A Look Into History: Wilhelm von Mirbach

Mirbach was a German diplomat who was served as German Ambassador to Russia in 1918. While he was serving in Russia, a group known as the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries wanted to start war between Russia and Germany again. So they hired Yakov Blumkin to enter the embassy and shoot Mirbach at point blank range. It didn't exactly spark a major war, but it was just bad blotch in a terrible

Fact of the Day: They're Soviets, Not Russians

When the Soviet Union formed, Russia was no longer a country. It was the new country's largest state. It would be incorrectly referred to as Russia, even when a lot of their people were also from former countries like Ukraine and Belarus which are now countries.  

A Look Into History: Winter War (Finland vs Soviet Union 1939-1940)

In 1939, Finland and the Soviet Union fought between each other for a short time. Finland also fought Nazi Germany later one, being one of the few (if only) countries that were attacked by a member of the Axis and Allied Powers. On a piece of paper, Finland looked as if they were finished. The Red Army had far more men, way more tanks, and a whole lot of aircraft as well. Luckily Soviet army

Fact of the Day: Know Your Space Lingo

In English terms and nicknames, space travelers are given a different name based on their country of origin. Americans are astronauts, Soviet/Russians are cosmonauts, Chinese are taikonauts, and the French are spationauts.

My Thoughts on The Presidency of George H.W. Bush

Bush Sr rode off Reagan's popularity to obtain an easy victory to the role of President. Bush started his presidency as soon as the Cold War was coming to an end. Soviet Union broke up, Germany became one, walls fell, people rejoiced, and all that good stuff. He didn't really do anything with it, but I guess he didn't make matter worse. Probably the biggest key issue within his presidency was the

My Thoughts On The Presidency of Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in a landslide election to become the first ultra-conservative (at least in both departments) in quite some time. The interesting thing about Reagan was that he was really the first President to get shot right at the start of his term. He forgot to duck (his own joke after the incident), but managed to survive and his popularity soared. Reagan's big thing was

My Thoughts on The Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter took over after defeating Ford in the presidential election. Jimmy Carter was really the first president to express interest in "green energy" so to speak. He even installed solar panels on the White House.  Despite this great early thinking it was met with realistic harshness of the times. There was a bad energy crisis and even gas went up to insane levels. Despite being labeled "a

My Thoughts On The Presidency of Gerald Ford

Ford took over after Nixon after he resigned because of the Watergate scandal. One of the most memorable acts Ford had done was the pardon of Nixon for his crimes at Watergate. Now it was extremely controversial for it's time, and probably cost him the Presidency later to Jimmy Carter. However it took some deep courage to do such a thing, and I can respect that. Domestically, Ford's biggest