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Are there any good movies about the Cold War from the Russian viewpoint?

I've been watching some great Cold War movies like Thirteen Days. The aesthetics are terrific and the tension spectacular. I'm wondering, though, whether there are any films that show the conflict from the Russian perspective? I would especially like to watch (or perhaps read?) accounts by true believers who felt they were defending the people from capitalist imperialism.
posted by jefficator on Feb 24, 2013 - 14 answers

 

Cold War - U.S. invades Russia

Did the United States ever have a plan to invade Russia or any part of the Soviet Union? [more inside]
posted by mousepad on Jan 8, 2013 - 23 answers

Why did the Soviet military retain the traditional Officer/Enlisted class binary rather than instituting some other hierarchichal structure?

Russian History: Why did the Soviet military retain the traditional (western) Officer/Enlisted class binary rather than instituting some other hierarchichal structure? How did they ideologically justify maintaining two distinct and separate classes, one subordinate to the other, in an army putatively fighting for a classless society? [more inside]
posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj on Nov 2, 2012 - 11 answers

Where can I find 1960s Military Production Statistics

Where can I find information about military production by country in the 1960s? [more inside]
posted by Caduceus on Sep 8, 2012 - 3 answers

Contemporary songs about the Cold War?

There have been questions about Cold War songs from the '80s (1, 2, 3). What about songs about the Cold War from the 2000s? [more inside]
posted by flawsekno on May 7, 2012 - 7 answers

RUSSIA

Help me feed my obsession with all things Russia. [more inside]
posted by triggerfinger on Jun 1, 2011 - 27 answers

"Just say NO to NATO?"

Let's say Russia wanted to be rid of that pesky NATO alliance once and for all. For fiction purposes, how might they go about making this happen? All ideas welcome, no matter how implausible. [more inside]
posted by np312 on Aug 31, 2010 - 25 answers

Americans: Was your town a [rumored] Cold War missile target?

Americans: Was your town a [rumored] Cold War missile target? [more inside]
posted by jeb on Oct 27, 2009 - 242 answers

Looking for books about the Cold War for French high school students. More below.

Looking for books about the Cold War for French high school students. More below. [more inside]
posted by jackmcc on Jun 23, 2009 - 3 answers

Searching for a Cold War Soundtrack

I am looking to make a music playlist that recaptures that '89 cold war, fall of communism feel. Think Scorpions - Wind of Change. [more inside]
posted by DOUBLE A SIDE on Aug 5, 2008 - 23 answers

Need help finding an sci-fi story.

Seeking out a sci-fi short story I read some time ago and would like to find again. [more inside]
posted by killThisKid on Aug 23, 2007 - 6 answers

Cold War chills in the warm sun

Give me the Cold War chills, please. I'm going on vacation soon and I would like to settle down on the beach with a really juicy espionage novel, preferably something about the Cold War, something suitably dense, complex, panoramic and violent. What should I read? [more inside]
posted by gentle on Aug 9, 2007 - 37 answers

Fiction in which the US has all the bombs?

Is there an alternate history novel about the US as sole possessor of nucear weapons? [more inside]
posted by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg on May 30, 2007 - 8 answers

Ah, the good ol' days - nothing to worry about but a lingering death from radiation poisoning

Nuke related songs of the 80s and 90s. [more inside]
posted by pompomtom on Apr 3, 2007 - 66 answers

Magic movie communist Volvos?

Asking for friend: Watching The Lives of Others, a movie taking place in East Germany during the Cold War, I noticed that a limousine in the movie was a Volvo. I have also noticed that other movies set in the Eastern Bloc show cars made by Western nations. Is this an oversight by the movie makers, or were these cars actually available at these times?
posted by dreamyshade on Feb 21, 2007 - 4 answers

Yes, but how many *seconds* to midnight?

So how close exactly were we to nuclear war? [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Dec 9, 2006 - 17 answers

Short final for Red Square

Is this photograph of Mathias Rust's plane faked? [more inside]
posted by tss on Mar 16, 2005 - 14 answers

Astronaut vs Cosmonaut

Etymology question: astronaut vs. cosmonaut. Why are there two separate terms for the same thing? Is the distinction just a Cold War relic? It always seemed a little redundant to me. What about "taikonaut"?
posted by mkn on Feb 22, 2004 - 4 answers

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