Gorbachev’s reforms heralded freedoms and an end to the cold war. Three writers raised during the 1980s and ’90s lament the ...

Italian society, comfortably ensconced in the anti-fascist narrative, regarded the victory as its own. After Mussolini’s ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin believes it was a mistake to break up the Soviet Union in 1991 and many Russians agree with him. The fourteen new nations created or revived when the Soviet Union was ...

Every year, Russia celebrates “Victory Day” to commemorate the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. But Russia seems to ...

Hundreds of rabbis and leaders from the former Soviet Union gathered in Jerusalem for a moving tribute event attended by ...

Galina Vishnevskaya is 96 years old. A Holocaust survivor, she has lived her entire life in the same small Ukrainian village ...

Poland’s lone submarine, the Kilo-class ORP Orzel, is an aging Soviet “black hole” boat that remains one of NATO’s quietest ...

A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy” is to take a rambling ride — or a crash course if this is ...

On Friday, May 9, military parades and various festive events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over the Third Reich took place throughout Russia. The ...

Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.

It probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that speed is one of the key factors in designing fighter, attack, and interceptor aircraft. These military machines are used to fly out and ...

For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. It evokes images of a turbulent ...