Sentence examples for soviet imperial from inspiring English sources

The exploration of the Arctic features prominently in Soviet imperial mythology.

Ukraine, after all, is now being decolonized, after more than two centuries of tsarist and Soviet imperial policies.

Zaporizhia is organised around a typical Stalinist boulevard, an example of Soviet imperial baroque at its most stupefying – a long, wide road which begins near the railway station and then after several miles terminates at the former Lenin statue.

British and U.S. intelligence never understood how well entrenched Hoxha was: "The planners had simply believed that 'Albania would fall from the Soviet imperial tree like a ripe plum and other fruit would soon follow.' " Few of the Albanian volunteers had any military training.

British and U.S. intelligence never understood how well entrenched Hoxha was: "The planners had simply believed that 'Albania would fall from the Soviet imperial tree like a ripe plum and other fruit would soon follow.' " Few of the Albanian volunteers had any military training.

In a subset of these -- Red Dawn (1984) and the TV miniseries Amerika (1987) are prime examples -- the action took place in a future, conquered United States where home-grown guerrillas fought to liberate the country from Soviet imperial occupation.

There were roubles (tsarist and Soviet), marks (imperial and Nazi) and, among these, a cherished era of Estonian money, from 1919 to 1940.

This corner of Europe's "bloodlands" between Russia and Germany saw a bewildering succession of currencies: roubles (tsarist and Soviet), marks (imperial and Nazi) and, among these, a cherished era of Estonian money, from 1919 to 1940.

Gergiev's achievement, however, lies not only in opening the world of Russian music and performance to the west, but in drawing on both Soviet and Imperial traditions to forge an ensemble of international stature.

The three women may represent three distinct eras in Russian history -- the imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet -- in which ballet alternately thrived and declined, dance artists in turn nurtured and abused by the authorities.

Then the imperative of countering Soviet and Chinese imperial advances trumped concern for the abuses of authoritarian governments in the Western camp.