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Watch: Berezka- 20th century Soviet Union dance that's winning internet

The floating step may appear as smooth and easy, but it actually requires one to bear pain, control and steadiness while they perform it with a smile.

The floating step may appear as smooth and easy, but it actually requires one to bear pain, control and steadiness while they perform it with a smile.

The revolving sight that you see are women, not dancing dolls.
This video is of Russian dance Berezka which requires women to move with short steps and make it look like they are floating in circular motions.
The Russian folk dancers in the video are part of a female troupe &nbsp;Berezka Dance Ensemble&nbsp;
The group reportedly dates back to Soviet Union days when it was founded in 1948 by a Russian dancer named Nadezhda Nadezhdina, who was famous for this floating dance while wearing long robes.
The floating steps may appear smooth and easy, but they actually require one to bear pain, control and steadiness.
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Mikhail Gorbachev changed the course of modern history by triggering the demise of the USSR and allowing Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule, earning him accolades in the West but the scorn of many Russians.
By championing reforms to achieve "glasnost" (openness) and "perestroika" (restructuring), Gorbachev inadvertently unleashed forces that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and his own ouster.
Lionised in the West for championing freedom and change at a time when many feared the Cold War would never end, Gorbachev became a figure of hate for many Russians who held him responsible for the destruction of the once-mighty Soviet empire.
In most instances while he was in power, Gorbachev chose peace over confrontation, hastening a thaw in ties with the West through close relationships with Western leaders such as German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and US President Ronald Reagan.
Britain's Margaret Thatcher famously remarked: "I like Mr Gorbachev. We can do business together."
But the more he relaxed restrictions during his 1985-1991 rule, the more he was sidelined by the energetic Boris Yeltsin, then a fast-rising Communist official.
By the time the USSR collapsed, Gorbachev had become irrelevant.
Over the past decades, an increasingly frail Gorbachev had an ambiguous relation with President Vladimir Putin -- backing the former KGB agent in a new stand-off with the West over Ukraine but criticising him for turning the clock back on democracy in Russia.
- Winds of change -
 Born March 2, 1931 into a peasant family in Russia's southern Stavropol region, Gorbachev grew up with the hardships of World War II and the repressive rule of dictator Joseph Stalin, whose regime sentenced his grandfather to nine years in a labour camp.
As a boy Gorbachev was bright and hard working. At 16 he was awarded the Red Banner of Labour for helping in a record harvest, and in 1950 he won a coveted place at Moscow State University to study law.
Five years later, the ambitious graduate and his young wife Raisa moved back to Stavropol, where he began a rapid rise through the ranks of the Communist Party, becoming the youngest member of the Politburo, at age 49, in 1979.
He took over the world's biggest state and second superpower in 1985, when he was elected general secretary of the Communist Party.
At 54 and full of fresh ideas, Gorbachev was a startling contrast to the geriatric ideologues previously in control of the Kremlin.
His foreign policy choices sent shockwaves through the world order. He defused the US-Soviet nuclear standoff with a series of disarmament agreements, withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan, and loosened the reins on the leadership of Moscow's Eastern European satellite countries.
At home, his perestroika and glasnost policies set off seismic changes.
Thousands of political prisoners were freed, among them scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
- End of an era - But storm clouds were gathering. Gorbachev's attempt in 1985 to crack down on chronic alcohol abuse was a disaster, sapping the state budget and earning the Soviet leader the lasting hatred of alcohol-loving countrymen.
His encouragement of freedom at home quickened the disintegration of the multi-ethnic Soviet empire.
From the Baltic republics to the Caucasus and Central Asia, independence movements and inter-ethnic strife shook the seemingly invincible structure of Soviet domination, while glasnost brought wave upon wave of embarrassing revelations about the Soviet Union's dark past.
In 1989, Eastern Europe countries threw out their Communist governments and the Berlin Wall was torn down.
In 1990, Gorbachev was elected the first and final president of the Soviet Union but within months had to contend with a revolt by hardline communists.
The August 1991 coup failed, but it was the defiant Boris Yeltsin who faced it down and became a national hero while Gorbachev was held under house arrest far away in a Crimean resort.
Soon after, the Soviet Union vanished and with it Gorbachev's position.
In an op-ed published in government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta in December 2016, days ahead of the 25th anniversary of his resignation, Gorbachev recognised his share of responsibility in the Soviet Union's collapse.
"But my conscience is clean," he wrote. "I defended the Union until the end, acting through political means."
Facing political ostracism at home, the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner hit the international lecture circuit, backed environmental causes, and made what observers found embarrassing fund-raising campaigns for his Gorbachev Foundation, including an appearance in a Pizza Hut television commercial.
- Mixed feelings about Putin - An ill-judged run for the presidency in 1996 saw him garner only 0.5 percent in a vote won by Yeltsin but he maintained some influence through his part ownership of Russia's leading opposition paper Novaya Gazeta.
As Putin cemented his grip on power since the turn of the century, Gorbachev appeared torn between concern at the clampdown on civil liberties under the former KGB agent and respect for Russia's resurgence on the international stage.
In 2011 Gorbachev slammed what he saw as Russia's "imitation" of democracy as he marked his 80th birthday.
But in late 2014 he backed Putin's seizure of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula and blasted the West for its "euphoria and triumphalism" following the collapse of the USSR.
As he moved into his late 80s, Gorbachev made fewer public appearances but remained a passionate advocate for the causes that had shaped his life.
When Donald Trump announced in 2018 that Washington would be pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty that Gorbachev brokered with Ronald Reagan in 1987, the ex-Soviet leader was scathing.
"A great danger... now looms over all that we have achieved in the years since the end of the Cold War," Gorbachev wrote in the Vedomosti newspaper.
But he remained hopeful.
"Politics, not weapons, is the key to solving security problems," Gorbachev wrote. "We need... to take action to prevent the world from sliding into an arms race, confrontation and ultimately hostility. Despite everything, I believe it is still in our power."
(AFP)

