Arkady Renko’s Last Case
Arkady Renko is not dead, but we’ve heard all of his tales that we’ll ever hear. That’s because his amazing creator, Martin Cruz Smith, died this July at age 82. …..
Posts tagged: Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev RIP: The Soviet Leader Who Tried for ‘Revolution from Above’
Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state socialism.
Francis Gary Powers Gets a Silver Star
Fifty years after being released from a Soviet prison, pilot Francis Gary Powers has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star.