... prosperity and rapprochement between socialist nations, internationalism, and friendship of peoples. In the 1970s this idea was complemented by the concept of a ‘united Soviet people’ – a community of peoples whose identity relied on common history, culture, and ideological indoctrination.
In the late 1970s and 1980s, Western countries witnessed the establishment of different kinds of multiculturalism. Those countries recognized the heterogeneity of civic nations and supported cultural distinctions,...
... Senate or the American people would approve the idea of this new United Nations. In fact, the proposal to include the 16 republics with voting rights in the global organization seemed so absurd to Roosevelt that he expected to talk Stalin out of it (as history showed, it was eventually decided that two Soviet Republics, Ukraine and Belarus, will become UN member-states).
Another difficulty centered on the veto: the more the British and Americans objected to it, the more insistent Gromyko became. Stettinius ...
... requires attention not only to the outcomes of diplomatic efforts or events but also an insight into the essence and motives of the participants, as well as into the methods used for problem solving. In a nutshell, it is something you may call living history, something unimaginable without inspiration. Success in the art of diplomacy implies the amalgamation of knowledge, experience, talent and high-level aspirations.
What are the components of the art of diplomacy? Primarily, it is the ability to ...
... Patriotic War executed by the Red Army in the Kursk Bulge area with the aim of frustrating a major German offensive and crushing the enemy’s strategic grouping are historically titled the Battle of Kursk
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The Battle of Kursk, Unmatched in World History
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Battle of Kursk (in Russian)
The Kursk defensive operation unfolded along the 550-km frontline and brought a complete breakdown to the Nazi Operation Citadel. The operation engaged troops from the Central and Voronezh Fronts,...
