In the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin called for the international revolution to be carried out in all corners of the world. In the Cold War years long after Lenin had died, the countries of the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies committed themselves to implement this call by providing arms, training, and other assistance …
Today, many people associate the term Young Pioneers with the travel company who led the way in North Korean tourism. However, the Young Pioneer was originally a youth movement founded in 1922. The movement’s full name was the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization. It was a mass youth organization of the USSR for kids aged …
With the Soviet Wastelands office fittingly being based on the Black Sea coast of Varna, Bulgaria, we know a thing or two about the Communist past of this huge country. Despite siding with Fascist forces in WW2, after a Soviet-backed coup in the 1940s Bulgaria operated as a Communist state under the reign of the …
The modern history of Romania is far from cheerful. Despite fighting alongside the Fascist forces during WW2, in the early post-war years, Romania was occupied by Soviet troops. In 1947 King Michael was forced to abdicate the throne and the People’s Republic of Romania was declared. This paved the way for Romania to become a …
