Diaries reveal teenage angst in Stalin’s Russia
21 Jul 2025 Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, pressure to succeed and...
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State of Madness: Psychiatry, Literature, and Dissent After Stalin
25 Apr 2019 Towards the end of the 1960s, rumours began to spread that nonconformist citizens of the USSR were being diagnosed with mental illnesses and confined...
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Massacre and metaphor: remembering Katyn
28 Sep 2012 Swathed in conspiracy and suppressed by the Soviet establishment, the historical truth about the Katyn murders remained obscure for more than half a...
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