Volodymyr Shablia·2d agoStalin: The Merciless Whip: Chapter 3 of the Novel “STONE”June 1941. As the German invasion shatters Stalin’s plans, he responds to the crisis by designing an even harsher system of wartime…
Amith Raman·5d agoThe Speech that Unified EuropeOn June 12, 1987, then-President Ronald Reagan delivered the timeless speech, named “Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate”, in front of the…A response icon4A response icon4
InReflections & RealitiesbyManjiri Karveer·Oct 26Thirteen Days to Armageddon: How One Miscalculation Nearly Unleashed Nuclear WarThe Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: How political miscalculations, military pressure and one Soviet submarine brought humanity dangerously…
InThe GravitybyAurel Stratan·Oct 21Before Chernobyl, There Was Mayak — TwiceWhy did the Soviet Union conceal a nuclear disaster for decades — and why does Russia still prefer to forget it?A response icon1A response icon1
Aurel Stratan·Oct 11Why Unguarded Soviet POWs Marched Towards German Positions in 1942…instead of rejoining their own army.A response icon1A response icon1
YeongJu Kim·Sep 293.9 Million Dead, a Buried Census, and the Fight Over Calling It GenocideA suppressed 1937 census, a Pulitzer-winning cover-up, and how demographers rebuilt Ukraine’s death toll decades laterA response icon1A response icon1
Volodymyr Shablia·Sep 27The Name — Peter: Chapter 2 of the Novel “STONE”A family name, a child’s identity, and the beginning of a life shaped by history
Volodymyr Shablia·Sep 17The Birth of Peter — Opening Chapter of Stone, a Novel Based on My Family HistoryA child is born in Ukraine in January 1920, as an old world is disappearing and a new one is being forced into existence.
