#Euraknot's really interesting talk w/ #PietroShakarian about his book #AnastasMikoyan: An Armenian Reformer in #Khrushchev's Kremlin.

"How did he push for #destalinization after the leader’s death in 1953, particularly on #SovietNationalityPolicy? Shakarian tells us that in the end, #Mikoyan was more than a survivor. He was a critical player in shaping the post-Stalinist #SovietUnion."

https://www.euraknot.org/anastas-mikoyan/
#SovietHistory #SovietArmenia #Armenia #books #biographies @bookstodon

Inventing the word 'tankie'

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2072171/inventing-the-word-tankie

"You don't mind if we actually give power back to the workers, do you, big bro USSR?"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1981256/you-don-t-mind-if-we-actually-give-power-back-to-the-workers-do-you-big-bro-ussr

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev with a teddy bear, East Germany, ~1961?

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1843854/soviet-leader-nikita-khrushchev-with-a-teddy-bear-east-germany-1961

"Earlier on X, [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei said ..."

Normally I relish a bit of irony, but this is just painful.

But also, how can a country go for the #IronCurtain version of #DigitalSovereignty and not have the technical and political competence to #SelfHost a blog in order to make press releases? Can you imagine #Khrushchev or #Brezhnev using a US platform to make statements?

https://news.sky.com/story/iranian-rapper-describes-bodies-on-streets-left-as-a-warning-to-protesters-13495443

Man just wants to grow corn

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1548289/man-just-wants-to-grow-corn