TIMELINE
26.04.1986 – The Chernobyl Disaster – A Soviet Disgrace with Tragedy in the Background
The 1980s were the final years of the Soviet Union, and this was also a time of numerous changes and reshuffles among the Kremlin elite. In November 1982, the long‑time leader of the Soviet state, Leonid Brezhnev, died, and the post of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Pa
04.04.1940. Ostashkov – the last station
Speaking about the Katyn Massacre, we usually focus on the forest near Smolensk, close to the small village of Katyn. However, the prisoners from Kozielsk were not the only victims of this crime, and the forest near Smolensk is just one of many execution sites.
4.2.1945. Yalta Half-Truths
On February 4, 1945, a meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin began at the Livadia Palace on the outskirts of Yalta. Crimea, including the meeting venue, was completely destroyed. Because of this, everything necessary, including furniture, had been brought from Moscow.
17.1.1945 The “Liberation” of Warsaw: A “Ghost City”
This parade of victorious troops marching between two silent ranks of ghosts. They emerged like a silent audience, taking their places upon the grandstands of rubble and ruins lining the route of the troops of the “Warsaw Operation”. The ghosts of young men and women of the Home Army (AK), mingl
30.11.1830 – The outbreak of the November Uprising
“Poles! The hour of vengeance has come. Today die or prevail! Let us go, and let your breasts be Thermopylae for your enemies!”
11.11.1941 – Polish Independence Day on the Irtysh River
The date of 11 November 1918, being the day on which Poland regained its independence, is a symbolic date. Exactly on that day, an armistice ending the First World War was concluded in a wagon in the forest of Compiègne.
