UCLA Russian Flagship Program

November 14 is the deadline for applying for the Critical Language Scholarship.

Apply for CLS The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world.

An online event at the Wende Museum with Sasha Razor!

The Political Mandate of the Arts with Sasha Razor Lecturer in Germanic and Slavic Studies and Film and Media Studies at UCSB discusses art and politics.

https://www.rferl.org/a/august-1991-soviet-coup/31412829.html
on August 18, 1991, an attempt to overthrow Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and his leadership began. The attempted coup ended on August 21 after massive street protests and several deaths.

The Coup That Killed The U.S.S.R. In August 1991, a group of Soviet hard-liners locked Mikhail Gorbachev up in his Crimean dacha and tried to keep the U.S.S.R. together by force. Facing massive protests, they gave up just three days after taking power, when the first civilian blood was spilled in Moscow.