#soviet-union

[sista-a]

My very 1st Soda Popinski fanart. Anime eyes are also very prevalent here- LOLz!

His outfit/emblem is based on the old Soviet Paratroopers "Blue Barets". Thank you wikipedia/Punch-Out-pedia for the translations ;)

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How the Fake Lesbians of t.A.T.u. Changed Queerness in Russia Forever

The ‘All the Things She Said’ generation is now grown up, sparking a cultural shift in their anti-gay nation. Does it matter that t.A.T.u. were never the real deal?

[pastdaily]

You’re A Teenager – You Live In Brooklyn – It’s June, 1963 – And BMR Can Read Your Mind – Past Daily Pop Chronicles – B. Mitchel Reed - WMCA - June 28, 1963 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - I'm sure it's a bit more complicated now, but back in the Dark Ages, when AM radio was the only game in town and Top-40 radio held sway over just about all your...

[scrollwriter]

History of the Cold War. I.

The end of the Second World War left Great Britain as no longer being a great power while it was practically bankrupt at the end of the war, and then increasingly less powerful during the process of decolonization that followed. The Soviet Union suffered heavier losses than any other country in the war, as they had been engaged in most of the fighting for the Allied cause. The industrial centres…

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History of the Two German States: 1949-1990.

The consolidation of the two German states became increasingly further consolidated in different stages, following the failures of the four-power military occupation and their diplomatic representatives to cooperate toward a common postwar permanent postwar settlement. The zonal divisions in the west and the east became permanent with the creation of two separate German states following…

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History of National Socialist Germany during the Second World War. II.

The fall of France and the Battle of Britain that was superseded by aerial bombing and the war at sea was followed by Hitler’s struggle against Britain concentrated on the Mediterranean. He hoped to drive Britain out of the area and at the same time protect his southern flank in anticipation of an attack on the Soviet Union, in cooperation with Italy, which had joined the war against Britain and…

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History of the Cold War. II.

The consolidation of Soviet controls in eastern Europe continued, which culminated in the coup in Czechoslovakia in February 1948 under the auspices of Soviet Union, and thereby eliminating the last non-fully communist government in eastern Europe. Non-communist leaders in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania had been eliminated by terrorism, faked trials and political…

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