A new book explores the legacy of the Soviet Union’s human spaceflight program Diane Tedeschi Yuri Gagarin’s status as an icon is evident in Russia’s many memorials for the pioneering cosmonaut, ...

pt. I. The tsarist period. 1. Russian science before 1800. 2. Science in nineteenth-century Russia. 3. Russian intellectuals and Darwinism -- pt. II. Russian science and a Marxist revolution. 4. The ...

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...

Originally produced eight decades ago, the impact of the IS-2 Heavy Tank still reverberates today. The formidable armored vehicle was vital to the Soviet Union during two of its most important ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - September 23, 1949. US President Harry S. Truman announces evidence of the USSR’s first nuclear device detonation. This Day in History: Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio ...

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable. The Battle of ...

Simo Häyhä, the Finnish sniper who killed hundreds of Soviets during the Winter War, aiming his rifle while wearing his winter camouflage. (Wikimedia Commons) The Soviet soldiers never saw him. Their ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - September 23, 1949. US President Harry S. Truman announces evidence of the USSR’s first nuclear device detonation. More This Day in History reports can be found here.