5Pripyat, Ukraine Pripyat was founded two miles away from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was a model city that was designed by some of the best architects; Pripyat was intended to represent autopian visionof what communism could be: work and social life perfectly balanced and intertwined...
Born in turn-of-the-century Ukraine, Nudie’s real name wasNuta Kotlyarenko. When Nuta was 11 years old, his parents sent him to the US, hoping he could avoid the anti-Semitism sweeping their homeland. When Nuta arrived at Ellis Island, an immigration official shortened his last name to ...
11 Paul Blobel During the German invasion of theSoviet Union, Blobel commanded Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C, that was active in Ukraine. Following Wehrmacht troopsinto Ukraine, the Einsatzgruppen would be responsible for liquidating political and racial undesirables. Blobel was primarily respons...
1762 until her death. She exemplifies the enlightened despot of her era. During her reign Catherine extended the borders of the Russian Empire southward and westward to absorb New Russia, Crimea, Right-Bank Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Courland at the expense of two powers — the Ottoman...
A strange modern reinterpretation of anti-Semitic thought is found in the Khazarian mafia theory, which posits Judaism as an international crime syndicate that controls the world through ancient Babylonian sorcery. The Khazars were a steppe people in the Ukraine who converted to Judaism. This theory...
7Kiev, Ukraine On first look,Ukrainedoesn’t seem to be the kind of country where you’d want to spend a relaxing week. Its ongoing war makes it an active conflict zone, giving it a reputation for continuous danger. That’s absolutely justified because some parts of Ukraine are still embr...
Today, under Ramzan, the Kadyrovtsy has become a government-backed militia dedicated to fighting both Islamist insurgents and the enemies of Moscow. Chechen fighters loyal to President Kadyrov have fought in Georgia and Ukraine, thereby making themselves some of the morecapable and experienced fighters...
(2004-2011) and featured Atom Girls fromRussia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Lithuania. The organizers hoped that the association of beautiful women with the generally-seen-as-negative world of nuclear power would help to rebrand the industry and would even go some way to reclaim the word ...
Between 2014 and 2016, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) operated a secret prison in Kharkiv. The site was used to hold people the agency suspected of supporting or sympathizing with Russia during that nation’s military intervention in Ukraine and the consequent annexation of Crimea. ...
German control of Western Ukraine made the Jewish citizens flock to Lviv and brought the city’s population to over 200,000 people. It was considerably higher than that of the native Ukrainians. Nevertheless, with the support of the Nazis, it led to the creation of amilitia of 31,000people...