Breaking

Rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the German band Rammstein has long been striking Russian journalists with his knowledge of the Russian language. Largely due to this circumstance, there were rumors that Paul landers was born in Belarus. However, in reality, the musician has mastered Russian, when I was in one of the Moscow schools.

Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub

In the era of Perestroika the Soviet Union officially recognized Joseph Stalin guilty of the shooting of Polish officers in 1940. However, there still remains unsolved the mystery of another tragedy – the "little Katyn". So in Poland called a special operation of the red Army at Bialystok in 1945, which killed hundreds of people belonging to an underground anti-Soviet groups.

The problem is the human losses of the Soviet Union in the great Patriotic war exists in our days. There is still no precise data, historians use figures from 20 to 64 million people. Even more the issue of "defectors" – those who, being driven to work in Germany or becoming prisoners of the concentration camps, chose to remain in the West. Moreover, in addition to Europe, the USA and Canada our former compatriots came right up to Australia.

The Soviet era is rich with stories of political leaders, who at the time was rapidly built a career, and was subsequently unmasked and recognized as enemies or traitors. One of the main traitors in the history of the USSR, many believe Oleg Gordievsky. After graduation from University, he works in the main Directorate of the KGB. Discreet and responsible, he does not remain without attention of the leadership, which admits him to the secret information of an international character. In 1966 he was sent to Denmark – it was one of the first trips abroad as a KGB officer.