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Do you agree or disagree with Ambassador Chip Bohlen’s statement that #Russia was unwilling to be a good neighbor in the global community after #WWII?
Did the Soviets start the #ColdWar, as Bohlen claimed?
Or was the West the aggressor?
Please comment below 👇🏼
Did the Soviets start the #ColdWar, as Bohlen claimed?
Or was the West the aggressor?
Please comment below 👇🏼
Declassified documents I’ve seen from both British and American intelligence indicate that WE were the aggressors.
OPERATION UNTHINKABLE shows us that even before the war was over, in April 1945, the Cold War had already begun — and Winston Churchill started it. Not Stalin!
OPERATION UNTHINKABLE shows us that even before the war was over, in April 1945, the Cold War had already begun — and Winston Churchill started it. Not Stalin!
Link to the declassified documents from the UK National Archives:
America’s efforts to block oil & gas pipelines from #Russia date back to #JFK, who pressured #NATO allies into an embargo of the Friendship pipeline in 1962.
This 2019 Radio Free Europe article on #NordStream2’s construction is quite telling indeed… rferl.org/a/us-efforts-s…
This 2019 Radio Free Europe article on #NordStream2’s construction is quite telling indeed… rferl.org/a/us-efforts-s…
#JFK’s 1962 embargo on oil pipes and pipeline technology marked a foundational decision that became a template for future #USSR-USA conflicts, as shown by the embargo on pipeline technologies in the early 1980s by Ronald #Reaganʼs government to halt the Trans-Siberian pipeline.
Let’s go back to the summer of 1961, when — in the words of US delegates at #NATO — the main discursive line was that European countriesʼ Soviet oil & gas trade was allegedly imperiling the security the entire Western bloc.
The Friendship pipeline was a threat, the U.S. said.
The Friendship pipeline was a threat, the U.S. said.
Even now, many pages in the history of the Soviet Union remain a mystery.
Documents released shortly before the dissolution of the #USSR confirmed that many of its statesmen, politicians, diplomats, as well as military and intelligence officers, had been born in #Ukraine.
Documents released shortly before the dissolution of the #USSR confirmed that many of its statesmen, politicians, diplomats, as well as military and intelligence officers, had been born in #Ukraine.
In the very first years of the Soviet Union’s existence, Ukrainian Bolsheviks played an important role in building what became the world's largest ever state.
They engaged in the ‘Ukrainization’ that aimed to replace Russian language and culture there during the #Stalin years.
They engaged in the ‘Ukrainization’ that aimed to replace Russian language and culture there during the #Stalin years.
Soviet policy allowed the Ukrainian SSR to become a fairly independent entity. Moreover, many Party officials from Ukraine held key positions in the USSR right up until its collapse.
This thread seeks to explore what influence Ukrainians had on the Soviet Union’s development.
This thread seeks to explore what influence Ukrainians had on the Soviet Union’s development.
On this 70th anniversary Soviet leader Josef #Stalin’s death, this documentary attempts to answer the question we’ve been asking since 1953:
Who Killed Stalin? 🤔
Who Killed Stalin? 🤔
The most likely suspect was Lavrentiy Beria, longtime chief of #Stalin’s secret police.
After Stalin’s death, his eventual successor Nikita #Khrushchev did not charge Beria with the murder; rather, of being a traitor and spy in the pay of British intelligence! 🤨
After Stalin’s death, his eventual successor Nikita #Khrushchev did not charge Beria with the murder; rather, of being a traitor and spy in the pay of British intelligence! 🤨
Beria was convicted and executed in Dec. 1953.
At Beria's trial, it became known that he had committed numerous brutal rapes during the years he was NKVD chief.
Beria’s reputation as a serial rapist evidently became known to Stalin, who was increasingly distrustful of him.
At Beria's trial, it became known that he had committed numerous brutal rapes during the years he was NKVD chief.
Beria’s reputation as a serial rapist evidently became known to Stalin, who was increasingly distrustful of him.
𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲́ 𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼́𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼̂𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼, 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗲̂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺? (deixem nos comentários) 🤔
Lendo o livro 📖 "Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev" uma cena chamou-me atenção. ⬇️
Lendo o livro 📖 "Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev" uma cena chamou-me atenção. ⬇️
@38bitcoinheiro @alan_schramm @gustavoramos @habinsur Diante de uma superpotência, Nikita Khrushchev estava longe de ser intimidante.
Os historiadores têm legitimamente sugerido que ele sobreviveu aos expurgos paranoicos de Josef Stalin porque, com 1.63 de altura, ele era o único homem com menos de 1.70 ⬇️
Os historiadores têm legitimamente sugerido que ele sobreviveu aos expurgos paranoicos de Josef Stalin porque, com 1.63 de altura, ele era o único homem com menos de 1.70 ⬇️
@38bitcoinheiro @alan_schramm @gustavoramos @habinsur - do campo de visão de Josef Stalin. Enquanto milhares de outros membros foram recebidos com uma bala no pescoço, #Khrushchev marchou para longe ileso por nenhum mérito próprio.
Mas talvez sua maior deficiência fosse sua total incapacidade de nadar. ⬇️
Mas talvez sua maior deficiência fosse sua total incapacidade de nadar. ⬇️
After his 1961 Vienna summit with Soviet premier #Khrushchev, #JFK jotted a private note to himself: 📝
“I know that there is a God and I see a storm coming. If he has a place for me I am ready.”
Kennedy and Khrushchev tried to effect peace between America and #Russia. 🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺
“I know that there is a God and I see a storm coming. If he has a place for me I am ready.”
Kennedy and Khrushchev tried to effect peace between America and #Russia. 🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺
I recently interviewed historian Jim DiEugenio (author of the new Oliver Stone documentary & book “#JFK Revisited” about Kennedy and Khrushchev’s efforts to end the #ColdWar.
This pursuit of peace likely led to both leaders’ removal from power.
This pursuit of peace likely led to both leaders’ removal from power.
In his memoirs, #Khrushchev wrote how #JFK earned his respect:
“In the final analysis, Kennedy showed himself to be sober-minded and determined to avoid war. He didn’t let himself become frightened, nor did he become reckless. He didn’t overestimate America’s might.”
“In the final analysis, Kennedy showed himself to be sober-minded and determined to avoid war. He didn’t let himself become frightened, nor did he become reckless. He didn’t overestimate America’s might.”
This Master Thread 🧵 is a collection of my deep dives into 20th Century HIDDEN HISTORY, sourced from declassified documents 🗄 and films 🎥 in US government archives.
#WWI #WWII #FDR #ColdWar #JFK #RFK #MLK #LBJ #JFKFiles #ColdWar #CIA #FBI #USSR #SovietUnion #Ukraine #Nazis
#WWI #WWII #FDR #ColdWar #JFK #RFK #MLK #LBJ #JFKFiles #ColdWar #CIA #FBI #USSR #SovietUnion #Ukraine #Nazis
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THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4332: Richard Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev, and The Kitchen Debate - #Nonverbal & #EmotionalIntelligence #Nixon #Khrushchev #KitchenDebate #DonaldTrump #VladimirPutin #TrumpPutinSummit #HelsinkiSummit #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert
1/ Fifty-nine years ago last week an event took place which contrasts strongly with the recent Trump Putin Helsinki Summit. On 24 July 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev met in a replica of an American Kitchen.
2/ The pseudo-kitchen was part of the American National Exhibition in Sokolniki Park in Moscow.
