to reform the soviet union. he wanted the other country to improve. he wanted them to be better and to help them as he was trying to bury them. he came to believe despite his advisers that warned him otherwise that he could work with gorbachev. from 1985 to 1989, he began to spend more and more time thinking and working with gorbachev, reading about the soviet union. it is extraordinary the time he took as someone who was not an avid reader to read about russia and understand russian people and get beyond the conflict, beyond threatening them. reagan believed they could change. he also believed i think that he had gone far enough in his threats and was willing to change course. he was willing to be the movie actor who pursues one element and then switches the narrative when people have become sufficiently frightened, sufficiently concerned. he wanted a happy ending. as much as he wanted to put pressure on the soviet union, he wanted a happy ending. gorbachev was willing to make changes. gorbachev did most of the

the soviet union accountable. don't pretend they are a state. talk about their human rights violations. as1982, his first full year president, ronald reagan refused to meet with the soviet ambassador until they released a group of pentecostals seeking asylum in the u.s. embassy. he called for the release of so-calledizens, the refuseniks. ,any of these russian jews released because of reagan's prominentthey became parts of israeli politics. the recent election in israel was determined by russian jews and moved torussia israel and have become important voters and politicians in israel today. that is just to connect that history of the last few days. reagan said human rights and power, and we are going to push the soviets. we were going to be strong again and we would push back the soviets. at the same time because of his experiences on the screen actors guild, he emphasized negotiations. he was calling for a tougher line but calling for a tougher line so the u.s. could negotiate for better deals. this is important. people lost sight of that. reaga

the soviet union was to be portrayed as a friend of them. in distress. in the north star in this soviet presence peaceful life is interrupted by the not seen beijing. after the germans captured the village they begin taking the children's blood for transfusions for their wounded soldiers. the north star was nominated for 6 academy awards and 944 according to declassified documents the office so for information commanded its contribution to building a positive image of russia. in this presentation of the suffering and courage of the russians will shown that the strength of russia lies in its people who are willing to give their lives to keep their countrymen from fascist slavery and to ensure a free world football man. none the less the authors did ask hollywood to make if he edits to the script 1st to emphasize that the ideologies of the u.s.s.r. and germany were completely different and this is why the conflict broke out and secondly to show through the young characteristics that the u.s. and russia can work together when peace comes. it was not an accur

oddest soviet union's secret moon are planned. years before u.s. spy satellites found out what the russians were up to. the untold story of moscow's efforts to win the space race by putting a man on the moon. next. crime fighters. africa's most successful radio drama series continues to all of us odes are available online course you can share and disco song w africa's facebook page and other social media platforms for a crime fighter to me now. pictures of moscow's moon rocket images that were to be among the soviet union's most closely guarded state secrets. and pictures of cars minot's training for a moon landing in the so-called star city near moscow the soviet union was determined to beat the united states. in the race to put a man on the moon a race that would cost russian and american lives. the russians had always set the pace but in the end they ultimately lost the 20th century's most prestigious race was. opened in 1957 baikonur cosmodrome was moscow's gateway to the stars. after the launch of several sputnik satellites and unmanned moon p

the unofficial race to the moon was over the soviet union had lost. the as a surrogate both were in that if my father had not died in 1966 perhaps we would not have handed the moon to the americans. or now that. colonel yobs mighty moon rocket never managed to overcome earth's gravity the soviets made several more attempts the final one in 1982 lasting exactly 107 seconds until again the 1st stage exploded. the final end came in 1974 all documents relating to the moon program were destroyed on orders from on high. as silently and secretly as it came into the world the n one disappeared the remains of the gigantic rocket landed on the scrap heap of history some parts gave playgrounds a futuristic look other parts were converted into pics dies. only the insiders still know the stories connected with the scrap metal and many still firmly believe that the soviet union could have won the race to the moon if calling hadn't died so early if bush had made more of an effort or if the kremlin hadn't been so has a tent. that's a whole lot of ifs but history has

the family waited for permission to enter the soviet union for several years and only in $1000.00 could do you want the soviet embassy in washington such a positive response the wants family set off without having any idea how different life had become in the soviet union on april 3rd 1982 george wants to spend we return to the u.s.s.r. we got out of the train that brought us across the river from poland into belorussia to breast and my father was saw overwhelmed. by returning to his native homeland as cheers appeared in his eyes and. gave him bow down and kissed the ground. and i was very impressed i saw remember that. picture vividly in my mind my father. coming down on his knees and kissing the ground. since the inception of the soviet union western media had always viewed this country with suspicion and even hostility george was pleasantly surprised people were helpful in kind still recovering from the sufferings of the war the country were just rebuilding and people were lucky they felt lucky they were alive that's for. most important thing . because life was one time gift. and you

