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There are 162 item(s) tagged with the keyword "history".

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1. The Best of Russia is Underground

Moscow Metro passengers ride in style on themed trains. 

Tags: russia file, history, culture, metro, Moscow
2. Past Reframed, Narrative Reset

A Moscow museum dedicated to victims of Soviet repression will be replaced by a new institution focused on what officials call "genocide of the Soviet people" during World War II.

Tags: gulag, russia file, government, history, political prisoners
3. Not Great, Maybe Patriotic, Definitely a War

As of January 2026, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has dragged on longer than the USSR's involvement in the Second World War.

Tags: military, history, putin, world war ii, war in ukraine
4. An Author by Any Other Name...

One of Russia's largest publishers uses ghostwriters to churn out books. But high quantity has led to low quality.

Tags: history, business, books
5. Under Review

What our reviewer has been reading lately, and what it has gotten him thinking about.

Tags: memoir, history, ukraine
6. Tamara Eidelman Arrested in Absentia

Tamara Eidelman, Russian Life's history editor for 18 years (2003-2021) has been arrested in absentia.

Tags: dissent, repression, history, eidelman
7. Why I Wrote a Book about Russia

... And Why You Should Read It (it's a history, btw, and it's important)

Tags: Russian Life, books, history
8. How Russia Got That Way

A fast-paced crash course in Russian history, from Norsemen to Navalny, that explores the ways the Kremlin uses history to achieve its ends.

Tags: history, putin, Ukraine
9. Historical Accuracy, Enforced

Three books by a former Soviet soldier have been banned for challenging the dominant narrative of World War II.

Tags: repression, history, world war ii
10. The Chkalov Flight: Almost Lost to Time

An easily-overlooked monument and museum outside Portland, Oregon, marks the site where three Soviet aviators completed the world's first transpolar flight.

Tags: america, history, air travel, aviation

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