"the west had to put further pressure on the soviet union to offer more concessions. reed to withdraw soviet forces from afghanistan. furthermore, he changed the country's constitution. in order to make sure the process would go on, reagan had to give more power to the pro-american people in the soviet union. therefore, when he went to moscow, he held a secret meeting with them. reagan needed new excuses to gain more concessions, human rights. were good options constitution for freedom of speech. a few months later, gorbachev offered more concessions in the united nations, but reagan wasn't supposed to do anything for gorbachev. even when his cabinet asked him. the only thing the west could do for gorbachev was to encourage him to go on. the tragic story of the soviet union wasn't directed only by reagan. gorbachev was a good supporting actor who adopted wrong economic policies. not bad, not bad at all. and so, goodbye. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. finally, when reagan was succeeded by the vice president, gorbachev was replaced by his oppo

now, six years after strange relations between the soviet union and the united states, gorbachev had it. he'd found out that yearning for an american lifestyle was more annoying for the soviet people than us bombs. 3 and a half thousand reporters had been in different parts of geneva to broadcast the summit to the world instantaneously. the moment the two leaders shook hands was something no photographer wanted to miss. the cold weather didn't let reagan and gorbachev stay outside, especially because reagan didn't have his overcoat with him. in the hope of developing a warmer relationship, the two leaders went inside. the reason for the talks was. using nuclear weapons, but in fact gorbachev wanted to normalize relations with the west. the atmosphere of the negotiations seemed intimate, but everybody knew one thing might lead to the failure of the talks. sdi, or star wars. since the beginning of his presidency, reagan had been investing in a very costly project which seemed more like a gamble. he proposed creating a system in space which could hunt any nuclear and non-nuclear rocket

since 30 years ago when stalin, the second leader of the soviet union was permanently moved from the ed useless slogans and making enemies in the world. they wanted to reconcile with the world. in their view, the soviet authorities had to do something about the prison they had made for the people rather than freeing other countries from the us. the communists, who held most of the government positions, didn't allow the reformists to work freely, but despite the fact that the communists had shut people's mouths, their ears were getting sharper. non-governmental radio stations beyond the soviet union's borders provided information to the public, which were... generally censored in the domestic media, those radio signals were little by little getting stronger than the soviet static. they were day by day increasing the desire for change in people, to point where those desires became public in the soviet union, people took to the streets to protest. the government cut off three and a half million phone lines to stem the opposition. but contrary to the media propaganda from the soviet union

it seemed reagan liked the idea of negotiating with the leader of the soviet union. they might even have decided they were all going to get together for dinner some evening soon. gorbachev accepted his invitation to dinner. the soviet people seemed happy about the events as well. those relations might seem normal for other countries, but it was a different story for the soviet union and the us. and gorbachev had come to change the story. that could be the best outcome of the visit. gorbachev began by accepting earlier american proposals, reducing half of both parties weapons, nuclear and non-nuclear. he even went further and accepted zero option, that is the elimination of all nuclear arms. reagan was shocked, but he tried to act normally. what he wanted the soviet union to do was now possible. everybody was waiting for his decision, star wars, or peace between superpowers. during the last hours of shaver nadze's stay in the united states, reagan revealed the secret of all those visits to the reporters. i have just finished meeting the soviet foreign minister cheverna

fields, potato fields, wheat, rye, all this grew, and we showed that it was better to live in the soviet union soviet belarus, well, in fact, of course, then, when we are talking about... then to the soviet union, because a lot of changes were needed, fundamental changes, and this social experiment, huge, lasting for decades, here it is... the fact that the country was divided into two parts, this held back industrial development here, we had very serious enterprises built and many worked until the last days of light industry, food industry, woodworking industry, well, there was a hosiery factory, once, unfortunately, now it was closed during the years of independence in vitebsk, there was once a kim factory, it was the most powerful enterprise of its time, mogilev, that is, the region, mogilev also had large enterprises created there, but here we lacked enterprises of the machine-building complex, heavy engineering, because they were afraid, these are industrial giants that could end up in the border zone be destroyed or captured, so here it is mainly all the same... belarus, eastern belarus,

