The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its allies, and the Soviet Union. A major faction was the Afghan Mujahideen - ...

Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was subsequently shocked into ...

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In the history of space exploration, the Soviet Union achieved some remarkable feats, one of which was landing a spacecraft on Venus,something that seemed impossible given the harsh conditions of the ...

Born in Marc Chagall's hometown in Belarus, the Russian Jewish dancer Valery Panov, who made aliyah to Israel, has died at 87 ...

Despite most of Russia's territory sitting in the continent of Asia, the vast majority of the country's clubs and ...

All manner of Russian food can be found at specialty stores in S.F., where a recent “Post-Soviet Food Tour” traveled down a ...

As the Ukraine conflict drags on and Russia nears completion of its nuclear modernization effort, experts ask: how many ...

Around 3 million ethnic Germans who emigrated from the former Soviet Union live in Germany today. Many have become prosperous ...

Back in the USSR of the 1950s and 60s, hipsters, desperate for decadent rock ’n’ roll, cut illegal records using X-ray film.

Warsaw — The mood here on Monday was subdued. Political signs supporting Warsaw’s progressive mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, for ...