For centuries, Russian settlement expanded the Russian empire. Settlers assimilated nations on the frontiers of the Empire. Huge areas of unpopulated land in Central Asia provided space for everyone to live beside each other, but the influence of Russian modern culture on their neighbours was overwhelmingly strong. Colonisation of Western borderlands was much more difficult […]
Soviet Union
Soviet Union in the Third World – the arena of Cold War games
Europe emerged from the Second World War as a divided continent. After stabilisation of the initial post-war chaos the Berlin Wall seemed to be unalterable, therefore neither West nor Soviet Union had a chance to gain anything on this field. Hence other areas had to become the board for the Cold War game for influence. […]