Monthly Archives: October 2014

October 31, 2014
12:48 am
by: cpurvis2

Feelin’ a lil corny

Similar to the grain problem of the previous decade, Russia also began to see a shortage of corn around the turn of the 1960s. Nikita Khrushchev, also the mastermind behind the Virgin Lands Campaign, decided it was time to run … Continue reading →

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October 24, 2014
6:13 pm
by: cpurvis2

The H Word: Soviet Russia’s Hydrogen Bomb

In 1953, the USSR set off their first hydrogen bomb at the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan. This “super-bomb” was determined to surpass the power of their atomic bomb, which they had detonated four years prior. The hydrogen bomb explosion … Continue reading →

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October 17, 2014
1:12 am
by: cpurvis2

Hit the road, Jack: Deportation and Western Xenophobia in Soviet Russia

During World War II and even post-war, the Soviet Union was infamous for its deportation and xenophobic policies. This began in 1943, as the NKVD marched one million ethnic minorities, in particular the Kalmyks, from their homes into what is … Continue reading →

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October 12, 2014
5:20 pm
by: cpurvis2

On the right track: The Moscow Metro

While Stalin called for a “passion for construction” in the First Five-Year Plan, he wanted a “passion for mastering technology” to come out of the Second Five-Year Plan. The construction of the Moscow Metro combined both of these passions, in … Continue reading →

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