Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Soviet Union/Archive 2

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Discussion at Talk:Kalinin
The above-referenced discussion regarding the proposed move of Kalinin → Kalinin (disambiguation), Sverdlov → Sverdlov (disambiguation), Kirov → Kirov (disambiguation), Molotov → Molotov (disambiguation), Zhdanov → Zhdanov (disambiguation) and Chernenko → Chernenko (surname) may be of interest. &mdash;Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 15:40, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

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Problematic article Yorick and Yurick
An editor has created the article Yorick and Yurick, that appears to deal with Vladimir Vysotsky, Oleg Dahl, and Innokenty Smoktunovsky; their relationship to the character Yorick in Shakespeare's play Hamlet; and possibly some kind of connection with secret intelligence services. The article has several aspects that concern me, but mainly the problem is that I am failing to understand what it is actually about (in policyese, what its assertion of notability is); and while it does cite some sources, they are all in Russian so I am unable to determine whether they can be considered to verify the text. And the problem is compounded by the article's creator's limited grasp of English. As it stands I am going to end up nominating it for deletion, but I really hate doing that if there's a chance it's just my failure to understand. Especially as the editor has indicated they will be offline for several months soon, and thus will not be able to argue their case at AfD.

If anyone here is able to help, that would be much appreciated. Perhaps particularly if you speak Russian and can check the cited sources. Thanks in advance to anyone that can pitch in here! --Xover (talk) 16:50, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Please note that the article has now been nominated for deletion. Interested editors can follow or participate on the articles entry: Articles for deletion/Yorick and Yurick. --Xover (talk) 06:07, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Request for Comment - Introduction to Whataboutism
There is an ongoing Request for Comment about the introduction to the article Whataboutism.

You may comment if you wish, at Talk:Whataboutism. Sagecandor (talk) 17:24, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Images for Alexander Shelipov
Does anyone have any photos of Alexander Shelipov that can be uploaded to his Wikipedia page? Despite being a major figure in Soviet politics, there is a surprising lack of photos of him on Wikimedia Commons. Emiya1980 (talk) 22:28, 26 August 2017 (UTC)Emiya1980

Redirect proposal
Please see Talk:29th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_RONA_(1st_Russian). Feedback would be appreciated. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:20, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Requested move discussion
The discussion can be found here: K.e.coffman (talk) 01:58, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Talk:Holocaust_trials_in_Soviet_Estonia

Reputed Lenin quote
Greetings. Today's featured article reminded me of this quote, which this 67 year old has known of time out of mind. It's so convenient for nominal Christians that I suspect that it's made up, like Mark Twain's quote about the longest winter of his life was a 'summer in San Francisco.' The quote is notably absent from Wikiquote. If anyone knows anything about its veracity (or not) please leave a note on my Talk page.

"I made a mistake. Without doubt, an oppressed multitude had to be liberated. But our method only provoked further oppression and atrocious massacres. My living nightmare is to find myself lost in an ocean of red with the blood of innumerable victims. It is too late now to alter the past, but what was needed to save Russia were ten Francis of Assisi’s."

Tapered (talk) 04:10, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Soviet_Union

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 18:47, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Split proposal: List of Russian explorers
It has been proposed that the first portion of List of Russian explorers be split out into its own article "History of Russian Exploration". Your feedback would be welcome at Talk:List of Russian explorers. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 01:11, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia FAC
Hello, I'm reluctant to post this and apologise if it goes against project guidelines, but I have and FAC for the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia that is about to be archived due to lack of comments, so if anyone is willing to take a look that would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kaiser matias (talk) 05:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

A-Class review for 57th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) needs attention
A few more editors are needed to complete the A-Class review for 57th Rifle Division (Soviet Union); please stop by and help review the article! Thanks! AustralianRupert (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Communist state
An article which may be of interest to members of this project&mdash;Communist state&mdash;has been proposed for merging with Socialist state. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:40, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

