Welcome to My New Russian History Blog
Hey, thanks for visiting my site! Below you will see a collection of posts about different events throughout the history of Russia. I hope you enjoy what you read and feel free to leave a comment and share what you find with your friends!
See also the attached link to my course’s home page. https://amynelson.net/soviethistorys20/
Why Did They Ban the Booze?
In 1985, newly elected General Secretary of the Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, started the anti-alcohol campaign. This quick and intense campaign attempted to solve a problem that had been effecting Russia for hundreds of years: alcoholism. Today I want to give a little background of the problem, how it effected the Soviet Union both socially…
Afghanistan, the Vietnam of the Soviet Union
I was pretty excited to see the Soviet–Afghan War in the event timeline for this week. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has always interested me and this made the perfect excuse to do some more research about it. What I found especially interesting was the similarities that this war had with the Vietnam war. I…
- Why Did They Ban the Booze?
- Afghanistan, the Vietnam of the Soviet Union
- Khrushchev’s Crops and Cows
- The Last Emir of Bukhara and a Failed Reform
- My First Blog Post
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