The secret Cold War role played by a giant radio telescope in the middle of the Cheshire countryside has been revealed.

In 1987, a teenager with limited flying experience managed to fly straight into the heart of the Soviet Union, evading one of ...

Thirteen Jewish leaders and artists were killed on the ‘Night of the Murdered Poets,’ one of the campaign’s most infamous ...

Crimea had been under Russian administration for centuries, yet the Soviet Union abruptly reassigned it to Ukraine in 1954.

In the summer of 1962, the Soviet Union stunned the world by launching two Vostok spacecraft into orbit within a day, flying ...

Built on the perimeter of an open pit mine or on the permafrost fringes of a massive car factory, the company towns of the former Soviet Union are urban developments of economic extremes. With ...

The Russian Navy has had difficulty naming its ships for famous Russian admirals—in large part because there have been so few of them deserving of the honor.

WJAR reporter Mary Maguire, photographer Don O'Sullivan and assistant news director Betty-Jo Cugini traveled to the Soviet Union in 1990. "This is an exciting time in the Soviet Union. A time of ...

US experts Norman Roule and Mark Dubowitz predict the Iranian regime's collapse, drawing parallels to the Soviet Union's ...

A stunning juxtaposition of history and modern life, Transnistria exists as a time warp from before the Iron Curtain fell.

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Partisan bands had a rag-tag ...

Roman Surovtsev was unexpectedly detained during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on August 1, and never came home. Now, it’s unclear when his family will see him again ...