the soviet union assumed control in north korea, frustrating efforts to unify the country.ffic to the north was sealed off. the question of korea became a united nations concern in 1947. the u.n's effort to hold supervisory, free elections throughout korea were blocked in the north by the soviet union. only in the south was an election held. the republic of korea was created, and the national legislature elected, with provisions for if and when elections could be held there. they elected the first president. these free elections in the south produced the only legal government in korea. in december 1948, the soviet union in a surprise move announced she had removed her occupation troops from north korea and we found ourselves compelled to do the same in the south, except for a small u.s. army advisory group that remained at the request of the korean government. the question of a unified korea remained unanswered. the future of the south korean people was another anxious, american concern. [explosions] north korea's plan for unifying korea was made known to the world on june

like it was the soviet union the soviet union has no ruling idea i'm sorry russia today has no ruling ideology ok so the parallels don't work anymore and so what putin is saying is that like the soviet union russia of today will defend its national interest as it defines it it's about sovereignty short. yes and this is a very important point that the russians and putin and love are often made over and over again which is the united nations charter in shrines the principle of national serenity and that there is an equality between all nations no matter how small that they are sovereign and that there is no right on any on anyone's part to bully other smaller nations and to tell them what how they should run their own. and so you know yes he indeed he's pointing this out as this kind of western regime change operations that prevailed over the last few decades is the violations of the united nations charter that again it goes back to its point that. you know in 1045 there were sensible leaders who created a you know you know for want of a better word new world order that respected nation

the soviet union put into orbit bell can still come into. outer space and they return. they returns live. later on the. current tune was made by the soviet. cinematographers it was called bell constrained. i translated into english and voiced a couple of commercials about bell constructor which i thought was very good and i like voicing cartoons because you change a voice. he have a ruggedly way of your possibilities george also served in the soviet military he was trained as a paratrooper so busy a man born in canada would parachute over the steps of russia i was called up to. the airborne troops which was a meeting having a school training course it in the south eastern. soviet republic of uzbekistan. which is way down south and east. we went by train from moscow and so me of a fire or 6 days i don't remember. i was sleeping most of us. and we went through very unusual i say unusual now because not everyone. to spare should come. iow i was 1st bit wary about that because i was wondering if i can do it if i had not enough gumption to make it jump a parachute in to jump

two years later, the potsdam conference with the soviet union's voice added reaffirmed the pledge instabilize korea as a free, independent nation. but the physical liberation of korea turned out to be soviet union style, which by its alarming spread, suddenly threatened to become a unilateral occupation of all korea, contrary to the agreements at cairo and pottstown. dam.ots planners american identify the 38th parallel as a stopping point for soviet forces. south of that, liberation will be carried out by the united states. as world war ended in 1945, korea founded elf a divided nation -- found itself a divided nation despite its efforts to be a free and united country. assumed control in north korea. traffic to the north was sealed off. the question of korea became a united nations concern in 1947. the u.n. effort to hold supervisory, free elections through korea were blocked in the north by the soviet union. only in the south was an election held. the republic of korea was created to him and the national legislature elected. these free elections in the south produced the only legal

in north korea, the soviet union lost no time in setting up a communist puppet government.n the south, the united states and united nations strove to establish an independent democratic republic. two years ago, as seoul the capital of korea, a commission supervised free election south of the 38th parallel and the republic of korea, a was born. its president was sigmund reid. in may, 1950, the citizens of this young republic went to the polls again to exercise their democratic rights to choose their government onto their democratic constitution. even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in free elections, the north korean communist leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. and this was their target -- a partly mountainous peninsula and the 20 million peace loving citizens of the republic of korea. ♪ the attack by the north korean communists came suddenly and without warning. the heroic republican army faced by superior forces with all the advantages of deception and surprise, rally to the defense of the republic improvising quickly to be

two years later, the conference with the soviet union was added reaffirmed the pledge made in cairo. to stabilize korea as one free and independent nation. but the physical liberation of korea turned out to be southern union style. while it's alarming spread, suddenly threatened to become a unilateral occupation of all korea, come -- contrary to the agreements in cairo. concerned, american foreign policy planners shows the 38th parallel as a stopping point for soviet use -- forces. south of that line, liberation would be carried out by the united states. as world war ii ended in 1945, korea found itself a divided nation. despite our efforts to create a free and independent country. the soviet union assumed from control in north korea, frustrating efforts of the joint commission working to unify the country. all traffic into the north was sealed off. the question of korea became a united nations concern in 1947. the un's efforts to hold supervisory pre-elections throughout korea were blocked in the north by the soviet union. only in the south was an election held. the republic of kore

and the nazi germany back in 1939 and how in 1989 the soviet union apologized for that pact calling it the personal ambition of stalin and there was the general message of this whole article that the rewriting of history is unacceptable that it should stand as is with all the mistakes and things done right. disagrees you can insulting the memory is mean meanness can be deliberate hypocritical and pretty much intentional as in the situation when declarations commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war mentioned all participants in the anti hitler coalition except for the soviet union meanness can also be bloody as in the situation when those who come out against mere nazis and bury successes are killed and burned once again meanness can have different manifestations but this is not make it any less disgusting well this. passage could be in direct reference to a tweet by a white house before. back in may when essentially mentioned it did mention all parties all allies and praised all allies for defeating nazi germany except for the soviet union it caused quite a