since 30 years ago, when stalin, the second leader of the soviet union, was permanently moved from theunist." communists who held most of the government positions didn't allow the reformists to work freely, but despite the fact that the communists had shut people's mouths, their ears were getting sharper. non-governmental radio stations beyond the soviet union's borders provided information to the public, which were generally censored in the domestic media. those radio signals were little by little getting stronger than the soviet static. they were day by day increasing the desire for... change in people, to point where those desires became public in the soviet union, people took to the streets to protest, the government cut off 3 and a half million phone lines to stem the... but contrary to the media propaganda from the soviet union's enemies, the polish government treated the opposition well. it provided free water, food, and bigger offices for them, so that they could held long meetings safely. these things made people more pessimistic about the government. the country was in a very

the same thing had happened to the soviet union four years earlier, the 1980. the soviet union revolution had begun the 40-year old. game, a game of power, which was of course not popular and peaceful, the land and the sky from the east to the west were transformed into the soviet us battlefield. artists, scientists, and even athletes were turned into soldiers for this long war. two minus 17 seconds 5 4 3 th two one start. years have passed since the tough battle. a battle which came to be known as the cold war, but its coldness had frozen the lives of the soviet people more than anything else. for years, the budget, which had to be spent on people... lives was spent on fighting in other countries, helping the us opposition, building weapons and also showing the power of the military forces. the parade of power continued while people were cueing at stores. the soviet union floated on an ocean of oil and gas. but most people's share of these resources was yearning rather than wealth, especially when they compared their own lives with that of people living in developed countries. the main f

the first, this is a great story, the first deleter group that the united states sent to the soviet unionut -- american opera, genre that russians associated with europe not necessarilype wh the united states, american written, american sung and primarily american cast which, of course, totally blew away soviet viewers because they had been fed a propaganda that afro americans and blacks in the united states had no rights, had no education, had no opportunities and here was the metropolitan opera with virtually all black cast singing, great success and remember to this day as one of these monumental first steps, that continued and i think on a small scale it was very important. not just for showcasing cultural achievements which is important, but i think for beginning that person-to-person contact and as i look through some of president eisenhower's writings and speeches i've come across people to people contact and greatly believe that at the end of the day you had to have path for ordinary americans, ordinary russians to somehow talk to each other and so there were two other components.

, so they used our forest resources, and practically the entire soviet union was covered with this plywood, hosiery products were manufactured for the entire soviet union. and this is without western belarus, this is precisely that small piece - eastern belarus, which from twenty-first to thirty -ninth year was the soviet union, this is a crazy achievement. and what was in western belarus, yes, and poland decided to turn this territory, in fact, into an agrarian-raw materials appendage, but if on the territory of eastern belarus collective farms were created, in which they worked, the fruits of which were used by the belarusians themselves, then in western belarus land is being distributed to the polish soldiers, the settlers, who are turning into new local lords here. then pełsudski, the then ruler of poland, a dictator, promised that he would take into account the opinion of the local population, there were some games with the belarusian representation in the first years, for example, yes, there was a belarusian embassy club in the polish sejm, that is, deputies from belarus, the

the first, this is a great story, the first theater group the united states sent to the soviet union was the opera porgy and bess and what was amazing, american opera, a genre the russians associated with europe, not the united states. and primarily american cast which totally blue away soviet viewers because they had been fed propaganda that blacks in the united states had no rights, no education, no opportunities in here was the metropolitan opera with virtually all black cast, great success and remembered to this day is one of these monumental first steps. that continued and i think on a small scale it was very important not just for showcasing cultural achievements which is important but for beginning the person-to-person contact and as we look for president eisenhower's writings and speeches, i've come across people to people contact. at the end of the day you had to have a path for ordinary americans or ordinary russians to talk to each other so there were two other components. there was cultural exchange, very important. it began rather small, 1958 with academic exchanges so th

