#OnThisDay in 1991 the #SovietUnion was legally dissolved.
We ask four #ColdWar historians whether the #USSR's demise was as inevitable as it now seems.
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐
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Leicester history teachers. Let's get the Leicester branch of the @HistAss off the ground. There's a great network of fab teachers out there alongside @dmuleicester. Come and have your say on 14th Jan
Viewed from Prague, the collapse of #communism in #Czechoslovakia was a โjoyfulโ one. But, as some Czechs would discover, not all revolutions are equal.
โ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐
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The Statute of the Jewry (1275) effectively prohibited Jewish moneylending. Any transactions which had already been contracted, along with an interest which had accrued, would be valid until the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor (13 October).
OTD in 1942 Leon Greenman, his wife Else, & toddler Barney, were arrested at their home in Rotterdam in Holland.
It marked a turning point for the family, that would eventually led them to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where only Leon would survive.
RT @soper_mr@hmccord78@IOE_London
@clare_d1683 No, not a single one. It's on my to do list to see if I can find the house in West Brom. Absolutely no reason why there shouldn't be one if it still exists.
And there's certainly more noise in Leicester for a permanent memorial. Which is positive.
In this weekโs email newsletter: the loss of his treasure on the road to war was said to have brought about #KingJohnโs demise. What happened to it?
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A really comprehensive economic, political, and social deep narrative into Russia during 1950s and 1960s. A must if you teach the Cold War; a refreshing Russian narrative.
Listen to The Soviet Sixties by Robert Hornsby on Audible. https://t.co/PEfVFvbhMc
From the recognition of #EastGermany to the banishment of #Taiwan and the #Soviet invasion of #Afghanistan, diplomatic disputes dogged the #Olympics throughout the #ColdWar.
๐ This article from the archive is free to read for the next 7 days
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Who was the longest reining monarch in world history?
The title belongs to Sobhuza II of Swaziland, who came to the throne at four months old in 1899 and ruled for 82 years and 254 days.
From monks to #Vikings to tourists, the #Manx language has (almost) survived against the odds.
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