"Golden Years". Studying at the Institute

"Golden Years". Studying at the Institute

A person is largely shaped by his environment. Having a mother who is a candidate of historical sciences, a teacher of the history of the CPSU, I constantly heard about lectures, seminars, passing the candidate minimum, "form number 6",...
Personality and history

Personality and history

“They expected bloodshed from him, but he ate a siskin”, or about the role of personality in history....
Trump – NATO 2025

Trump – NATO 2025

Donald Trump intends to demand that member states of the North Atlantic Alliance increase their defense spending to 5% of their GDP compared to the current...
"We are Russians - what a delight!"

"We are Russians - what a delight!"

There is no need to copy the Romanov project, where "Moscow is the Third Rome", that is, the West. And try to become the East. Russian civilization is the Global North....
Poverty and extinction of Russia

Poverty and extinction of Russia

One of the reasons for Russia's extinction is literally beggarly wages. Poverty and destitution of the majority of the people....
"We went the other way" or Let it all burn with fire

"We went the other way" or Let it all burn with fire

Our readers have begun to notice more and more differences between Russians and Ukrainians. Our nations have gone "into different directions" into the future. How did it happen that the usual moral norms of once fraternal nations became...
"A carriage, a carriage for me!"

"A carriage, a carriage for me!"

The 1957 cartoon "The Snow Queen" made a simply stunning impression on me. Especially the part where the robbers drive the carriage to their lair. I really wanted to make one for myself...
For those on the way...

For those on the way...

The word "toast", especially at Christmas or New Year, always for some reason reminds me of Jack London's story "To Those Who Are on the Road". I can't remember why this happened, but somehow it...
Gentlemen of the situation...

Gentlemen of the situation...

We were taught to love foreigners in the USSR from early childhood. By the way, no one there called on us to love the English and Americans, although we studied both English and American literature, and on...
"The Golden Years": At one time, everyone had their own USSR...

"The Golden Years": At one time, everyone had their own USSR...

The USSR was different at different times: the 50s were not like the 60s, the 70s were strikingly different from the 80s, and it is clear that everyone lived not only in their own “social time”, but also found themselves in their own,...
Creativity of the young, then and now...

Creativity of the young, then and now...

Our world is changing, and changing very much. But how exactly is it changing in detail? This is what our story will be about now....
"Greater Israel" on the march

"Greater Israel" on the march

Israel successfully destroyed Syria's main military potential and created a strategic foothold in the Golan Heights. Iran suffered a heavy defeat, losing its transit corridor to the Mediterranean Sea....