During his October 1964 vacation in Sochi, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev held a notable meeting with a visiting Japanese parliamentary delegation that ultimately became one of his very last diplomatic acts before being overthrown. While a similar meeting in September 1964 saw Khrushchev aggressively issuing nuclear warnings against China to a Japanese cohort, the OctoberContinueContinue reading “1964: Japanese Delegation Visit Khrushchev in Sochi as Smokescreen Before His Ouster Ten Days Later”
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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 aContinueContinue reading “Russia and Ukraine, 1991: Declassified Phone Conversations Between Washington and Moscow – Part 1”
Translating History 