Armenia
Pashinyan bashes Soviet Union amidst troubled relations with Russia
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statements were made on the occasion of Armenia’s Republic Day.
the Soviet Union
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Review | The Eighth Life — A Georgian saga that regrettably falls victim to Soviet stereotypes
Nino Haratischwili’s critically acclaimed bestseller is an exciting and hopeful family saga, even if its narrow view leaves something to be desired.
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Review | Flight from the USSR — a fictionalised take on a harrowing attempt to escape Soviet Georgia
In a slightly uneasy blend of fact and fiction, Turashvili recounts the true and tragic story of a group of disaffected Soviet Georgian youth.
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Review | May These Ashes Be Light: Georgian Literature from the Soviet Shadow
This anthology expertly introduces the work of Georgian writers and poets who operated during the Soviet Union to a new generation of English readers.
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Review | 1978 — The Struggle for the Status of the Georgian Language: Oral Histories
While an interesting collection of oral histories, this compilation struggles to do too much at once, becoming disjointed in the process.
Ingushetia
Ukraine recognises Ingushetia’s right to self-determination
Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has adopted a resolution recognising the Ingush people’s right to create an independent state and condemning Russia’s mass deportation of the Ingush in 1944. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the resolution on 23 February, the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush from their homes in the North Caucasus. The Soviet Union, under the rule of Joseph Stalin, orchestrated the forcible deportation of the entire population of Karachays, Bal
Georgia
Georgian Church calls for removal of Stalin from icon in Sameba cathedral
The Georgian Patriarchate has asked the donors of a controversial icon featuring Joseph Stalin to remove the Soviet dictator from the icon. The icon, which was donated by the pro-Russian group Alliance of Patriots, chronicles the life of Saint Matrona of Moscow, a 20th-century Russian Orthodox Church saint. One of the smaller icons surrounding the central depiction of Matrona appears to feature the saint and Stalin, sparking controversy in Georgia, Stalin’s birthplace. The church asked th