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Anyone want to contribute in this project?
Anyone can help? This would be very helpful to increase the coverage of the republics' anthem. Just make sure the work is standarized like the other music sheets, if you can't, I can upload a new version to fix it.--Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 07:21, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Latinisation in the Soviet Union
Latinisation in the Soviet Union needs some work; it's missing any hint of the practice of Latinising one language and Cyrillicizing a neighboring one, especially in Turkic and Siberian area, to thwart literature sharing and other means of building a cultural identity and resistance. Something I saw some documentary stuff on a while back, but I don't have any written material on it (USSR stuff isn't my speciality!). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:54, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Nikolay Antipov
Draft:Nikolay Antipov was on the verge of G13 deletion, but the man is obviously notable. It looks like a machine translation of ru:Антипов, Николай Кириллович. Can anyone help with copyediting and adding a few sources? Thanks! Sam Sailor 17:39, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Should Molotov redirect to Vyacheslav Molotov?
A discussion centering upon the above question at Talk:Molotov may be of interest. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 02:48, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

IP edits
Please can an editor familiar with Soviet topics take a look at Special:Contributions/36.102.208.39, Special:Contributions/36.102.223.115 and perhaps Special:Contributions/36.102.223.*? (The last link may not work, depending on your Wikipedia preferences.) Thanks, Certes (talk) 11:25, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism
Someone is going around on a phone making IP edits to various Cheka/NKVD officials making unsourced claims they're Jewish in obvious vandalism. I've reverted them on Martin Latsis, Nikolai Yezhov, Stanislav Redens, Mikhail Kedrov (politician), Mikhail Frinovsky, and Viktor Abakumov. Just thought I'd give a headsup. Wordbearer88 (talk) 21:05, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

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Percy Glading
This article—of interest to this project—is currently undergoing a peer review. All project members are welcome to comment there. Thank you! —— SerialNumber  54129  19:03, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Cold War for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Cold War is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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RfC regarding Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
There's a somewhat entrenched RfC ongoing at Talk:Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union, which shows signs of devolving into name-calling. A few more comments by people conversant with the general area would be welcome. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:38, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * This has stopped, for the time being. Also see Sockpuppet investigations/Trust Is All You Need.Leutha (talk) 05:43, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Rethink of how to handle articles to do with the Russian Revolution
A discussion has started as to how to deal with articles to do with the Russian Revolution, see Talk:Lenin's First and Second Government. It would be good to reach a consensus on this and find a sensible way forward preferably in general terms consistent with other language wikipedias, thus generating workable metadata on wikidata.Leutha (talk) 05:43, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Russian names in Georgia-related topics of things existing during the Soviet Union
Please see Talk:Tbilisi_International_Airport WhisperToMe (talk) 09:40, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_22
You are invited to join the discussion at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_22. Sdkb (talk) 03:05, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Barnstar?
Does this project need a Barnstar? If so, I have the following available. I originally had it made for "The Communist Barnstar", but WikiProject Socialism didn't seem interested. If this project wants it, I'll move the file on WikiCommons to "The Soviet Union Barnstar". — JudeccaXIII (talk) 00:18, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I found the Barnstar for this project @WikiProject Soviet Union/Templates, so I'll restore "The Communist Barnstar" then. — JudeccaXIII (talk) 17:08, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

RM of interest
A request to re-title an article which may be of interest to members of this project is here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:26, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Also this. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:34, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of interest
A discussion which may be of interest to members of this project can be found here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:39, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Nestor Lakoba FAC
Hi all, I have Nestor Lakoba at FAC right now, and it is danger of being archived due to lack of reviews. If anyone is interested in taking a look, it would be much appreciated. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:19, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Soviet Women in Red: September
Women in Red (WiR) is a wikiproject focused on reducing gender bias on Wikipedia by creating articles about notable women. During September will hold four month-long events: Law, Military history (World War II), writers and defunct countries. The Military history and defunct countries events might be of particular interest for members of WikiProject Soviet Union. The former includes socialist women who participated in World War II and resistance to Nazism, while the later includes special focus on the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, etc. I will be participating in all of them with an eye of the interest intersection between WiR and Soviet Union projects, and I invite other members to do the same. Best, --MarioGom (talk) 18:09, 27 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Women in Red is hosting a three-month contest to create new stubs and de-stub current stubs about women. You may be interested in the following list of missing women who received state decorations by the Soviet Union: WikiProject Women in Red/Awards/Soviet Union. --MarioGom (talk) 09:13, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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Biased Line On Industrialisation of Soviet Union page
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. 2604:6000:1015:4588:FDF4:9A00:B1DA:C695 (talk) 22:35, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Svetlana Petrova