Mikhail Gorbachev: destructor of mighty USSR, champion of freedom?

Mikhail Gorbachev changed the course of modern history by triggering the demise of the USSR and allowing Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule, earning him accolades in the West but the scorn of many Russians.

Lionised in the West for championing freedom and change at a time when many feared the Cold War would never end, Gorbachev became a figure of hate for many Russians who held him responsible for the destruction of the once-mighty Soviet empire.

Mikhail Gorbachev changed the course of modern history by triggering the demise of the USSR and allowing Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule, earning him accolades in the West but the scorn of many Russians.
By championing reforms to achieve "glasnost" (openness) and "perestroika" (restructuring), Gorbachev inadvertently unleashed forces that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and his own ouster.
Lionised in the West for championing freedom and change at a time when many feared the Cold War would never end, Gorbachev became a figure of hate for many Russians who held him responsible for the destruction of the once-mighty Soviet empire.
In most instances while he was in power, Gorbachev chose peace over confrontation, hastening a thaw in ties with the West through close relationships with Western leaders such as German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and US President Ronald Reagan.
Britain's Margaret Thatcher famously remarked: "I like Mr Gorbachev. We can do business together."
But the more he relaxed restrictions during his 1985-1991 rule, the more he was sidelined by the energetic Boris Yeltsin, then a fast-rising Communist official.
By the time the USSR collapsed, Gorbachev had become irrelevant.
Over the past decades, an increasingly frail Gorbachev had an ambiguous relation with President Vladimir Putin -- backing the former KGB agent in a new stand-off with the West over Ukraine but criticising him for turning the clock back on democracy in Russia.
- Winds of change -
&nbsp;Born March 2, 1931 into a peasant family in Russia's southern Stavropol region, Gorbachev grew up with the hardships of World War II and the repressive rule of dictator Joseph Stalin, whose regime sentenced his grandfather to nine years in a labour camp.
As a boy Gorbachev was bright and hard working. At 16 he was awarded the Red Banner of Labour for helping in a record harvest, and in 1950 he won a coveted place at Moscow State University to study law.
Five years later, the ambitious graduate and his young wife Raisa moved back to Stavropol, where he began a rapid rise through the ranks of the Communist Party, becoming the youngest member of the Politburo, at age 49, in 1979.
He took over the world's biggest state and second superpower in 1985, when he was elected general secretary of the Communist Party.
At 54 and full of fresh ideas, Gorbachev was a startling contrast to the geriatric ideologues previously in control of the Kremlin.
His foreign policy choices sent shockwaves through the world order. He defused the US-Soviet nuclear standoff with a series of disarmament agreements, withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan, and loosened the reins on the leadership of Moscow's Eastern European satellite countries.
At home, his perestroika and glasnost policies set off seismic changes.
Thousands of political prisoners were freed, among them scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
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- End of an era - &nbsp; But storm clouds were gathering. Gorbachev's attempt in 1985 to crack down on chronic alcohol abuse was a disaster, sapping the state budget and earning the Soviet leader the lasting hatred of alcohol-loving countrymen.
His encouragement of freedom at home quickened the disintegration of the multi-ethnic Soviet empire.
