SAN ANGELO, Texas — Is the USSR being recreated in a "zombie empire?" Is Putin trying to bring his country back to what it once was?
These questions and more will be discussed at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 at Angelo State University to kickoff the fall semester ASU History Lecture Series.
Award-winning author Dr. Alan Barenberg wrote "Gulag Town, Company Town: Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta" and co-edited another book called "Rethinking the Gulag: Identities, Sources, Legacies."
Barenberg also works at Texas Tech University as an associate professor of history.
Now, he is sharing his knowledge at the C.J. Davidson Conference Center as hosted by the Russian Enrichment Center at a free event.
The presentation, The Soviet Union 101: A Zombie Empire?". It will go into detail about the past and present of the USSR in order to teach attendees about the vastly diverse Russian culture.
Topics will include unfair minority treatment, the legacies of the USSR, the invasion of Russia into Georgia and Ukraine, Putin's modern Russia and the fall of the empire.
The university hopes to teach more about Russian language and culture and this program is just the start.