as well as to the of the soviet union.probably those would be my guess areas where you could at least begin to make tentative because the key is and this is what eisenhower understood. so well, the key is if you're going to be successful and peaceful, you've got to have a whole range of different tools working for you. that military alone is not the answer. it's very important, but it's not only answer and you have to have those tools and they have to work to the extent possible in coordination. you also need to. think any other questions? let's see. the question was put about tick tock. dr. romer and its role in in this kind of cultural little called dialog or i'm no expert on on on tick tock. i would say, though the radios again i use that term radios, but you know, rfe, rl and voa do use social media wisely. from what i understand. but again, you got to ask someone much younger and more more, more hip than i am in terms of how to use that. but i know they're i'm aware that they do they have a very interesting us agency

the radios then broadcast and send it back to the soviet union. there is a loop that developed. ink that was probably one major reason. in diplomatic relations were such there's a sense you could have a tentative opening. in other words the soviet side was stalin gone, with stalinism and by the way stone is back strong. very much back strong. so watch for that. thisd was a diplomatic initiate worth taking. i think that proved to be an important first step in creating what i mentioned earlier the regime by which countries could function without going to war. we headed to the crisis with cuba several years later. reinforce the cultural education were not enough. you had to have a hotline you also have to have negotiations of nuclear testing. with that nuclear disarmament tops and so forth. that's a process that had to begin strong and then grow step-by-step as opportunities arose. >> student in germany and 64, 65. periodically for the next 30 some years. it was very important. they knew it because they try to jam it. it was so strong. not only the american push for openness but the

the russians only left after the 1991 collapse of the soviet union at the end of the 1980. so it became increasingly difficult for russia to control georgia. there were mass protests against soviet rule. the people demanded independence. moscow reacted partially the most bizarre and tragic day. 9 tape of 1989 when a peaceful protest there's on the central stomach and 21 young people died. many demonstrators were beaten to death with sharpened states and favored weapons of the soviet special forces. logan c, she's this obviously, i think, 1980 and, and really that april 9th was when communism came to an end here. when things were so shaken, not with the power of the soviet union. and we can say that from 89, georgia was on the path to independence, often figured their own opinions type fund. 2 years later, in april 1991, the soviet union withdrew. after some 70 years, georgia was independent again. though the joy was short lived, it's a tragic in georgia and case that there was no room to enjoys this transition and cd, establishing independent enforce care even after soviet w

they did not know who they were anymore, many did not know then, i will turn around, they got the soviet unionich was a much greater threat to them, than tsarist russia, yes, they initially considered the soviet, well, okay, they considered the soviet union as the main threat, because the soviet union was isolated, well, stop it, they didn’t just consider it, it was like a white side for them. so you won’t succeed, i’m talking about the fact that a strategic defeat is the disintegration of russia, and according to the models that were in the 20th century, so they will wage a long war, and the main element is now already quite clearly manifested in them, a change of power in russia, softly speaking, they say putin will leave someday, this is so, judging by russian history, after a very strong leader, yes, we have, well, let's say, after stalin khrushchev, no matter what brezhnev was, then gorbachev comes, this is what they are counting on, that the strategic defeat of russia, it is not now, it is necessary to create conditions under which the russian federation will be weakened, this can be mil

the soviet union and germany. this peace agreement was never signed in full.t was simply decided when this 2+4 agreement was made that in this way all problems all questions are solved. i will also add to this, and poland was to this agreement. it is not signed. the size above which pistorius is going to make is absolutely clearly indicated, and here germany has taken on an obligation, it has put its signature, it has no right to have such a number of troops, let's go further, and germany should not deploy on its territory in the east, on the territory of the former east germany, more troops and weapons than it had. before the unification of germany, germany has no right to deploy on this territory there are various types of weapons, and not only nuclear weapons, but also new weapons systems, the wording is made in such a way that it extends to infinity, that is, what was signed in the nineties extends to new weapons systems that could have been, can be created after the signing of this, and most importantly, the third point, which is article 4, which states t

