Daily Archives: February 15, 2011

Creating Cover Stories: A National Pastime

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Andrew Jenks

This coming April 12 marks the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight into space. In honor of that jubilee, and also because I’m finishing a biography on the world’s first cosmonaut, I’ll be blogging on and off about various … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, Soviet Era 1917-1991 | 2 Comments

The Way Back: Cold War Emotions Revived?

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Miriam Dobson

  Just before Christmas I saw the newly released The Way Back, in many ways a typical escape story. Directed by Peter Weir, the film tells the incredible story of how a young Polish officer, arrested in 1939 and sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Gulag, Soviet Era 1917-1991 | 6 Comments

An Academic Russian History Blog?

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Steve Barnes

Welcome to the Russian history blog.  For my first post, I thought I’d start to lay out a little bit of what I was thinking when I asked this great collection of colleagues to join me in this new venture.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Russian History | 3 Comments