Nikolay Svanidze, a historian and journalist known for his TV documentaries about Russian history, told news site Ura.ru that he thinks monuments to Lenin, commonly found across Russia, will be taken down sooner or later. He went on to say that this is the right decision. “I’m for taking down …
Read More »Nazi-saluting historian with far-right ties resigns as regional director of Polish institute tasked with probing Holocaust crimes
Tomasz Greniuch, a historian by training, has resigned his position as regional director of Poland’s influential Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). It came on Monday after weeks of pressure from politicians, activists and public figures, who saw him as an extremely inappropriate choice to hold the position given his past …
Read More »‘Is NATO gone already?’ British popular historian mocked after bemoaning Brexit as ‘tragedy’ somehow damaging post-WW2 security
Snow took to Twitter late on Friday, posting a rather doomsday rant about the UK leaving the European bloc. “75yrs ago, after history’s bloodiest war, with its genocide & unimaginable brutality, a generation of survivors tried to prevent future war by building institutions to curb assertions of national sovereignty,” he …
Read More »Infamous St Petersburg historian who shot & dismembered young lover gets over 12 years in jail
The chilling murder story, which made headlines in Russia last November, began with rescuers getting a call about an elderly man falling into the Moyka River in the historic center of St Petersburg. The person was retrieved from the freezing waters and rushed to hospital suffering from shock and hypothermia. …
Read More »CNN analyst & historian says Trump’s election claims ‘rock bottom’ of US history, deletes ‘poorly worded’ tweet after backlash
“As a political historian, I’ve studied a lot of bad things from our past. This moment is really rock bottom,” Zelizer tweeted, apparently referring to President Donald Trump’s press conference, in which the latter alleged voter count irregularities, vowing to sue several states where his initial edge over Biden had …
Read More »Anything goes to spite GOP? Popular British historian draws fire by cheering on hurricanes about to batter ‘Trump voting states’
Tropical Storms Laura and Marco are moving through the Gulf of Mexico towards Texas and Louisiana and are projected to make landfall on Monday and Tuesday, less than 24 hours apart. One might think the destruction and loss of life they could cause is bad news, but not so for …
Read More »Historian Sokolov charged
Charged on two counts, but the verdict was covered in mystery… It’s hard to live in a world where lawyers have to protect equally well right or wrong. In this case, the well-known historian admits his guilt in full, but still has very good defenders who at this time forbade …
Read More »Uniqlo was removed in the new advertising will take a Great dancer, blogger, art historian, and other prominent Muscovites
Heroes shooting are not a model or a media personality, a brand is chosen close to the spirit of the leaders in the field of fashion, art, swarta and travel: the journalist Alyona Doletskaya, the Director of the Museum of modern art “Garage” Anton Belov, ballerina of the Bolshoi theatre …
Read More »Historian Nikolai Svanidze has proposed to bury Lenin
According to Svanidze, the centenary of the October revolution of 1917 is a good reason to bury the “leader of the world proletariat.” Historian Nikolai Svanidze called the century of the October revolution of 1917, a good reason to bury the leader of the revolution of Vladimir Lenin. This opinion …
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