{"id":329,"date":"2024-05-25T19:57:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T19:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2024-05-31T12:25:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T12:25:58","slug":"329-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/index.php\/329-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light is-repeated\" style=\"min-height:496px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#cbcbcb\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-334 is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:71% 89%;background-image:url(https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-1648679539669-96cd965e6636.avif)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-87a2e19309913ce0e69c5eae514c26ff\" style=\"color:#fcbf0c;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-size:clamp(2.331rem, 2.331rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.58), 4.3rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none\"><strong>Broken Borders of <\/strong><br><strong>the Soviet Union<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-75062d38576b51148969365c6c063e8b wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\"><strong>Broken Borders of the Soviet Union is a project studying the border communities where lives have been turned upside down by the end of the Soviet Union and the erection of hard borders where there was once cooperation and coexistence between the different states. As a result of this, communities andpeoples which were for<em> <\/em>so long connected with eachother are now isolated, and where there were once colours blended together in an untidy painting, there are now rigid lines and boundaries; separating a world once melded together.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-151f31ac420b3f773c37bc217b0c3f58\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/borders-of-the-broken-soviet-union-1-narva-and-ivangorod\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-1589988164145-8381957843d0-1024x768.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" style=\"width:353px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-1589988164145-8381957843d0-1024x768.avif 1024w, https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-1589988164145-8381957843d0-300x225.avif 300w, https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-1589988164145-8381957843d0-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-1589988164145-8381957843d0-1536x1152.avif 1536w, https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-1589988164145-8381957843d0.avif 1974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fa5e4718 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.042), 26px);\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-link-color has-border-color has-base-border-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/borders-of-the-broken-soviet-union-1-narva-and-ivangorod\/\" style=\"color:#fcbf06;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><strong>#1:<\/strong> <strong>Narva and Ivangorod<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.227), 16px);\">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 with the idea of a \u2018Western\u2019 future&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/broken-borders-of-the-soviet-union-2-darkhan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Darkhan-DMP-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342\" style=\"width:354px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Darkhan-DMP-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Darkhan-DMP-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Darkhan-DMP-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.042), 26px);\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-border-color has-base-border-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/acrossthesteppes.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/broken-borders-of-the-soviet-union-2-darkhan\/\" style=\"color:#fcbf06;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><strong>#2: Darkhan<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.227), 16px);\">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&#8217;s Republic, which existed from 1924 to 1992, was by all measures a Soviet state. Society was modelled on the same systems of the Soviet Union, and almost its economy was entirely dependent on Soviet subsidies&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The collapse of the Soviet Union is remembered by many across the world as a momentous moment of triumph for democracy, liberty and peace. 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