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

Katyn massacre FAR
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Category:Structure of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has been nominated for merging to
Category:Structure of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has been nominated for merging to. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 14:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Use of "Kaliningrad Oblast"
We are having a bit of a contentious discussion at Talk:Baltic_Sea, 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)

Display Russian names in footnotes of locations in the former Soviet Union?
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

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)
 * : 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

Mikhail Konstantinovich Kudryavtsev
Hello! We have an article on Mikhail Konstantinovich Kudryavtsev, and it is within the scope of this Wikiproject. Kindly assess the article on the project's quality and importance scale. Suggestions for improvements would be highly appreciated. Looking forward to see you guyz on the article's talk page )) Thanks, Мастер Шторм (talk) 14:56, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Reviewers are requested again to conduct a review. Thanks, Мастер Шторм (talk) 14:58, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

potentially interesting discussion
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)

Marat Arakelian
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)

Notice of RFC at Category:Communism
Your participation is invited at. Thanks, Lev!vich 03:12, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Support at Israel Borisovich Gusman
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)

Discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Mir, ISS and Gateway task force
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Mir, ISS and Gateway task force. Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 18:33, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Looking for someone to review my first Wiki article
I have written an article about Alexander Smukler, a former refusenik. I studied the rules for BLPs and cited many quality secondary sources, including the three times that Smukler appeared in The New York Times. If you have the power and the time to review new submissions to Wikipedia, I would be grateful if you could accept my submission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Alexander_Smukler

JournalismResearch (talk) 10:37, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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)

FAR for Belarus
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Question about the scope of Category:Armenian emigrants to the United States
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)

Soviet offensive plans controversy
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)

Category:Dissolution of the Soviet Union armed conflicts has been nominated for merging to
Category:Dissolution of the Soviet Union armed conflicts has been nominated for merging to. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 16:03, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Can we please maybe change these maps now?...
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)

New Page Patrol

 * New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers
 * New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Soviet Union related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
 * Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines ; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
 * If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. --John B123 (talk) 14:49, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Featured Article Review
I have nominated Hungarian Revolution of 1956 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets 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" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Bumbubookworm (talk) 12:50, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (Russia)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (Russia) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 10:06, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Samizdat § "Techniques" is incorrect - the stubborn myth of the soviet typewriter
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Samizdat § "Techniques" is incorrect - the stubborn myth of the soviet typewriter. ChilledTonic (talk) 18:24, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Discussion about a merger Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944 into Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1944)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1944), which is about articles that are within the scope of this WikiProject. --Heanor (talk) 13:57, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Konstantin Chernenko photograph
I noticed that Konstantin Chernenko has no photograph. It would be great to find one, even of low quality. Thriley (talk) 17:08, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Ukrainian Insurgent Army war against Russian occupation
There is a dispute over whether this article violates NPOV, and whether it reflects the mainstream scholarly opinion. It could use more attention by editors with experience editing historical articles and knowledge about this subject area. -Thucydides411 (talk) 07:48, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

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This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

FAR notice - First Nagorno-Karabakh War
I have nominated First Nagorno-Karabakh War for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets 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" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Cinderella157 (talk) 08:15, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:SVD-63
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:SVD-63 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 02:36, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Lev Sheinin
Would anyone mind reviewing this draft article so it can get published? Thanks.Rubiks2022 (talk) 11:10, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 13:05, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:92nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:92nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 13:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Death and state funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Death and state funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 10:50, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

