The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has issued a silver collector’s coin to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory over ...

Four-plus decades after he was left off the Team USA squad, being asked to lead the Americans in Tokyo is a significant ...

When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...

Authorities in several Kazakh cities have banned marches associated with Russia’s “Immortal Regiment” movement ahead of Victory Day on May 9, the independent news outlet Nastoyashchee Vremya reported ...

The author is indeed to be congratulated on producing a volume which is absolutely indispensable for all archæologists and physical anthropologists outside the Soviet Union. One of the tragedies ...

The study was prepared by Prof. Nicholas DeWitt of Indiana University, one of the country’s leading specialists in Soviet affairs. In his report, Prof. DeWitt said that official government ...

Patrushev noted that the subject of the Arctic convoys – the wartime method of delivering supplies from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to the Soviet Union across the North ...

The Afghan people not only defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, but also caused its fall in Central Asia. This was stated in Acting Minister of Borders, Nationalities and Tribes of the Taliban ...

Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing. By Alissa Wilkinson During every scene of this western, I couldn ...

Analysis: 100 years after his death, Lenin seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in ...