As of today: May 12, 1949 – Soviet blocking of western Berlin expires
"London, May 12 (ie) - As if the 12th hour, the Russian…
On This Day: December 25, 1991 – The Soviet Union dissolves
When the Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the duties of general secretary of the…
On This Day: December 21, 1919 – Emma Goldman is deported to Soviet Russia
OR Emma Goldman was born on June 27, 1869 in the Jewish…
On this day: October 4, 1957 – The launch of the Soviet satellite “Sputnik 1”
After the death of Joseph Stalin in March 1953, Nikita Khrushchev emerged…
