Category: Series: Broken Borders of the Soviet Union
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Broken Borders of the Soviet Union #2: Darkhan
Darkhan: the third largest city in Mongolia, home to just under 100,000 inhabitants, is a true reflection of the internationalism of the Soviet Union. Although not officially part of the Soviet Union, the socialist Mongolian People’s Republic, which existed from 1924 to 1992, was by all measures a Soviet state. Society was modelled on the…
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Broken Borders of the Soviet Union #1: Narva and Ivangorod
The collapse of the Soviet Union is remembered by many across the world as a momentous moment of triumph for democracy, liberty and peace. For many in the lands of the Soviet Union, however, the collapse was a cause for great anxiety over what would come next, and a sense of disillusionment in some places…