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The Russian Revolution
WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com An overview of events in Russia USSR from 1905 to the collapse of the Soviet Union. ... Scholhistory Russia USSR
Author: TeacherTubeDOTcom; Tags: Scholhistory Russia USSR
Latvian Independence Day Nov. 18, 1989
First time Latvian Flag Freely Flown during Soviet Occupation (Note- Latvia regained it's independence in 1991 after the wall came tumbling down). Many of the flags flown that day were not true colours because so many flags made they ran out of the true Latvian Flag colours. ... Watermarked Anthem
Author: 63Stryker; Tags: Watermarked Anthem
Wash U Shuts Down Freedom Memorial on 20 Year Anniversary of End of Communism- Too Offensive
Washington University shut down a freedom display today on the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A conservative student group built a gulag complete with prisoners, guards and barb wire. The staff said it was offensive and that things weren't really that bad in the Soviet Union. ... "Washington University" "Freedom University" "Berlin Wall" "20 Year Anniversary"
Author: mghoft; Tags: Washington University Freedom University Berlin Wall 20 Year Anniversary
John Stockwell on CIA Drug Trafficking, Iran-Contra, and Democracy
. According to Dr. McCoy, the agency intimidated his sources and tried to keep the book from being published. It was alleged by the Soviets on multiple occasions that American CIA agents were helping smuggle opium out of Afghanistan, either into the West, in order to raise money for the Afghan resistance or into the Soviet Union in order to weaken it through drug addiction. According to historian Alfred W. McCoy, the CIA supported various Afghan drug lords, for instance Gulbuddin ...
Author: thefilmarchive; Tags: CIA John Stockwell China opium heroin Taiwan USAID drug money Air America civil transport Watergate Iran-Contra cover-up scandal affair impeach George Bush Ronald Reagan jail Michael Dukakis Jesse Jackson Walter Mondale contra program Central NPR Senator Benson Democratic party system democracy republic laws primaries candidates superdelegates Houston Texas gerrymandering Pat Schroeder minorities presidential election
Part 2 The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall 1948-1961
Why did the Soviets let West Berlin remain in Western hands? What was the world situation? Who controlled Western Germany? Why was the Berlin Wall built? How did the space race connect to the Berlin Wall? ... "Berlin Wall" "Soviet Germany" Ulbricht "Fall of the Wall" Communism Marxism Stalinism Socialism "17 June 1953" "Building of Berlin wall"
Author: heikokhoo; Tags: Berlin Wall Soviet Germany Ulbricht Fall of the Wall Communism Marxism Stalinism Socialism 17 June 1953 Building of Berlin wall
Russian Classic Rock: Троллейбус
Кино - Троллейбус Kino - Streetcar Headed East Kino formed in 1981 in Leningrad. Their songs focus on issues of freedom and tell of the beauty and mediocrity that permeated everyday Soviet life. Due to censorship, early songs were heard only by small, private audiences, and thier tapes were copied and circulated illegally by fans. A few songs even made it to the US, released on a compellation CD called "Red Wave." After 1988, as censorship fell, they had two years of unbridled fame until ...
Author: mengutimur; Tags: old new music pop rap songs theme soviet union ussr most popular best worst greatest albums of all andrei makarevich alexander kutikov folk eastern european classical band documentary concert live british york american chinese japanese modern kino trolleybus streetcar headed east trolleibus dj shadow lucinda williams
John Stockwell on Covert Action and Nuclear Weapons
to avoid their worst possible outcome — nuclear annihilation. The R-36 (Russian and Ukrainian: Р-36) is a family of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and space launch vehicles designed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The original R-36 was produced under the Soviet industry designation 8K67 and was given the NATO reporting name SS-9 Scarp. The modern version, the R-36M was produced under the GRAU designations 15A14 and 15A18 and was given the NATO reporting name SS-18 Satan ...
Author: thefilmarchive; Tags: CIA John Stockwell Pentagon George Bush Defense Intelligence Agency United States foreign policy mutual assured destruction MAD principle British French strategic nuclear weapons INF treaty factory peace movement Ronald Reagan Gorbachev president thermonuclear fusion Russia missiles Europe quantum capability MIRV Jimmy Carter Daniel Ellsberg RAND Corporation submarine arms agreement Jonathan Schell testing military Michael Dukakis capitalist system economic
