In ‘The Winter Warriors,’ French writer Olivier Norek narrates the 1939-40 confrontation between the two countries ...

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Thirty years ago, one of the most historic DIY projects of all time took place. Berliners took apart the wall that had cut their city in half. Thus began the beginning of the end of the Cold War. It ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists ...

In a series of polls conducted at various points over the past 25 years, the Levada Center has asked Russians about their nostalgia for the Soviet state and the reasons for its breakup. In the most ...

With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the world like an immortal colossus. It led humankind into outer space, exploded the most powerful ...

Chewing gum had a complicated and even tragic relationship with the Soviet Union. Once, it even caused a fatal stampede. For a long time, chewing gum was, if not banned, definitely unwelcome in the ...

Yu. Levyant/Sputnik Did Soviet barmen work for the KGB? Read on to find out the answers to all those burning questions about boozing over the Iron Curtain. 1. The first bars in the USSR appeared after ...

Born and raised in a totalitarian state, I am intimately familiar with government spying on ordinary citizens. Recent revelations about possible actions surrounding government surveillance by the NSA ...