From the Baltic republics to the Caucasus and Central Asia, independence movements and inter-ethnic strife shook the seemingly invincible structure of Soviet domination, while glasnost brought wave upon wave of embarrassing revelations about the Soviet Union's dark past.
In 1989, Eastern Europe countries threw out their Communist governments and the Berlin Wall was torn down.
In 1990, Gorbachev was elected the first and final president of the Soviet Union but within months had to contend with a revolt by hardline communists.
The August 1991 coup failed, but it was the defiant Boris Yeltsin who faced it down and became a national hero while Gorbachev was held under house arrest far away in a Crimean resort.
Soon after, the Soviet Union vanished and with it Gorbachev's position.
In an op-ed published in government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta in December 2016, days ahead of the 25th anniversary of his resignation, Gorbachev recognised his share of responsibility in the Soviet Union's collapse.
"But my conscience is clean," he wrote. "I defended the Union until the end, acting through political means."
Facing political ostracism at home, the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner hit the international lecture circuit, backed environmental causes, and made what observers found embarrassing fund-raising campaigns for his Gorbachev Foundation, including an appearance in a Pizza Hut television commercial.
- Mixed feelings about Putin - &nbsp;An ill-judged run for the presidency in 1996 saw him garner only 0.5 percent in a vote won by Yeltsin but he maintained some influence through his part ownership of Russia's leading opposition paper Novaya Gazeta.
As Putin cemented his grip on power since the turn of the century, Gorbachev appeared torn between concern at the clampdown on civil liberties under the former KGB agent and respect for Russia's resurgence on the international stage.
In 2011 Gorbachev slammed what he saw as Russia's "imitation" of democracy as he marked his 80th birthday.
But in late 2014 he backed Putin's seizure of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula and blasted the West for its "euphoria and triumphalism" following the collapse of the USSR.
As he moved into his late 80s, Gorbachev made fewer public appearances but remained a passionate advocate for the causes that had shaped his life.
When Donald Trump announced in 2018 that Washington would be pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty that Gorbachev brokered with Ronald Reagan in 1987, the ex-Soviet leader was scathing.
"A great danger... now looms over all that we have achieved in the years since the end of the Cold War," Gorbachev wrote in the Vedomosti newspaper.
But he remained hopeful.
"Politics, not weapons, is the key to solving security problems," Gorbachev wrote. "We need... to take action to prevent the world from sliding into an arms race, confrontation and ultimately hostility. Despite everything, I believe it is still in our power."
(AFP)
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Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 91.
His death was announced on Tuesday by Russian news agencies, who said Gorbachev had died at a central hospital in Moscow "after a serious and long illness".
Gorbachev, in power between 1985 and 1991, helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze and was the last surviving Cold War leader.
His life was one of the most influential of his times, and his reforms as Soviet leader transformed his country and allowed Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule.
The changes he set in motion saw him lionised in the West -- he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 -- but also earned him the scorn of many Russians who lamented the end of their country's role as a global superpower.

Last Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev dies, he was 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 91.

