During the lifetime of the USSR, Ukrainian culture and national identity were subjected to brutal oppression by the Soviet authorities, and especially by the USSR State Security Committee (KGB). This special service was the main instrument of political control and repression, carrying out large-scale operations to discredit, persecute and destroy Ukrainian patriots, intellectuals and activistsContinue reading "1980: KGB Keeps Nobel Prize out of Ukrainian Writer’s Grasp"
New Russian Navy Project 22350 Frigate Launched in Northern Shipyard – Latest Ship to Carry the Hypersonic Zircon Missile
The USC Northern Shipyard held a ceremonial launch of the frigate Admiral Amelko on 14 August 2025. This is the fifth ship being built by the enterprise for the Russian Navy based on the Project 22350 design of the United Shipbuilding Corporation's [USC] Northern Design Bureau. The arsenal of Project 22350 frigates allows them toContinue reading "New Russian Navy Project 22350 Frigate Launched in Northern Shipyard – Latest Ship to Carry the Hypersonic Zircon Missile"
Zvezdochka Shipyard Rolls Out Russian Navy’s Newest Weapons Transport Vessel
A ceremony was held on 14 August 2025 for the Project 20181 Akademik Makeyev reinforced ice-class weapons transport departing the slipway. The ceremony was held at the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center. As noted by the United Shipbuilding Corporation [USC] public affairs office, the vessel was developed by the Almaz Design Bureau by order of theContinue reading "Zvezdochka Shipyard Rolls Out Russian Navy’s Newest Weapons Transport Vessel"
Stalin’s Eldest Son: Captured, Interrogated, Killed
Yakov Dzhugashvili, the oldest child of Josef Stalin, could never be said to have enjoyed an easy life. After his mother died when he was less than one year old, his father dumped him off to be reared by her family while he went off to be Stalin, doing Stalinesque things as only he couldContinue reading "Stalin’s Eldest Son: Captured, Interrogated, Killed"
Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Kursk
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the K-141 Kursk, the Northern Fleet's Project 949A nuclear submarine. The general picture is still clear in the minds of those who were "around "in the trade" when it took place - the first major Russian Navy exercise in a decade, while sailing submerged inContinue reading "Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Kursk"
Arctic Ocean Area Closures for Russian Navy Missile Launches Scheduled for 18-20 August 2025
On 11 August 2025, the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense filed three maritime closure areas that encompass the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, and Cheshskaya Guba to ensure safe lanes for missile launches from 18 to 20 August, with a local time window of 1300-2100 GMT each day. While the Russian-issued advisory offered noContinue reading "Arctic Ocean Area Closures for Russian Navy Missile Launches Scheduled for 18-20 August 2025"
Russia and Ukraine, 1991: Declassified Phone Conversations Between Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow – Part 2
The question of the dissolution of the USSR was decided in the last four months of its existence, after the August coup and before the meeting of the heads of the USSR republics in Alma-Ata in December. Some historians feel that one of the key reasons for the collapse of the Union was the relationsContinue reading "Russia and Ukraine, 1991: Declassified Phone Conversations Between Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow – Part 2"
Russia and Ukraine, 1991: Declassified Phone Conversations Between Washington and Moscow – Part 1
On December 26, 1991, the Council of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a declaration ending 69 years of the existence of the Soviet Union. This was the result of the Belovezh Accords of December 8, when the leaders of the RSFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Belarus SSR signed aContinue reading "Russia and Ukraine, 1991: Declassified Phone Conversations Between Washington and Moscow – Part 1"
Offshore Tug Under Construction for Russian Navy Sinks at Shipyard: Photos
10 August 2025: Translating History has received news that on August 9, 2025, in St. Petersburg, near the wall of Baltic Shipyard (part of United Shipbuilding Corporation), as a result of an accident, the Project 23470 offshore tugboat Kapitan Ushakov (factory number 414), which was being fitted out for the Russian Navy, capsized on itsContinue reading "Offshore Tug Under Construction for Russian Navy Sinks at Shipyard: Photos"
Russian Briefing Sheds Light on Locations, Radioactivity Levels of Submerged Submarines and Nuclear Waste in the Arctic and Far East
The Russian Academy of Science and the Russian Federation Ministry of Science and Higher Education hosted the three-day conference “Modern Methods and Means of Oceanological Research” from 13 to 15 May 2025 in Moscow and the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. The conference is held every two years, and is devoted to a number of disciplinesContinue reading "Russian Briefing Sheds Light on Locations, Radioactivity Levels of Submerged Submarines and Nuclear Waste in the Arctic and Far East"
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