Tag Archives: Nikita Khrushchev

Role Of Kosygin In Soviet History – Part IV

Posted on December 25, 2020 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Continuing with this piece from VZGLIAD.  In which the reporter interviews Alexei Gvishiani about his grandfather Alexei Kosygin, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union. VZGLIAD:  When Khrushchev took over, Kosygin was put back on the Presidium … Continue reading →

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In Crimea, Russia Backs Traditional Islam – Part I

Posted on March 14, 2017 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Today’s post pulls from four related posts in PolitNavigator, all of them written by sociologist Elena Ostryakova, from Moscow.  The four links are this, this, this, and this. Ostryakova’s research concerns Crimean Tatars and how well they are … Continue reading →

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Op-Ed: On Modern Russian Culture: Part V

Posted on November 21, 2016 by yalensis

Dear Readers: You and I have wandered together on this long journey through the Inferno of Lyttenburgh’s brain.  We reached the epicenter of Russian cultural Hell, where a Satanic Gerontocracy ™ of handshakeable kreakles impose their pornographic “Visions” of High Art upon … Continue reading →

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