, but in general for americans, europeans, the soviet union has always been germany is too big a player on the european stage, so i would like to make some comments or observations regarding modern germany, first of all, in my opinion, in germany they have only now understood. scholz's attempt to jump from the group of militarists to some other group, it is certainly skillful, but in general he correctly grasped the trend, and although after other non-military forces come, say in italy, the same giorgio miloni, she in fact, it was no different from its predecessor mario draghi, but still the rhetoric became a little calmer and most importantly, the electorate was able to the people of italy, the people of others... were able to show their reaction, even if this does not lead to any serious political changes, and as for the underestimated or underused potential in europe, this is the russian federation for us - this is the potential of the pacifist anti-war, anti-nuclear movement, he told a big alexandrich, when you were an ardent supporter of schulz, who took part in youth, yes i

and then in the early 19 ninety's, the soviet union collapsed, another new beginning. she decided to return to her ancestors homeland, back to her roots. in 1993, she came to germany with her entire family, as well as the no, no. my mom, the my husband didn't want, she was under the review when we were coming over. he kept saying, it was my fault for this, but i was so happy to come here. come from me. it felt like coming home. now. how is the cold migration, forestry settlement, repression and odyssey many generations of russian germans have faced their fates almost forgotten. our re told and examined p are in debt mode of germany and the museum of russian german cultural history. it all began in the 18th century with one woman, catherine, the great, the and then any call. so you know, you have a blanket of predecessors, peter the 1st and i've and the terrible and you cast on the great was pursuing the policy of expansion. that's was a centrally what all the empires were doing at the time, and get my concrete territories at the expense of their neighbors or other empi

that's how it was in the godless soviet union.rchists and other anti-sovietists also love to tell us that we, all these latin american countries and african regimes, fed the yakki, so the soviet union overstrained itself and fell apart. meanwhile, the soviet union spent 2 billion dollars on africa during the period of cooperation, in modern russia, in just one quarter of 2023, the outflow of capital from the country amounted to 18 billion dollars. yes, yes, we know counter-arguments that the dollar was more expensive then, and the capital flowing out of our country does not always flow out forever, but sometimes returns. everything is clear, everything is clear. nevertheless, the results of the benefit of the fact that the soviet union fed. the socialist block of aesthetics, we ourselves are now reaping. yes, we made revolutions in china, in north korea, in the dynasties of african countries with our own hands, fought in vietnam and so on and so forth. but now some of the listed states, and even most of them, help us in one way or

check, but he seems to be some such nonsense, and what is he talking about putin, that the great soviet unionted hitler, well, that's it forgetting including alliances, and well, like america. which had both a landing in normandy and in africa helped with all other things, so this was the second myth that putin was dealing with and that was dealt with in soviet times, well , the third myth is that of the great soviet union, and this superpower, well, again , putin's words that it was the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, that sovok collapsed, thank god it collapsed, and akerman brings out a very interesting one. moment, that is, here too they have a lot of eclecticism in their ideology and propaganda, an interesting point about the fact that they begin to consider themselves, that is, the sacred defenders of orthodoxy, this is a point that, that is, in addition to the fact that they protect russian-speakers, was missed several times during the full-scale war that they will protect orthodoxy' i am, because the fascists, the ukrainians, well, the fascists are obviously in th

on november 2 , the supreme soviet of the ussr decided to include western belarus into the soviet unioniting it with the bssr. legally, the point of returning the original belarusian territories was set at a session of the supreme soviet byelorussian ssr november 14, thirty-nine . back in thirty-nine, the people's assembly of western belarus proposed to celebrate september 17 as the day of liberation of the workers of western belarus from the yoke of the bourgeoisie of landowners. and so they celebrated until the beginning of the great patriotic war. in forty -fifth, september 17 was celebrated as the day of reunification, but the last time belarus celebrated the holiday was in forty-ninth, on the tenth anniversary of unification. this day has become a kind of figure of silence, the fact is that, that poland reacted extremely painfully to any mention of september 17, but the soviet government decided not to irritate its neighbors. after the new soviet border was established, the most important thing for the authorities, both allied and local, was the lack of this air support structure.