That probably was cryptic... why do we care about that? This RM involves about 50 state funeral articles, including at least one that is related to this WP. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:11, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Discussion of interest
Members of this project may be interested in this discussion. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:27, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Article for improvement at Yevgeny Dolmatovsky
The songwriter Yevgeny Dolmatovsky has what appears to be an excellent article... in Russian. The article in English is currently a mess with (prior to my edit) a grand total of one citation linking to an irrelevant answers.com search. If anyone knows more about this topic, or is able to copytrans the article from Russian, this would be welcome. Fermiboson (talk) 05:04, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Second Battle of Kharkov
Second Battle of Kharkov 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:26, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)
152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:53, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:28, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Afghanistan conflict (1978–present) move discussion
Please see here for more details: Talk:Afghanistan_conflict_(1978–present) FOARP (talk) 08:53, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Article assessment
Hello, is anyone willing to reassess Chŏng Sang-chin? It's currently a C; I'd like to get it at a B so I can go to GA review. toobigtokale (talk) 08:26, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Katyusha rocket launcher
Katyusha rocket launcher 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. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:35, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Soviet Empire
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Soviet Empire that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – Material  Works  16:20, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Merger proposal
There is currently a discussion on whether to merge Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) into Mensheviks underway here, for which input from members of the WikiProject would be very valuable. Felix QW (talk) 17:24, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:AS Val and VSS Vintorez
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:AS Val and VSS Vintorez that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Captain Jack Sparrow (talk) 20:13, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

New article at Left Bolsheviks
I am requesting some help in wikilinking to the new article I created at Left Bolsheviks, about a 1918 faction of the Russian Communist Party. Most mentions of the faction are currently linked to Left communism or its redirects, and should be changed to link here. More sources and/or expansion would also be appreciated. — Goszei (talk) 07:12, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Lydia Gromyko - opinions needed
Should Andrei Gromyko's wife have her own article? We'd like your input pro or con. Thanks! -- A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 20:31, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Attention to be brought to the article: Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
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.

Also, the article may need to be bumped up in its rank from stub, as it says that it is a stub in its talk page. Additionally, people may also be able to improve the article in other ways aside from this specific thing. 120.153.215.72 (talk) 11:11, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Korenizatsiia
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Korenizatsiia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Russian Manchuria (Russia)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Russian Manchuria (Russia) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:21, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Soviet Union:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 14:16, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Renaming SSR articles
relevant request move discussion on Soviet republics here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Countries -- Soman (talk) 14:25, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Territorial evolution
I've been working on an article of the territorial evolution of the USSR (in the same style as my articles on the US, Canada, and Australia) and it's become a bigger project than I anticipated. I'm unsure how to go about this, but I was hoping to put together a group of people knowledgable in Soviet history and law, preferably with the ability to read Russian, so we can comb through all my notes (and things I haven't noted) and put together as close to an authoritative list of changes as we can get? I'm not sure if a Wiki talk page is the best mechanism for this. Let me know if any of you want to help. Thanks! --Golbez (talk) 16:32, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Premier of the Soviet Union
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Premier of the Soviet Union that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Skjoldbro (talk) 09:55, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Request for input on categories
Input is needed to close a discussion on deleting and merging a number of categories at Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 19. Thanks. —Michael Z. 05:44, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Soviet Peace Fund
Can you assist with Draft:Soviet Peace Fund. Editors are not accepting this draft. Ikipedia2 (talk) 17:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Kremlin Plot
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kremlin Plot that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Bensci54 (talk) 14:19, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Dmitry Medvedev (partisan)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Dmitry Medvedev (partisan) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 08:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Dmitry Medvedev (partisan)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Dmitry Medvedev (partisan) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 21:44, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Nicholas II of Russia
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Nicholas II of Russia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 22:13, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Puławy faction
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Puławy faction that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:06, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 15:19, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Aleksandr Bogomolets
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Aleksandr Bogomolets that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Killarnee (talk) 22:37, 14 March 2024 (UTC)