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On Putin’s Orders, Russian Ministry of Education Compiles First List of Patriotic Books for School Children

It was reported on 20 August 2025 that the Ministry of Education prepared the first official list of patriotic literature for extracurricular reading, on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin. These books are to appear in all school libraries across Russia. The works are divided by age and topic: “About the Motherland,” “The Great PatrioticContinueContinue reading “On Putin’s Orders, Russian Ministry of Education Compiles First List of Patriotic Books for School Children”

Top Secret: Months Before Apollo-Soyuz Launch, Leak Detected in Soviet Docking System

On July 15, 1975, within a few hours of each other, manned spacecraft – the Soviet Soyuz-19 and the American Apollo – took off into the sky to conduct an experiment in docking and creating the first-ever unified international orbital complex. Two days later, Soviet cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov met American astronauts ThomasContinueContinue reading “Top Secret: Months Before Apollo-Soyuz Launch, Leak Detected in Soviet Docking System”

Declassified Interrogation of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Commander: Part 3

We continue our translation of the Russian-language record of the December 1946 interrogation of SS Standartenführer Anton Kaindl who, at the time of his arrest in May 1945, was the commandant of the infamous Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Due to its length, the translation is being published bit by bit throughout the week. In Part One Kaindl described his early yearsContinueContinue reading “Declassified Interrogation of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Commander: Part 3”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 37

3 November 1962 / Record of a conversation between A.I Mikoyan and Fidel Castro Record of a conversation between First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR A.I. Mikoyan and Prime Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Government Fidel Castro                                                             3 November 1962             Today a two-hour conversation took place between ComradeContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 37”