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Fall of the Soviet Union and Missing Nukes
In 1991, the Soviet Union fell, due to both financial and political pressure. While the oligarchs were fighting overpower much of the Soviet Union’s military hardware went up for sale too. Many of the nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union placed in states outside of Russia were brought back to Russia, but it’s rumored that…
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Russian National Unity
The first neo-Nazi group that formed in Russia was Russian National Unity (RNU). It formed as Pamyat, another Russian nationalist group was splitting, in 1990. This group was Russian, but had fascist viewpoints, with a slogan: “Russia for Russians and compatriots.” They were for the were for the expulsion of non-Russian immigrant and Jews. They…
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Pamyat
Pamyat the first Russian nationalist movement forming during the 1980’s, in Moscow. The name of the group was taken from an essay by Vladimir Chivilikhin. The group was also formed with the help of the KGB. Originally their purpose was to preserve the Russian culture, through the 80’s they became much more nationalistic, at which…
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Death of Bandera
Over the course of the late 40’s and 50’s the MGB (Ministry of State Security) and later the KGB would attempt multiple assassinations and kidnappings of Stephan Bandera, while he was living out the later part of his life in Germany. It wouldn’t be until October 15, 1959, when they got lucky. Outside of his…
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Aradi’s Aiding
Aradia is given a secret task by the Americans, it is to inform all of his colleagues in the intelligence game that they were to go into hiding by January 15, 1947. The Americans were already requested by the Soviets to help them hunt for prisoners they wanted back, and while American never agreed or…
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Requesting Bandera Back
On October 15, 1946, Colonel-General P.A. Kurochkin, the deputy commander of the Soviet Military Administration, wrote to the Americans that they should arrest and return Stefan Bandera, to the Soviet Union to face punishment for his war crimes. Colonel-General Kurochkin was quoted in saying For these crimes committed against the Russian people, he should be…
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Politics for Protection
After World War Two the Soviets requested that all former Soviet citizens be sent back. However, there were many Ukrainian nationalist livings in Western Germany. Many of them claimed to be Polish citizen. This protected them from being sent back to the Soviet Union. The Baltic States were another thing to deal with. There were…
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Myron Matvieyko
Myron Matvieyko had experience working in the German Abwehr as an intelligence agent during World War Two. During the war, when things started to turn against the Germans started working as a spy for the American, obtaining information and passing it on to the American. This led to Myron Matvieyko to develop a relationship with…
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Escaping the Soviets
As World War Two drug on, the red army advanced closer and closer to Berlin. Many people who help the Germans tried escaping to the west, and into the hands of the allies, where they though that they would be treated more fairly. Millions of refugees from Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and the Baltic…
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Antisemitic Stalin
One of the most mysterious men of World War Two, had to be Joseph Stalin. Being born in Georgia and moving to Russia to be involved in a revolution, he is definitely an interesting man, similar to how Hitler is viewed in the west. Not only did he rule his country with an iron fist…