Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Soviet Union/Archive 2

Came across a brief comment on the IOSU page that seemed more of a half-true statement than not. Nothing major, and I realise my concern itself is a bit biased, but here's the line anyways. ^[1] 2604:6000:1015:4588:FDF4:9A00:B1DA:C695 (talk) 22:35, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Svetlana Petrova

Can anyone have a look at Julian Huxley about Soviet science? The remarks seem controversial. Thanks, IW. (talk) 23:19, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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We are having a bit of a contentious discussion at Talk:Baltic_Sea#Oblast, about whether that term should be used or replaced with Kaliningrad Region. Some input from the good folks here might be helpful. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:24, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Several months back I had the idea of adding the Russian name of Yerevan Airport to the article. A user argued that a language shouldn't be added just because a military had occupied an area. However in the Soviet Union's case it was internationally recognized as having its territories, some of which dated back to the Russian Empire (Eastern Armenia was in the Russian Empire). The Soviets also held many of the territories from the 1920s until 1991 (the Baltics were only from World War II to 1991).

What would you think of the idea of footnoting the Russian names of locations and places in the former Soviet Union, like airports, other buildings, landmarks, etc? What about populated places (cities and towns) or locations?

My idea: This would only apply to places which existed during Soviet rule. If the name changed after the end of Soviet rule, only add the Russian name(s) during Soviet rule.

See Talk:Zvartnots_International_Airport#Addition_of_Russian_name_in_regards_to_the_former_Soviet_Union

@Lainjahno: WhisperToMe (talk) 08:27, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm against it. The wikipedia articles should feature the name in English (obviously) and the names in the official language(s) of the countries they are located in. Zvartnots Airport, for example, is located in the Republic of Armenia, where the official state language is Armenian. You could make an individual wikipedia article with a list of places in the soviet union, but not add russian to locations in independent countries with their own languages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lainjahno (talk • contribs) 14:46, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

The Republic of Armenia is the current country, of course. Several Wikipedia articles have name reflecting countries places previously belonged to: Lviv (currently in Ukraine) was once a part of Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (German was the official language and it was known as Lemberg) and Second Polish Republic (Polish was official here and it was known as Lwow). The previous names are given to help a person who wants to study Lviv in these historical areas. Likewise if a Russian/Eastern European studies specialist wants to read articles about Zvartnots Airport in the Soviet era, say from Soviet newspapers - the airport opened in 1961 in the Soviet Union and was in it for the first 30 years - the Russian name would be helpful. While it's clear many of the post-Soviet states are proud of their independence (especially the Baltics), readers may be curious about the eras before then. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:05, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Maybe i didnt fully understand your proposal but previous (official) names should anyway be mentioned. But not in cyrillic script - there is Russian wikipedia for those who are interested. The identical names were in local language aswell. But can you bring an example from anything in the Baltic states? Have you read... State continuity of the Baltic states? Pelmeen10 (talk) 19:48, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

@Pelmeen10:: That last article is quite interesting! Because western powers disputed the USSR takeover of the Baltics, it would be something to bring up in the discussion that's different from the other former USSR states. Anyway from the Baltic states, in Latvia: Riga International Airport was built in 1973, and Spilve Airport was from the 1920s. Russian is natively written in Cyrillic and the usual practice is to include a language name if there is a tie between the subject and the language, even if one could check another wiki: Lviv has names in multiple historic languages. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:56, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

I'd love it if our articles on Russian towns also mentioned their Mongolian names. --Ehitaja (talk) 06:55, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

@Ehitaja: If there's literature on the Mongol Empire rule and such names are documented in published sources, that could be possible! WhisperToMe (talk) 00:31, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Considering I've read several papers on the reconstructed Finno-Ugric toponymics in Russia, originating from a period with no written sources at all, I'm sure there are similar papers about Mongolian, which has a much better coverage. Just browse the according scientific journals in Russian, Mongolian, and probably Chinese. --Ehitaja (talk) 11:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

@Ehitaja: Information on reconstructions of languages can help of course! For place names one may still need a source stating specifically what the place was called during the mongol era. A historical map w these names may help too. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:39, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

I found that Gimpo International Airport notes the former name of the airport during Japanese rule. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:11, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

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This discussion about the deprecation and blacklisting of the media outlet 112 Ukraine may be of interest. Jlevi (talk) 12:25, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Can someone please rate my article on Marat Arakelian, a Soviet-Armenian astrophysicist? Thanks! talk:Marat_Arakelian - TimDWilliamson ^speak 02:33, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

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I've recently translated a small article for the Soviet conductor Israel Borisovich Gusman, but I'm having trouble finding English language sources that can be used for inline citations. If anyone has some time or interest, it'd be great to see further improvement to this article. Regards, -Darouet (talk) 22:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, I am also looking to get this article, Military commissariat, out of stub quality. Would appreciate if someone could assess and review it. Thanks! Jijiathome (talk) 00:58, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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On Category talk:Armenian emigrants to the United States there is a question on whether "Armenian emigrants to the United States" should refer to people from the modern polity of Armenia (1918-today) or whether it should include ethnic Armenians of other citizenships (including the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire) WhisperToMe (talk) 06:25, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

I worked on this page for a bit to bring it up to what academia says about this topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_offensive_plans_controversy.Thelostone41 (talk) 04:49, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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Romania was not a Soviet satellite, starting with the 60s. None of the three criteria (heavy political, military and economic influence) hold up under scrutiny in Romania's case. I won't repeat myself here, I wrote everything in a dedicated new article and also in the Cold War Project talk page...Which I noticed is tagged as inactive, hence why I post here. Also in that talk page section, I linked some maps. I requested their modification for the sake of accuracy, and I make the same request here. I understand that there had long been some ambivalence as regards this matter: Socialist Republic of Romania rightly lacks the "satellite state" tag in its article, yet it is still depicted as such in the maps I hereby request updating. Transylvania1916 (talk) 20:32, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

