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LONDON (AP) — Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks ...
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Soviet spacecraft coming back to Earth
A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos 482 probe was intended to reach Venus, however, it never got to its ...
When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...
A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in ...
In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they ...
In a stash of photos obtained by Hasidic Archives, families who had smuggled across the border between the Soviet Union and ...
Russia will mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II. The centerpiece of the Victory Day ...
From industrial juggernaut to economic disaster, the Soviet Union’s economy tells the dramatic story of a global superpower ...