Windows to Russia

The current status of the KGB in the Soviet Union is somewhat unclear as there have been numerous personnel changes since the attempted coup and several announcements regarding possible reforms. In addition, the Baltic states and some of the Soviet republics have apparently initiated changes to the operation of the KGB on their territories. This […]

Member of the Communist Party Marxist-Leninist Revolutionaries Sweden KPML(r) http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9912/lies.htm From Hitler to Hearst, from Conquest to Solzhenitsyn The history of the millions of people who were allegedly incarcerated and died in the labour camps of the Soviet Union and as a result of starvation during Stalin’s time. In this world we live in, who […]

Review the index (382kb, may take a moment to load). How to access the documents A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) is the most authoritative written judgment concerning a national security issue prepared by the Director of Central Intelligence. Unlike “current intelligence” products, which describe the present, most NIEs forecast future developments and many address their implications for […]

Review the index (1.9Mb, may take a few moments to load). See also portions released as part of the Princeton Collection. How to access the documents As part of its voluntary declassification program, in 1996 CIA began to review for possible declassification analyses on the former Soviet Union produced by the Directorate of Intelligence. Since that time approximately […]

The former USSR (commonly referred to as the Soviet Union) was formed as the result a weak Russian monarchy, an economic crisis, and over three years of unsuccessful fighting in World War I. Brilliantly using this situation, Vladimir Lenin led the Bolshevik Revolution and seized the government from the Tsarist regime in the Fall of […]

In March 2003, Chechens voted in a referendum that approved a new regional constitution making Chechnya a separatist republic within Russia. Agreeing to the constitution meant abandoning claims for complete independence, and the new powers accorded the republic were little more than cosmetic. During 2003, there were 11 bomb attacks against Russia that were believed […]

Name Ruled1 Born Ivan IV the Terrible 1533–1584 1530 Theodore I 1584–1598 1557 Boris Godunov 1598–1605 c.1551 Theodore II 1605–1605 1589 Demetrius I2 1605–1606 ? Basil IV Shuiski 1606–16103 ? “Time of Troubles” 1610–1613 — Michael Romanov 1613–1645 1596 Alexis I 1645–1676 1629 Theodore III 1676–1682 1656 Ivan V4 1682–16895 1666 Peter I the Great4 […]

In a decision that took Russia and the world by surprise, Boris Yeltsin resigned on Dec. 31, 1999, and Vladimir Putin became the acting president. In Feb. 2000, after almost five months of fighting, Russian troops captured Grozny. It was a political as well as a military victory for Putin, whose hard-line stance against Chechnya […]

Gorbachev’s promised reforms began to falter, and he soon had a formidable political opponent agitating for even more radical restructuring. Boris Yeltsin, president of the Russian SSR, began challenging the authority of the federal government and resigned from the Communist Party along with other dissenters in 1990. On Aug. 29, 1991, an attempted coup d’état […]

Seven years ago I met the most wonderful Russian woman in the world! What started as friends on the Internet per e-mails, became a dream come true for this American. I moved to Russia six years ago and have never one time in those years, did I wish that I had never moved to Russia… […]