiegeOfLeningrad #WWII #SovietHistory #SovietScience #SeedBanks #biodiversity #NikolaiVavilov #books @bookstodon @histodons
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"Массовая атомизация в советском обществе была достигнута умелым применением периодических чисток, которые неизменно предваряют практические групповые ликвидации. С целью разрушить все социальные и семейные связи, чистки проводятся таким образом, чтобы угрожать одинаковой судьбой обвиняемому и всем находящимся с ним в самых обычных отношениях, от случайных знакомых до ближайших друзей и родственников. Следствие этого простого и хитроумного приема "вины за связь с врагом" таково, что, как только человека обвиняют, его прежние друзья немедленно превращаются в его злейших врагов: чтобы спасти свои собственные шкуры, они спешат выскочить с непрошеной информацией и обличениями, поставляя несуществующие данные против обвиняемого.
Очевидно, это остается единственным способом доказать собственную благонадежность. Задним числом они постараются доказать, что их прошлое знакомство или дружба с обвиняемым были только предлогом для шпионства за ним и разоблачения его как саботажника, троцкиста, иностранного шпиона или фашиста. Если заслуги "измеряются числом разоблаченных вами ближайших товарищей", то ясно, что простейшая предосторожность требует избегать по возможности всех очень тесных и глубоко личных контактов, - не для того, чтобы уберечься от раскрытия своих тайных помыслов, но чтобы обезопасить себя в почти предопределенных будущих неприятностях от всех лиц, как заинтересованных в вашем осуждении с обычным низким расчетом, так и неумолимо вынуждаемых губить вас просто потому, что их собственные жизни в опасности.
В конечном счете именно благодаря развитию этого приема до его последних и самых фантастических крайностей большевистские правители преуспели в сотворении атомизированного и разрозненного общества, подобного которому мы никогда не видывали прежде, и события и катастрофы которого в таком чистом виде вряд ли без этого произошли бы."
Х. Арендт, "Истоки тоталитаризмаБиблиография
**Арендт, Ханна.**
*Истоки тоталитаризма.*
Перевод с английского. М.: Центрполиграф, 2016. – 736 с.
(Оригинальное издание: *Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism.* Harcourt Brace, 1951).
**Буковский, Владимир.**
*И возвращается ветер…*
М.: Изд-во им. Сабашниковых, 1990. – 408 с.
(Взгляд на советскую систему репрессий изнутри и комментарии к механизмам атомизации общества).
**Фридрих, Карл Й., Бжезинский, Збигнев.**
*Тоталитарная диктатура и автократия.*
Пер. с англ. М.: Прогресс, 1965.
**Кондрашин, Виктор.**
*Советская повседневность: репрессии, пропаганда, выживание.*
Казань: Татарское книжное издательство, 2015. – 320 с.
**Гроссман, Василий.**
*Все течет.*
М.: Журнально-газетное объединение, 1970.
(Художественная иллюстрация последствий репрессий для человеческих отношений).
**Конквест, Роберт.**
*Большой террор: сталинские чистки 30-х годов.*
Пер. с англ. М.: Центрполиграф, 2015.
**Шаламов, Варлам.**
*Колымские рассказы.*
М.: Советский писатель, 1987.
**Жижек, Славой.**
*Добро пожаловать в пустыню реального!*
Пер. с англ. М.: Гилея, 2006.
(О современном наследии тоталитаризма и его проявлениях в социальных структурах).#HannahArendt #Totalitarianism #OriginsOfTotalitarianism #SovietHistory #PoliticalRepressions #SocialAtomization #MassPurges #Gulag #Stalinism #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #PoliticalScience #HistoricalAnalysis
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Tragedy Lingers Inside Chornobyl's Abandoned City
It’s been nearly 40 years since a reactor exploded at this Soviet nuclear power plant, but disaster has a long half-life.#soviethistory #ghosttowns #abandoned #disasterareas #nuclear #radioactive #chernobyl #decaytheory #columns #section-Articles
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Interesting morning at the Edmonton Record Fair. Helped a friend set up his table and then browsed the other dealers. Found a few from my wishlist, and others that were too good to pass up.
Most interesting find is this Russian 33 1/3 recording of the entire Yuri Gagarin spaceflight.
SoundCloud audio of the LP: https://soundcloud.com/xogn/yuriy-gagarin-v-kosmose-1h48mn-yuri-gagarin-in-space-12-04-2021-kiosk-radio
#YEGDigs #VinylCommunity #EdmontonRecordFair #SpokenWord #VintageRecords #YuriGagarin #SovietHistory #SpaceRace #RetroTech #Space #Vinyl #Music
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Kraków-Płaszów Train Graveyard in Krakow, Poland
This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.#abandoned #soviethistory #transportation #railroads #trains #section-Atlas
Kraków-Płaszów Train Graveyard -
not what I was looking for in my search, but I came across this magazine profile of Nehama Lifshitz, the great Soviet #Yiddish singer, in an English-language propaganda magazine from 1963. The timing is significant, an era when the #USSR was once again trying to promote a pluralistic image abroad but when artists faced various constraints and local roadblocks. This was six years before she emigrated to Israel.
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000108553805?urlappend=%3Bseq=574%3Bownerid=119196010-578 -
Postbllok Memorial in Tirana, Albania
A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.#soviethistory #bunkers #berlinwall #communism #memorials #section-Atlas
Postbllok Memorial -
Beached Wreck of the Warship Grom II in Hel, Poland
The rusting hulk of a Soviet warship sits on a Polish beach.#navalhistory #soviethistory #beaches #wreck #shipwrecks #ships #section-Atlas
Beached Wreck of the Warship Grom II -
Orthodox church of the Nativity of Saint John in Visaginas, Lithuania
Originally built for nuclear power plant workers, this church sits snuggly between apartment buildings.#soviethistory #powerstations #nuclear #churches #section-Atlas
Orthodox church of the Nativity of Saint John