Russian officers with Soviet and Russian flags during the Victory Day Parade at Red Square on May 9, 2022 in Moscow, Russia. Guests on the Russia state TV discussed the Soviet Union's achievements ...

However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the ...

One of the many little-known facts about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is that some 25% of its territory lies north of the Arctic Circle. The Soviet Arctic (some of which is south of the ...

It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 into 15 separate countries. And what a ride it’s been. The West has reaped the fruits of the USSR’s loss, expanding NATO to ...

The view that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants to restore territories of the Soviet Union has been a big part of the commentary on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Soviet Union was the world's first communist country and had a major influence on 20th-century history — and still has an influence today.

A 16th entity, the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, was also established in 1940, but was assimilated into the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic – the mother ship, as it were ...

MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied seeking to revive the Soviet Union, moments after announcing Moscow would annex four Ukrainian provinces following ...

The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, four years after the last whale was killed for commercial purposes. Leviathan was slaughtered in the transiting shadow of the Soviet leviathan’s rise and fall .

Russia's War in Ukraine Is How the Soviet Union Finally Ends Empires — especially the biggest ones — don’t end quickly or peacefully. August 17, 2022 at 9:00 AM EDT ...