The first Russian mayor of Riga, Nil Ushakov, believes that the collection of signatures for the demolition of the monument to the Soviet soldiers-liberators of Riga is a provocation by extremists ...

TASS/. By tearing down the Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders, the Latvian authorities may trigger a rift in society, Russian Foreign Ministry ...

With tears in their eyes, Latvians sang their national anthem, “God Bless Latvia,” on June 16, 1940 — the last day […] ...

In my latest photography series, I embarked on an unforgettable journey through former FSU countries to document abandoned Soviet architecture. This adventure allowed me to discover forgotten ...

The KGB (which translates to Committee for State Security) was the Soviet Union's secret police ... or detained by the KGB, many in the Riga building. Reuters photographer Ints Kalnins recently ...

Mid-20th-century architecture is rarely remembered fondly anywhere in the world. And that's especially true in former communist countries of Europe and Central Asia, where it seems like architects ...

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The Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders (unofficially known simply as the Victory Monument) is fenced in Riga Victory Park, Latvia, 23 August 2022.

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At the time of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Communists had been in power for 74 years in Moscow. The Chinese Communist Party has now surpassed “big brother”, as it once called the ...