As early as 1 October, official Russian Federation Ministry of Defense publications began publishing information promoting an Armed Forces Mental Health Support Hotline. Specifically aimed at soldiers returning from the so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine and their families, the announcement states that hotline operators will provide cost-free, around-the-clock mental health assistance and informational psychologicalContinueContinue reading “Russian Ministry of Defense Promotes Mental Health Support for Soldiers Returning from Ukraine”
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Top Secret 1945 Document Reveals Soviet Censors Ordered to Confiscate Mailed “Objectionable” Photographs of War Invalids
There are few testimonies and fewer photographs left about the life of Soviet disabled front-line soldiers after the war. This is a consequence of the near-total purge of the information by the NKVD: images and texts compromising the Soviet government were removed from everywhere, including personal correspondence. Even casual students of the history of theContinueContinue reading “Top Secret 1945 Document Reveals Soviet Censors Ordered to Confiscate Mailed “Objectionable” Photographs of War Invalids”
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