Soviet Union

The Un-Finnish-Ed Business: a historic village-style community in the heart of Warsaw is teaching the city how to live for tomorrow

Gifted to Poland by the Soviet Union several hundred ready-to-assemble cabins were delivered to the country, ninety-five of which were swiftly erected in the area of Jazdów. Kalbar/TFN

In the heart of the city nestles a cluster of Finnish houses that hold a beguiling past and an uncertain future.

Tails From The Underground: cats & vodka in the subterranean depths of Warsaw’s Palace Of Culture

From the outside the palace is as large as it is divisive, but in the tunnels beneath it lies a fascinating mix of the historical and the bizarre.

On this day, 79 years ago, Poland was invaded by the Soviet Union following a secret deal between Stalin and Hitler

Poland was now in a war it had no possibility of winning, trapped between two behemoths. Its forces were overwhelmed by the mechanized modern German army, and Poland had nothing left with which to fight the Soviets, it’s 1,400 km border only being defended by poorly armed border guards.

Incredible story of woman’s escape from Soviet gulag before starting a new life in Iran is turned into moving documentary

Fleeing Stalin’s terror, Maria eventually arrived in Iran, a land which she said was blessed with proper beds and good and plentiful food, two of life’s essentials denied to her by Stalin’s regime.

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