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I have made many edits to and really expanded the page of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union. However, there is unsubstantiated information on how the supreme court was created. Additionally, all of the secondary sources contrast in relation to when it was actually made. Thus a primary source on when it was established will have to be found. I think it was made between when it could be created from what Article 12 of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics stated and when it was constitutionally codified in the constitution of 1924, as the Russian wikipedia article stated the Central Executive Committee created a regulation which created it. However, the Russian article did not cite anything for this, so I just copied it into the English article, but I have yet to find this "first Regulation on the Supreme Court of the USSR", so I was hoping that if I brought this to the community's attention, someone else will be able to help find the primary source of this "Regulation". Additionally, the article since its early inception has stated that it was created on the exact date that the Russian wikipedia article said that it was created through the Central Executive Committee.

I discussed all of this in more detail in the talk page for the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union; just trying to bring attention to it here.

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The article Podmoskovie Stadium has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for 15 and 1/2 years. Tagged for Notability concerns for 5 weeks. No explanation of its notability. Run of the mill, small stadium used by amateur teams.

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The article Soviet Student Olympiads has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for 15 and 1/2 years. Tagged for Notability concerns for 7 months. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Lacks significant coverage.

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Soviet Student Olympiads was deprodded without sourcing. Can someone please add reliable sources to this article? Bearian (talk) 12:37, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

I think this article could be improved by knowledgeable members of the project. More on the architecture, occupants and history would be nice. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:48, 30 June 2025 (UTC).

Should the articles titled "[Year] in the Soviet Union" (for example, 1978 in the Soviet Union; 1979 in the Soviet Union) all be rated as list-class? Several of them already are (like 1940, 1945, and 1949), but others (like 1979 and 1980) are rated as start- or stub-class. These should be consistent, so would list-class be the way to go? I've checked several similar articles for the United States, and most of them seem to be list-class. 🌳 Balsam Cottonwood (talk) ✝ 00:57, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

I see no reason they shouldn't. Only exception would be if one was a prose article. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:46, 30 June 2025 (UTC).

Thanks for the reply. There actually weren't that many that were not rated list-class, as I discovered after looking at each one, but I've changed the few that were rated start- or stub-class. 🌳 Balsam Cottonwood (talk) ✝ 22:47, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I’d like to request a reassessment of the article Charles Thau, currently rated as C-class.

The article has undergone substantial expansion and improvement, including:

• Reliable, secondary sourcing from international and U.S. publications (e.g., *Freie Presse*, *Der Spiegel*, *The Forward*, *Military History Now*, *Milwaukee Journal*).
• A well-organized structure with clear sectioning (Early life, Partisan activity, Red Army service, Postwar, Recognition).
• Use of historical photographs with proper attribution.
• Compliance with WP:NPOV and WP:V, with personal connection declared.

I believe the article now satisfies the six B-class criteria: 1. **Well-written** 2. **Verifiable** 3. **Broad in coverage** 4. **Neutral** 5. **Stable** 6. **Illustrated**

Any feedback from reviewers is welcome. Thank you! Milwaukee911 (talk) 15:16, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

I have nominated History of Poland (1945–1989) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:45, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Russia has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Helpful Cat {talk} 16:06, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Michael Goleniewski#Requested move 10 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 09:20, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

I have gone as far as I can with copyediting, categorising, linking, and doing slight expansions to Alexander Skibnevsky (article on a Soviet theatre director). It was created earlier this year by User:Oleg Farrahov (courtesy ping). It might have been translated from Russian sources. I was unable to find out if we have an article on the "State Institute of the Word (Institute of the Living Word)" (or a better name for it) - this is presumably referring to an early Soviet-era Moscow educational institute to do with theatre, literature and/or drama. Same for the 'state experimental theatre workshops' (Russian: ГОСТИМ, ГЭКТЕМАС). If anyone here can help further, that would be appreciated. Carcharoth (talk) 10:51, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Prague Spring has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 23:47, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

I've started a discussion about recent changes to Template:Russia–United States relations, Template:Soviet Union–United States relations, and Template:Vladimir Putin at Template talk:Russia–United States relations#Recent changes to templates (to keep the discussion centralized). Please feel free to join the discussion if you're interested! Woodroar (talk) 18:24, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Red Terror#Requested move 10 September 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. CNC (talk) 18:28, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Republics of the Soviet Union#Requested move 22 September 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 11:57, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

The anthem of the Red Fleet! Draft is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:If_You%27ll_be_Lucky Tenchi irezaru chouteki zo (talk) 17:57, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Andrei Kirilenko that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Emiya1980 (talk) 04:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Lubenchenko Trupoliticaltheorist (talk) Trupoliticaltheorist (talk) 17:05, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

References 1, 2, 8, and 9 need to be replaced or removed. Don't cite Wikipedia on Wikipedia. // hekatlys [talk] 17:17, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

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Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:41, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Communist state#Requested move 23 December 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 12:42, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Song of the Soviet Army#Requested move 21 December 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vestrian24Bio 04:49, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Communist state#Requested move 23 December 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vestrian24Bio 04:04, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion at WT:MOSBIO § Tallinn, Soviet Union, regarding the birth and death place names of Estonian/Latvian/Lithuanians outside of infoboxes. GoodDay (talk) 16:51, 12 January 2026 (UTC)