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UIG contributing partner Sovfoto/Eastfoto has long been considered one of the West’s most comprehensive sources of historical and documentary photography from Russia, the former Soviet Republics, Eastern Europe, and China. The extensive archive covers historical events and notable people, cultural heritage, industry, geography and political content from the Russian Revolution through the fall of the Berlin […]
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The weeks leading up to the Berlin Wall coming down were tumultuous and filled with anxiety across both West and East Germany. Protests and demonstrations demanding change in East Germany were occurring nearly every day in the wake of the Glasnost and Perestroika reforms enacted by Soviet Union Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and the successful democratic and […]
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by Giovanni Mereghetti In the early spring of 2022, seventeen families unexpectedly arrived at the former Convent of the Annunciata in Abbiategrasso, a well-known town west of Milan, the capital of Lombardy, Italy. The fifty-one people, including fourteen minors, weren’t ordinary people. These were people fleeing the burning cities of Ukraine: Mykolaiv, Kherson, Lviv, Odessa, […]
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Not too long ago there was hope that Russia and the West would soon be allies and that Europe would enjoy a long-lasting peace. Much of the credit for that hopeful era belongs to Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the 20th Century’s most consequential and transformative leaders. Thirty-eight years after Gorbachev became the final General Secretary of the Communist […]
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24th February marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine to begin what it called a ‘special military operation’. With the Russian invasion widely condemned by many countries and their peoples, the resulting war as Ukrainians defend themselves, has seen many casualties and a huge displacement of Ukrainian people fleeing their homes to seek shelter and safety […]
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As of April 4, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded more than 1,400 civilian deaths during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This figure includes nearly 120 children who have lost their lives. As Ukrainian forces continue to claim territory back from retreating Russian forces near Kiev, these numbers will certainly grow. Indeed, the mayor […]
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