Gorbachev, in power between 1985 and 1991, helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze and was the last surviving Cold War leader.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 91.
His death was announced on Tuesday by Russian news agencies, who said Gorbachev had died at a central hospital in Moscow "after a serious and long illness".
Gorbachev, in power between 1985 and 1991, helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze and was the last surviving Cold War leader.
His life was one of the most influential of his times, and his reforms as Soviet leader transformed his country and allowed Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule.
The changes he set in motion saw him lionised in the West -- he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 -- but also earned him the scorn of many Russians who lamented the end of their country's role as a global superpower.
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If you had a bomb that could kill 3 lakh people in one go, would you just misplace it? Now imagine, losing not one, not two, but three such nuclear bombs, all on separate occasions. And then not even being able to find them.
Since the 1950s, the United States of America has misplaced at least three nuclear weapons, with no hope yet of recovery.
The first incident involved a 3,400-kg Mark 15 thermonuclear bomb which was lost near Tybee Island, Georgia in 1958. The nuclear bomb was on a B-47 bomber aircraft taking part in a training mission. The B-47s encountered another training drill. A mix-up occurred and a crash followed in which the B-47 was damaged. The pilot decided to drop the bomb in water to reduce weight and do an emergency landing. The nuclear bomb fell 30,000 ft into waters of the Wassaw Sound bay, but thankfully no blast occurred.
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The second incident took place in 1965 when a B43 thermonuclear bomb was lost in the Philippine Sea during a military drill. It occurred onboard the USS Ticonderoga. An A4E Skyhawk carrying a nuclear bomb was being rolled onto a plane elevator. The plane started falling off the elevator, and the pilot didn't see the crew waving and asking him to apply brakes. The plane with the nuclear bomb onboard fell into the sea, and sank.
In the third incident, a B28FI thermonuclear bomb was lost in 1968 when a B-52G Stratofortress bomber plane crashed in sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland. The plane crashed after the crew ejected due to a fire. Seat cushions kept near a heat vent had caught fire. The plane was carrying 4 nuclear bombs, and 1 was never found. The incident led to radioactive contamination over a wide area.
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These scary cases raise a very alarming question - can these lost nuclear bombs suddenly explode?
Experts say that the risk of misplaced bombs spontaneously exploding is low. Many nuclear bombs use conventional explosives as the first step which then sets off a nuclear chain reaction. Fail-safes include keeping the nuclear material separate. This can help avoid a nuclear blast even if the conventional explosives go off. Due to this, the radioactive material won't get hot enough for a reaction. To do this, the plutonium capsule is added to the weapon at the last minute. Another fail-safe is nuclear material squeezing out in case of an accidental blast. If the conventional explosives go off, the radioactive material is ejected before compression.
But despite access to advanced technology, why hasn't America been able to locate its bombs?
The first reason is that the bombs fell into water, and unlike planes, they do not contain underwater beacons. When searching underwater, visual search is the main tool, and scouring the seas bit-by-bit is difficult. Trying to find the bombs by looking for radiation spikes is also not feasible, as nuclear bombs are not very radioactive. This is to keep military personnel safe.
The US is not the only country to have misplaced nuclear weapons. In 1968, a Soviet submarine carrying three nuclear missiles sank in the Pacific. Two years later, a fire sank a submarine carrying 4 nuclear torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay. In 1986, a fire onboard a submarine carrying 30 nuclear weapons caused it to sink in the Atlantic. In 1989, a submarine with nuclear torpedoes sank in the Atlantic due to a fire.
Since 1950, over 30 known 'broken arrow' incidents have taken place. A 'broken arrow' is an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons, including accidental launches, firing, theft, or loss. The American mishaps came to light after documents were declassified in the 1980s. Many of the incidents occurred at the height of the US-Soviet Cold War. Thankfully, no nuclear detonation happened in any of the 32 incidents. But, at least 2 incidents led to radioactive contamination in the area.
With advancement in military systems over the decades, is the 'broken arrow' era over now?
Experts say that nuclear bombs are less likely to be misplaced now. Nuclear missiles are not flown around constantly now, like they were during the Cold War. However, nuclear submarines are still vulnerable to mishaps. This is because ballistic missile submarines need to stay undetected at sea. Nuclear submarines cannot send signals to the surface to ascertain their locations. So, they depend on estimates to find their location. This inexact system is unsafe, symbolised by the 2018 incident in which a UK submarine nearly hit a ferry.
In a world obsessed with constantly having bigger and badder weapons, such mishaps with mass-destruction weapons are a wake-up call for modern human society.

