# soviet-union - Thursday 4 October, 2018
# Gulags V Grants
# Gulags V Grants
“In respecting our partners we expect the same in return,” Tusk said, echoing comments made by Theresa May yesterday.
# soviet-union - Friday 3 February, 2017
# World War II
# World War II
The High Court had ruled in 2015 that Sergey Chesnokov had established he was born on Dublin’s Henrietta Street.
# soviet-union - Monday 10 October, 2016
# Cold War
# Cold War
The ongoing civil war in Syria has seen relations between the countries sour further.
# soviet-union - Saturday 19 March, 2016
# Bad Influence
From The42
# Bad Influence
The Soviet-era drug was thrust into the spotlight on 7 March, after the tennis star admitted to using it.
# soviet-union - Thursday 18 February, 2016
# Say It Ain't So
# Say It Ain't So
Shocking new documents suggest the Solidarity icon was a paid informant for the secret police. But Walesa says they’re fake.
# soviet-union - Saturday 22 August, 2015
# Mars And Venus
# Mars And Venus
Ireland is among the more even countries.
# soviet-union - Thursday 25 June, 2015
# Golazo Van Basten
From The42
# Golazo Van Basten
Could he do it on a wet… actually, scrap that, he probably could.
# soviet-union - Monday 29 December, 2014
# State Papers
# State Papers
That was a big question back in the early 1980s.
# soviet-union - Sunday 9 November, 2014
# Cold War
# Cold War
It signalled the end of the Soviet Union , which would eventually dissolve in 1991.
# soviet-union - Wednesday 30 October, 2013
# Up To Speed
# Up To Speed
Get up to speed with the latest news, opinions and insights with our hand-picked indepth reads.
# soviet-union - Thursday 22 August, 2013
# Nixon
# Nixon
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library has released 340 hours of recordings which provide new insight into the final months of the disgraced US president’s time at the White House.
# soviet-union - Friday 17 May, 2013
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# soviet-union - Friday 12 April, 2013
# Space Race
# Space Race
It’s just like old times.
# soviet-union - Monday 8 April, 2013
# Iron Lady
# Iron Lady
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he was saddened to hear of the death of the “formidable political leader”.
# soviet-union - Sunday 7 April, 2013
# Never Too Late
# Never Too Late
“I am 93, there is no reason to wait any longer,” says Nikolai Vasenin, who has been decorated by France for his role in World War II.
# soviet-union - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
# Ageing
# Ageing
A series of papers on Europe was launched by the Lancent Medical Journal this week. It also found a growing disparity between male life expectancy in eastern and western Europe.
# soviet-union - Saturday 23 March, 2013
# Russia
# Russia
The 67-year-old was found dead at his home in Surrey in southeast England earlier today, his spokesperson said.
# soviet-union - Saturday 16 February, 2013
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Dr Bill Podlich took hundreds of photos while working with UNESCO in 1967 and 1968. Here’s what he saw.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Georgia
# Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili’s party loses control of parliament – one of the first times an ex-Soviet country has seen a peaceful transition.
# soviet-union - Saturday 26 May, 2012
# Euro 2012
From The42
# Euro 2012
Tony Galvin was “decapitated by the goalkeeper” but the Irish were not awarded a penalty that may have taken them to the semi-finals.
# soviet-union - Sunday 13 May, 2012
# Countdown
From The42
# Countdown
Most of us can remember that Paul McGrath hit the post with a header but can you recall Aldo’s fresh air follow-up?
# soviet-union - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
# Countdown
From The42
# Countdown
Gerd Muller scored two goals in the semi-finals and two more at Heysel Stadium against the Soviet Union to hand West Germany Euro ’72.
# soviet-union - Sunday 29 April, 2012
# Euro Countdown
From The42
# Euro Countdown
Franz Beckenbauer lifted the cup for West Germany in 1972 but the real winner that day was fashion.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 27 March, 2012
# Death Penalty
# Death Penalty
A new report says that the number of countries who have the death penalty is declining but there has been a surge in the number of executions in the Middle East.
# soviet-union - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
# On This Day
From The42
# On This Day
On 22 Feburary 1980 – 32 years ago today – America won an unlikely ice hockey gold at the Winter Olympics. This is the story of “the Miracle on Ice”.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
# Stalin
# Stalin
Lana Peters, as she became known, defected to the US in 1967 at the height of Cold War tensions.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 4 October, 2011
# Eurasian Union
# Eurasian Union
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the union would be based on a higher level of economic integration between former Soviet states – but insisted it was not some kind of re-formation of the Soviet Union .
# soviet-union - Friday 19 August, 2011
# Russia
# Russia
Russia kept the celebrations on the down-low, with neither the president nor prime minister mentioning the anniversary during today’s public appearances.
# soviet-union - Monday 15 August, 2011
# Berlin Wall
# Berlin Wall
Documents released to Der Spiegel, days after the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall, show how West Germany wanted to avoid it.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
# Chernobyl
# Chernobyl
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the meltdown at Chernobyl, which contaminated some 150,000 sq km of land.
# soviet-union - Friday 22 April, 2011
# Stalin
# Stalin
A new diary uncovers some fascinating insights into the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the months leading up to his death in 1953.
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