reagan: between iran and the soviet union? i think one of the first things that has to happen is for stability. iran itselfo be in to establish a government that can speak as a government for iran, and part of our problem, in all these long 444 days, has been the inability of anyone seemingly to speak for that nation. to have a government. now, i think that any country would want to help another if they really showed an intent to have a government that would abide by international law and do what they could to help in that regard, but until such a thing is apparent, i don't know if there's anything we can do. young lady. it yourresident, is intention to tell the world this country will respond with retribution in cases of international terrorism in the future? why is it your policy not to retaliate against iran? pres. reagan: what good would just revenge do? what form would that take? i do not think revenge is worthy of us. i do nother hand, think we act as if this never happened. i would rather wait until, as i say, we comple

points to western coverage and teachings increasingly failing to mention the vital role of the soviet union in the 2nd world war and why airbrushing the facts today sets the world up to repeat those same failures are. reports now in the article. which by the way initially was published in english loma putin desex history looking at what events and decisions made the 2nd world war possible and what the world today can learn from those mistakes and the key narrative of that piece is that essentially there's a dangerous tendency nowadays to brush aside to all the look the massive role that the soviet union played in defeating the nazi germany the peace which balances between praise and criticism towards all nations that fought fascists and nazis including the soviet union which received its fair share of criticism from the russian president as well vitamin porton essentially says that history should be preserved as it is with all of its mistakes and things done right disagrees you can insulting the memory is mean meanness can be deliberate hypocritical and pretty much intentional as in the sit

illiberal idea was to have this credit have by 'd what's happened thus the cost of the soviet union so i think that in one or another form we will see a revival of those say the illogical battles that you're also talking about their rivalry between china and the united states that is going to accelerate and they call it in close call it 19 iraq and who are all be or if they were rhetorical differences between washington and beijing then i'll read. different in terms of doing business and running the economy is right running best societies maybe even though i'm not totally convinced that the difference is that huge but when it comes to doing business that pretty much sign me is twins they're fighting for a bigger pie bigger piece of the same pride and not fighting over the rest. can the rules of the game be really change when you have the 2 main players really wanting more of the same rather than something different. to write rules of the game will. constant change the problem is that they might disappear because. i'm really convinced that we are approaching a very severe confrontati

points to western coverage and teachings increasingly failing to mention the vital role of the soviet union in the 2nd world war and white airbrushing the facts today sets the world up to repeat the same failures he goes down of takes a look at some of the reaction. now in the article which by the way initially was published in english loma putin desex history looking at what events and decisions made the 2nd world war possible and what the world today can learn from those mistakes and the key narrative of that piece is that essentially there's a dangerous tendency nowadays to brush aside to all the look the massive role that the soviet union played in defeating the nazi germany the peace which balances between praise and criticism towards all nations that fought fascists and nazis including the soviet union which received its fair share of criticism from the russian president as well vitamin porton essentially says that history should be preserved as it is with all of its mistakes and things done right disagrees you can insulting the memory is mean meanness can be deliberate hypocritical a

on the 23rd of august 1939 the soviet union and nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe and the territories of independent states between the 2 totalitarian regimes and grouping them into spheres of interest which paved the way for the outbreak of the 2nd world war history is a set of lies agreed upon according to the podium but when for liberators are officially relabeled this occupants victims as aggressors just with a few strokes of a pen then both truth and agreement become allusive rewriting history revisionism altering the past to fit with present political paradigms multiple states at the center of those tragic events have been mired in controversy but when it comes to russia controversy turned to something and forgivable all but equating the soviet union's role in walled war to with that of nazi germany do you president putin heatherton stalin colluded to start world war 2 that is a fact part of was a victim of this horrible conflict from the munich pact and partition of czechoslovakia to wester

the start of today's parade vladimir putin did address the nation reminding people it was the soviet union which was the main power that conquered the nazi forces. which. we will never forget that it was the soviet people who defeated naziism duty is to remember that remember that the soviet people carried the main burden of the fight with nazi germany in 1941 more than 80 percent of nazi forces and their satellites were fighting against the soviet union but only for this merciless army turned out to be powerless before the unity of the soviet people particularly our people who could conquer this desire to evil defeat more than $600.00 of the only used to villages and destroy 75 percent of all of its planes tanks and artillery it was our heroic truthful and sacrificial part of the victory and this is the main in truth about the war. now for russia today is largely about the world war 2 veterans and survivors who are giving thanks for achieving the victory over nazi germany and this year we did launch the victory mail project that offers you the chance to deliver your messages of thanks and