the soviet union collapsed at the end of 1991 and borders opened up by the early 2, thousands, some 3000000 russian germans from the former soviet states migrated to germany. they received german citizenship and were supported in the integration process. it was at this time that the wagner and her family moved to germany. yeah, their journey took them to freshen in west germany, where they lived to this day. the oldest grand daughter remembers of alice said, all of this was just the village father, just saw in there where the fire department fences or i've had asked on. we're 6 containers. that's a 6 contain either v, as in zine, it was shared accommodation for russian german sinai level. but i think they were a few people from slovenia to, although my memories are quite confused by now, my name and homes and comes, comes up say i would love iowa about as i can, is my home and the high month as far as i see, it i'm german, which is i have ancestors and was born and because of done but i do feel german as it should be shown as i speak german i dream in german, i think in germans is think of

the soviet union, even before the uprising began, was thrown into groups that organized partisan detachments a total of about 300 people, soviet citizens, participated in the uprising. bratislava is grateful to everyone, the flags of different countries whose citizens helped the uprising were raised at the celebrations, including the ukrainian one, although kiev did not respond to robert fitz's invitation, zelensky did not send a delegation of descendants. what role do you think the soviet union played in the slovak national uprising. union atmosphere of such hatred towards russia that they even forgot that russians and other peoples of the ussr liberated us from fascism. unfortunately, a new fascism is now awakening in western countries, arrogance, chauvinism, hatred of the slavs, and we would like to stop it. slovakia began the second world war as an ally of germany, the then leader jozef tisza, in order to please hitler, also sent his soldiers to the east, but the slovaks did not shoot at slavs did not want, they surrendered en masse to the red army or went to the partisans. the village o

position, i was a year earlier in eight the sixth received the title of the best journalist of the soviet unionr, and i was like, well, as a journalist should be, a little stupid, all on show, opened the doors with my foot and read that each of my lines, each paragraph is a gift, i ... since this is an accident, two coincidences, three systems, in the case of mateos rust, there are by no means three, at least a dozen of such very strange coincidences of chance. this is a podcast of the chronicle of the end of times, and i, evgeny dodolev, told you about the scandalous case of 1987, the case of mateos rust. all issues of the podcast chronicle the end of time can be viewed on the website of the first channel 1tv. hello, this is the psyche podcast, and we continue to work as your navigator on the difficult roads of life. our heroine anastasia does not know how to enjoy work and whether it is possible to enjoy it at all. nastya, today. together with psychologist renata bakhteeva, we will try to look at your situation from the outside to look for that very destination in which there is happiness and

other visitors from germany came to tokyo to persuade japan to go to war with the soviet union.japanese general staff set conditions: a simultaneous attack on the soviet union from the east - by the japanese army and from the west - by the german army. the german headquarters, for its part, considered it necessary for the japanese to start first in the far east, which would distract part of the soviet union's armed forces from the west. this became a stumbling block, although the germans made every effort to ensure that the second world war began in may, and not in september of 1939, the german political and military leadership were interested in having an ally in the far east. in the east in order, as they put it, to take the soviet union in pincers. it is interesting that three years after the events in tokyo, the same schildnyag accompanied the japanese ambassador on a trip to the occupied territories of the soviet union. this was another attempt to demonstrate the successes of the german army and to provoke, so to speak. japan again did not succumb to the postponement of the