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Since the 1950s, the United States of America has misplaced at least three nuclear weapons, with no hope yet of recovery.

If you had a bomb that could kill 3 lakh people in one go, would you just misplace it? Now imagine, losing not one, not two, but three such nuclear bombs, all on separate occasions. And then not even being able to find them.
Since the 1950s, the United States of America has misplaced at least three nuclear weapons, with no hope yet of recovery.
The first incident involved a 3,400-kg Mark 15 thermonuclear bomb which was lost near Tybee Island, Georgia in 1958. The nuclear bomb was on a B-47 bomber aircraft taking part in a training mission. The B-47s encountered another training drill. A mix-up occurred and a crash followed in which the B-47 was damaged. The pilot decided to drop the bomb in water to reduce weight and do an emergency landing. The nuclear bomb fell 30,000 ft into waters of the Wassaw Sound bay, but thankfully no blast occurred.
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The second incident took place in 1965 when a B43 thermonuclear bomb was lost in the Philippine Sea during a military drill. It occurred onboard the USS Ticonderoga. An A4E Skyhawk carrying a nuclear bomb was being rolled onto a plane elevator. The plane started falling off the elevator, and the pilot didn't see the crew waving and asking him to apply brakes. The plane with the nuclear bomb onboard fell into the sea, and sank.
In the third incident, a B28FI thermonuclear bomb was lost in 1968 when a B-52G Stratofortress bomber plane crashed in sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland. The plane crashed after the crew ejected due to a fire. Seat cushions kept near a heat vent had caught fire. The plane was carrying 4 nuclear bombs, and 1 was never found. The incident led to radioactive contamination over a wide area.
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These scary cases raise a very alarming question - can these lost nuclear bombs suddenly explode?
Experts say that the risk of misplaced bombs spontaneously exploding is low. Many nuclear bombs use conventional explosives as the first step which then sets off a nuclear chain reaction. Fail-safes include keeping the nuclear material separate. This can help avoid a nuclear blast even if the conventional explosives go off. Due to this, the radioactive material won't get hot enough for a reaction. To do this, the plutonium capsule is added to the weapon at the last minute. Another fail-safe is nuclear material squeezing out in case of an accidental blast. If the conventional explosives go off, the radioactive material is ejected before compression.
But despite access to advanced technology, why hasn't America been able to locate its bombs?
The first reason is that the bombs fell into water, and unlike planes, they do not contain underwater beacons. When searching underwater, visual search is the main tool, and scouring the seas bit-by-bit is difficult. Trying to find the bombs by looking for radiation spikes is also not feasible, as nuclear bombs are not very radioactive. This is to keep military personnel safe.
The US is not the only country to have misplaced nuclear weapons. In 1968, a Soviet submarine carrying three nuclear missiles sank in the Pacific. Two years later, a fire sank a submarine carrying 4 nuclear torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay. In 1986, a fire onboard a submarine carrying 30 nuclear weapons caused it to sink in the Atlantic. In 1989, a submarine with nuclear torpedoes sank in the Atlantic due to a fire.
Since 1950, over 30 known 'broken arrow' incidents have taken place. A 'broken arrow' is an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons, including accidental launches, firing, theft, or loss. The American mishaps came to light after documents were declassified in the 1980s. Many of the incidents occurred at the height of the US-Soviet Cold War. Thankfully, no nuclear detonation happened in any of the 32 incidents. But, at least 2 incidents led to radioactive contamination in the area.
With advancement in military systems over the decades, is the 'broken arrow' era over now?
Experts say that nuclear bombs are less likely to be misplaced now. Nuclear missiles are not flown around constantly now, like they were during the Cold War. However, nuclear submarines are still vulnerable to mishaps. This is because ballistic missile submarines need to stay undetected at sea. Nuclear submarines cannot send signals to the surface to ascertain their locations. So, they depend on estimates to find their location. This inexact system is unsafe, symbolised by the 2018 incident in which a UK submarine nearly hit a ferry.
In a world obsessed with constantly having bigger and badder weapons, such mishaps with mass-destruction weapons are a wake-up call for modern human society.

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